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 6 THE MERRY TALES of the Thou ſhalt ſtand fill for me. The man of Gothem ſeeing that his trivot would not inove, Stand, till ſaid he in the mayor's name, and follow me if thou wilt, and I can show you the right way. When he went home his wife aſked him where the trivot was? He ſaid; it had three legs and he had but two, and he had taught him the ready way to his houſe therefore he might come himſelf if he would. Where did you leave the trivot, ſaid the woman, At Gotham bridge, ſaid he So ſhe im- mediately ran and fetched the trivot herſelf, or otherwiſe the muſt certain- ly have loft it, on account of her huſ- baud's want of wit. TALE. VI. A certain ſmith of Gotham had a large waſp's neſt in the ſtraw, av, the end of his forge, and there coming one of his neighbours to have his horſe ſhoed, and the waſps being exceeding buſy, the man was ſtung by one of then. The man being grievouſly at fronted, ſaid, Are you worthy to keep a forge or not, to have men flung with there waſps ? O! neighbour, ſaid the Smith, be content, and I fall put them