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17 terim she pulled out the buzzard's feathers, and put in the goose's. Then the man, taking the bag, went to the gentlemen's servants, and said, Pray, be not angry with me, you shall see I had a buzzard, for there be the feath- ers. Then he opened the bag, and took out the goose's feathers. Upon which one of them took a cudgel, and gave him a dozen of stripes; saying, Why, you knave, could you not be content to mock us at home, but you are come here to mock us also?

TALE XV.

A MAN's wife of Gotham was brought to bed of a male child, and the father in- vited the gossips, which were children of eight or ten years of age. The eldest child's name was Gilbert, the second's name was Humphrey, and the godmother's name was Christabel. Their relations admonished them di- vers times, that they all must say af- ter the parson. And when they were all come to church, the priest said, Be