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5 passed within the hedge, flew away. A vengeance on her, said these wise men, we did not make our hedge high enough.

TALE IV.

THERE was a man of Gotham who went to Nottingham market to sell cheese ; and going down the hill to Nottingham bridge, one of his cheeses fell out of his wallet and ran down the hill. Whoreson, said the man, can you run to the market alone? I'll now send one after another. Then laying his wallet down, and taking out the cheeses, he tumbled them down the hill, one after another. Some ran into one bush and some into another. However, he charged them to meet him at the mar- ket place. The man went to the mar- ket to meet with the cheeses, and stay- ed till the market was almost over, then went and inquired at his neigh- bours if they saw his cheeses come to the market? Why, who should bring them ? says one ; Marry, themselves,