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6 said the fellow, they knew the way very well. A vengeance on them, they run so fast, I was afraid they would run beyond the market; I am sure they are by this time almost as far as York. So he immediately rode to York, but was very much disappointed. And to add to it, he never found nor heard of one of his cheeses.

TALE V.

A Man of Gotham bought, at Not- tingham market, a trevet or barn iron; and going home with it, his feet grew weary with the carriage. He set it down, and seeing it had three feet, said, Whoreson, thou hast three feet and I but two; thou shalt bear me home, if thou wilt; so he set himself down upon it, and said to it, bear me as long as I have done thee, for if thou dost not thou shalt stand still for me. The man of Gotham seeing his trevet would not move. Standstill, said he, in the Mayor's name, and follow me if thou wilt; fol- low me if thou wilt, and I can shew