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Wise Men of Gotham.15 had a buzzard, for here be the feathers. 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 much us at home? but are ye come here to mock us?

TALE XV.

A man's wife of Gotham was delivered of a male child, and the father invited 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 Christibel. Their relations admonished them divers times, that they must all say after the Parson. And when they were all come to the church, the Priest said, Be you all agreed of the name? Gilbert, Humphrey, and Christibel, said they all. The Priest then said, Wherefore came you hither? They immediately said the same. The Priest being amazed, could not tell what to say, but whistled and said, Whey, and so did they. The Priest being angry, said, Go home fools, go home. Then Gilbert, Humphrey, and