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 The girl ſeeing her maſter in a deep ſtudy. ſaid, What the devil ails the horſe in the ſtable? He bleeds prodigiouſly.— The man ran into the ſtable, and found the horſe's tail was cut off, then going to his bed, he found the ſheers wrapped up in his horſe's tail. He then went to his wife, ſaying, I crave thy mercy, for I intended to cut off thy hair, but have cut off any own horſe's tail. Yea, ſaid ſhe Self-do, ſelf have: Many men think to do a bad turn to others, but it turneth oft-times upon themſelves.

A Man of Gotham laid his wife a wager, that ſhe could not make him a cuckold. That I ſoon can do; ſaid ſhe. Then do not ſpare me; ſaid he, but do what you pleaſe. So upon a time ſhe had hid all the ſpiggots and fauſets, and going into the buttery, ſet the barrel a-broach, and cry'd to her ſpouſe, Pray bring me a ſpiggot and fauſet or elſe the ale will all run out. He fought up and down, but could not find one: Come here then ſaid ſhe, and put thy finger in the tap-hole. Then ſhe called a tailor, with whom he had made a bargain. Soon