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 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 mock us at home; but are ye come here alſo to mock us with your goofe's feathers?

A man's wife of Gotham being delivered of a male child, the father of the child invited the goſſips, which were all children of eight or ten years of age.— The eldeſt child's name was Gilbert, the ſecond's name was Humphrey, and the god mother's name, was Chriſtibel.— Their parents admoniſhed them beforehand that they muſt all ſay after the Parſan. So, when they were all come to the Church, to get the Child baptized, the Prieſt ſaid, Be you all agreed about the Child's name? Gilbert, Humphrey, and Chriſtibel, ſaid the ſame words over. The Prieſt then ſaid, Wherefore did you come hither? Then they immediately ſaid the ſame. The Prieſt being amazed, and could not tell what to ſay, he then whiſtled and ſaid, Whey, and ſo did they. The Prieſt being angry, ſaid, Go home