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 my ſheep leaping over the bridge, ſaid the other. I care not, ſaid the one. They ſhall come this way, ſaid the other. But they ſhall not, ſaid the one. Then, ſaid the other, if thou make much ado, I will put my finger in thy mouth.-— You ſha'nt, ſaid the other. And ſo, as they were in contention, another wiſe man that belonged to Gotham, came from the market with a lack of meal on his horſe; and ſeeing his neighbours at ſtrife about ſheep, and none betwixt them. ſaid he Ah! fools, will you never learn ſome wit? Then help me, ſaid he, to lay this ſack upon my ſhoulder— Then they did ſo, and he went to the ſide of the bridge, and ſhook out the meal into the river, ſaying, How much meal is there in my ſack, neighbours? Marry ſaid one, none. Then replied the other wiſe man, even ſo much wit is there in your two heads, to ſtrive for that you have not. Now, which was the wiſeſt of theſe three, I ſhall leave you to judge.

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was a man' of Gotham, who rode to the market with two buſhels of wheat; and that his horſe right not receive damage by carting too great a burden, he was determined to carry this wheat himſelf upon his own back, and