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 but were much ſurpriſed to find nothing bit a great eel. Ah! and they a miſchief on this eel, for he hath eaten up our fiſh. What muft we do with him? ſaid one to the other. Kill him, ſaid one; Chop him in pieces, ſaid another. Nay, not ſo, ſaid another, but let us drown him. Be it accordingly ſo, replied they all— So they immediately went to another pond, and caſt the eel into the water. Lie there, ſaid theſe wiſe men, and ſhift for thy ſelf, since thou may not expect help from us. So they left the eel to be drowned.

a time the Men of Gotham had forgotten to pay their rents to their landlord: So one ſaid to another, Too morrow muſt be pay-day, by whom we ſend our money to our land- lord? Said one to them, I have this day taken a hare, and ſhe may.carry it, for she is very quick.footed. Be it ſo, replied the reſt; she ſhall have a letter, and a large purſe to put our money in; and we can direct her the moſt ready way. When the letter was written, and the money put into a purſe, they immediately tied them about the hare's neck,