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 ucurers with his whip, which made him groan; faying, here is one, and ſo he ſerved them all, and they groaned at the matter. When he came to the laſt, he paid him well, faying, here is the twelfth man; God's bleſſing on thy heart, ſaid they, for find- ing our brother.

T A L E XI.

A Man of Gotham riding along the highway, ſaw a cheeſe, ſo drew his ſword and picked it with the point, in order to pick it up. Another man came by and alighted, and picked it up, and rode away with it. The man of Gotham rides back to Notting. ham to buy a long ſword to pick up the cheeſe; and returning to the place where the cheeſe did ly, he pulled out his ſword pricking the ground, and ſaid, If I had had but this ſword, I ſhould have had the cheeſe myſelf, but now another has got it.

T A L E XII.

A Man in Gotham that did not love his wife, and ſhe having fair hair, her huſband ſaid divers times he would cut it off, but durſt not do it when She was awake, ſo he reſolved to do it when ſhe was aſleep; therefore one night he took up a pair of ſheers and put them under his pillow; which his wife per- ceiving, ſaid to one of her maids, go to bed to my Tulband, for he intends to cut off my hair to night, let him cut off thy hair and I will give thee as good a kirtle as ever thou didſt ſee. The maid did ſo, and feigned herſelf aſleep, which the man perceiving, cut off the maid's hair and wrapped it about the ſheers, and laid them under the pillow, and went to ſeep: The maid aroſe, and the wiſe took the hair and ſheers, and went to the hall, and there burnt the hair. The man had a fine horſe that he loved much, and the