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21 before he was a ſoldier. What! ſaid ſhe, there's not a drop in the pot, they are a' in the plate before you, then gie'm a ſpoon and let him ſup wi' us. The ſoldier gets a ſpoon, and thinking he could ſup all he ſaw, the firſt ſup he took, he ſpouted back again in to the plate, and cries out, O my fore mouth, the hide's yet all off ſince I had the clap; every one throwing down his ſpoon, the ſoldier got all to ſup himſelf; the wife ſtood curſing and ſcolding all the time, and when he was done burnt both plate and ſpoon to prevent the clap. So the ſoldier came off with a full belly, leaving the wife dreſſing the goodman's rigging with a four footed ſtool for bidding him ſup.

A churliſh man and a virtuous wife, one time fell out, becauſe the wife had given ſomething to the poor, what, ſaid he miſtreſs, I'll let you know there is nothing about this houſe but what is mine: Well, well, goodman, then you will let me have nothing, take it all and give me peace; ſo away they went to bed, and the goodwife turned her backſide toward the goodman, and as