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C H A P. IV.

Simon goes to the Market with his bafket of

Eggs breaks them all by the Way, and is

fet in the Stocks.

BUT altho' he was not punifhed accord-

ing to the fevere correction he had

formerly received, yet he did not efcape

the continually railing in his ears for feveral

days after, ever and anon fhe crying out,

You fot, can you never be wife ? Yes, fweet

Margery, dear Margery, I hope I fhall in

time Well, fays fhe, will you try once

more ? Here take this bafket of eggs, and

go to market, and fell them ; but be fure

you do not break them, nor fpend the mo-

ney, for if you do forrow fhall be your

fops, and you may expect to feel the weight

of my hands more than ever you have done

yet. At which harfh words he trembled

much, and looked as pale as his dear wife's

fmock, for fear he fhould mifcarry with

his eggs, for he knew his wife would be as

good as her word.