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10 aw it tark naked, itting atride upon the iron, to which the pot-hooks were fatened; whence they took it down without the leat hurt, and o far from being frightened, that it eemed by its montrous miles to be very well pleaed at thee pleaant exploits. CHAP. IV.

Several other merry Pranks played by center Mother Shipton, in Revenge of uch as abued her. AS our Urula grew up to riper years he was often affronted by reaon of her deformity, but he never failed to be revenged on thoe that did it. As one day all the chief of the parih being together at a merry meeting, he coming thither occaionally on an errand, some of them abued her by calling her the devil's batard, and hag face, and the like; whereupon he went away grumbling, but o ordered her affairs, that when they at down to dinner, one of the principal yeomen, had, in an intant, his ruff which in thee days they wore, pulled off and the eat of an houe of office