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13 about a month after her marriage, one of her neighbours leaving her doors carlely open, had a mock and petticoat tolen away, while he was telling a goip's tale of an hour long, at the next door, where he went to fetch fire, which misfortune much troubled her: he made her moan to mother Shipton, who did not go about like our little illy conjur ors with their chemes and figures, to give a blind deription of they know not whom; but roundly told her uch a one by name had tolen the things, adding, that he would make her retore them with hame to her; and o indeed he did, for the market-day, before all the people, the woman could not avoid putting on the mock over her clothes, and the petticoat in her hand, and o marched through the croud in the market-place where the other was, by Mother Shiptons's directions, io receive them inging thee words.—

I tole my neighbour's mock and coat, I am a thief and here I hew'.

So when he came to the owner, he pulled off the mock and petticoat, and gave her them with a reverend courtey, aked her pardon, and o departed.