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52 he cat himelf on them, thinking to haue gone from windowe to windowe, and o hedlong he fell to the grounde in ieopardie to breake his necke. But the Moone for the firt time fauored him o that he killed not himelfe, but brake his legges and one of his armes as God would haue it: o that oppreed with paine he cryed out alowde, lamenting his miehap chaunced to him, giuing to much credit to an others wordes. And thus not able to creepe nor goe, he pitifully lieth expecting death. The knight leaping out of his bed ran to the crie, and come to the place, he found this vnfortunate and wretched theefe lying on the grounde in womans apparell, and hee gaue him many a faire wounde to lighten the paine of his broken legges and arme, and forced him to tel what caue moued him to come to robbe his houe. Thys miferable theefe aunwered him (fearing leat hee would kill him) and tolde him the whole caue of his comming. But yet that that grieued him wort of all was aide hee, that he was uch a fool and beat to beleeue his words: and he beought him though he had at leat hurt him to much with his wordes, (which he had dearly bought and repented both), yet that he would vouchafe not to hurt him in his deedes alo.