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Rh lutie, it happened hee vnwittingly chaunged it, and in lieu of hir firt and cotly potion, hee placed where hir Louer hould lie a receyt of oppium. This Cocke leeping oundly coulde by no meanes be awaked: o that the poore broken Maide went up and downe the chamber like one traught of hir wittes, and thought to go out for omewhat to wake him, aying that he that gaue this potion had ure chaunged Violles: and going hir waye abrode to eeke remedie, the Bawde thought trayght to dipatch him. And hauing prepared already a Quill which he had fylled with fine venimous beaten powder, hee went and put it to the mouth of this leeping Cocke, and blewe at one of the endes to make it enter perforce into the body. But it happened farre otherwie than hee looked for. For euen at that intant there came uch a blat of winde from him that had the oppium, that he hauing hir mouth ready to blowe, receiued with the force of his winde the whole powder into hir owne bodie, which was made o trong that forthwith hee fell downe dead. And thus weening to haue deliuered the yong Mayde from him, to haue gotten the more gaine to hir elfe, hee quit hir elfe of hir owne life. As man houlde neuer for any vile corruption relieue one to hurt another. For neyther doth Gods lawe nor the lawe of