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to have had the liberty of wandering about his man unto said Freborne demanding if the city on any and every day. If these T there was no body sick in his house. Unto pigs committed any crime, such as did the whom he answered, that they were all in cannibal swine aforesaid, the civil authorities good health, he gave God thanks. Then could not condemn them to death without said he again, it was told his masterthat some body was sick, or else they would not eat first having them tried before the ecclesias flesh in Lent. Unto whom Freborne gave tical court. ( Vide XI Green Bag, 33.) answer, that his wife was with child and A most celebrated reporter of ecclesiasti cal cases thus tells the story of a pig in the longed for a piece of a pig, and if he could days when bluff old Hal was king; we quote get some for her he would. Then departed his landlord's man home again. verbatim : "In the year of Our Lord 1538, Sir William And shortly after his landlord sent for Forman being Mayor of the City of London, him. But before that he had sent for him three weeks before Easter, the wife of one he had sent for the Bishop of London's Thomas Freborne, dwelling in Paternoster sumner, whose name was Holland, and when Row, being with child, longed after a morsel this Freborne was come, he demanded of of a pig, and told her mind unto a maid him, if he had not a pig in his house which dwelling in Abchurch-Lane, desiring her if he denied not? That commanded Mr. it were possible to help her unto a piece. Garter, the said sumner, called Holland, to take him and go home to his house, and to The maid perceiving her earnest desire shew ed unto her husband what his wife had said take the pig and carry both him and the unto her, telling him it might chance to pig unto Dr. Stokesley, his master, being cost her her life, and the child's too which then Bishop of London, and so he did. Then she went with, if she had it not, upon this the Bishop being in his chamber with divers Thomas Freborne, her husband, spoke to a others of his clergy, called this Freborne Butter-wife which he knew, that dwelled in before him, and had him in examination for Harnsey, named good-wife Fisher, to help this pig laying also unto his charge that he him to a pig for his wife for she was with had eaten in his house that Lent powdered child, and longed for to eat of a pig: unto beef and calves heads. (This Freborne whom the said good-wife Fisher promised denied.) In this time of this his examination which that she would bring him one the Friday following, and so she did, being ready was during the space of two hours, divers dressed and scalded before. But when she came unto the Bishop, some to have their children confirmed and some for other causes. had delivered him the pig, she craftily con veyed one of the pig's feet and carried it Unto whom as they came, having the pig unto Dr. Cockes, at that time being Dean before him covered, he would lift up the of Canterbury, dwelling in Ivey Lane, who cloth and show it to them saying, " How at the time of his dinner before certain guests think you of such a fellow as this? Is not whom he had bidden, showed the pigVfoot, this good meat, I pray you to be eaten in declaring who had the body thereof. And this blessed time of Lent, yea, andplso pow after that they had talked their pleasure, dered beef and calves heads too besides and dinner being done, one of his guests, this." And after this the Bishop called his sumner being landlord unto Freborne, called Mr. Garter, and by his office, King of Arms, sent unto him and commanded him to go and