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 to be made, and the earth of it carried away; then filled it up with dung from a privy, and covered it over with a green turf, that it might not be known by the other ground. So according to promie, they both met in the morning againt the appointed time. Now, George being the oldet man, and by them counted the greatet fool, the young park permitted him to jump firt, which he, according to order did; and jumped within a foot of the place where the ground was falified. The young man eeing this, made his performance with great airs, and all his might, o that he jumped a foot over George, but to his oxters among clean dung! whereat the whole multitude of pectators cried out with huzzas and laughter. Now, ays George, I told you we would end in and about were we began, and that is in clean dirt.

2. On a time after this, the King and his Court was going into the country, and they would have George to ride before them in the fool's dres; whereunto he eemed unwilling, but it was the King's pleaure. So George was mounted on an old hore, with a pair of old riven boots, the heels hanging down, and a palmer coat, patched over with pictures of divers kinds. George rode before them in this poture, which caues great laughter and diversion, until they came to an inn, where they alighted to dine, and in the time they were at dinner, George went into the table, and with a knife cut all their hore chafts, not fore, but o as they might