Chap-books of the eighteenth century . Merie Tales are undoubtedly the work of AndrewBorde, or Boorde, who lived in the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies. He was born at Holmesdale in Sussex, was educatedat Oxford, and afterwards became a Carthusian monk. Atthe persecution, te7np. Henry VHL, he escaped abroad, andtravelled over many parts of Europe and some portion ofAfrica, He settled at Montpelher, became a physician, andpractised as such on his return to England. For some reason,he was imprisoned in the Fleet, where he died, April, are two black-letter editions without dates, and
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . Merie Tales are undoubtedly the work of AndrewBorde, or Boorde, who lived in the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies. He was born at Holmesdale in Sussex, was educatedat Oxford, and afterwards became a Carthusian monk. Atthe persecution, te7np. Henry VHL, he escaped abroad, andtravelled over many parts of Europe and some portion ofAfrica, He settled at Montpelher, became a physician, andpractised as such on his return to England. For some reason,he was imprisoned in the Fleet, where he died, April, are two black-letter editions without dates, and there isone in the Bodleian library, with a woodcut of the hedging inthe cuckoo, The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of together by of Physick Doctor, 1630; butAnt. a Wood, in his Ath. Oxon. (Bliss, edition), says it wasprinted in the reign of Henry VHL Gotham is a village about six miles from Nottingham, andthe name of the Cuckoo bush is still given to a place nearthe village. THE Mtvvu Cales OF THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard Bow LaneLondon. The Wise Men of Gotham. 277 Tale i. There was two Men of Gotham, and one of them was for goingto Nottingham market to buy sheep \ and the other came fromthe Market, and both met on Nottingham Bridge.—Well met,said one to the other. Whither are you going, said he^ thatcame from Nottingham ; Marry, said he that was going thither,I am going to the market to buy sheep—To buy sheep ! saidthe other, which way will you bring them home ? Marry, saidthe other, I will bring them over this bridge—By Robin Hood,said he that came from Nottingham, but thou shalt not—ByMaid Margery, said the other, but I will—You shall not, saidthe one. I will, said the other. Then they beat their staves one against the other, and thenagainst the ground, as if a hundred sheep had been betweenthem. Hold then there said the one. Beware of my sheepleaping over the bridge, said the other—I care not said the one
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