Chap-books of the eighteenth century . 34^ Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Had not a shepherd been hur friend,And helpd hur quickly out,Hur surely then had had an end,Hur makes no other doubt. Hungry and weary, he arrived at an alehouse, where thehostess gave him rotten eggs, which he cast in her face, andfled. Seeing an apple tree, he climbed it in order to assuagehis hunger. Up into the tree hur gets,The owner came anon,Made hur almost besides hur wits,A cruel fight He pelted hur with large huge stonesAnd hur did apples cast;The stones did so benumb her ponesThat down hur come
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . 34^ Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Had not a shepherd been hur friend,And helpd hur quickly out,Hur surely then had had an end,Hur makes no other doubt. Hungry and weary, he arrived at an alehouse, where thehostess gave him rotten eggs, which he cast in her face, andfled. Seeing an apple tree, he climbed it in order to assuagehis hunger. Up into the tree hur gets,The owner came anon,Made hur almost besides hur wits,A cruel fight He pelted hur with large huge stonesAnd hur did apples cast;The stones did so benumb her ponesThat down hur come at last, He fled, and lying down under a hedge, saw a couple oflovers, one of whom dropped a gold ring, which he picked upand appropriated. But Going thro a town, God some ill bred curs,Hur shewed it to a chattering trotWho said the ring was hers. An altercation ensued, and it ended in their going before The Welch Traveller. 347 a justice, where the Welshman, calHng the justice a greatBoobie, was sent to the stocks. Whilst there, the lovers passedhim, and he told them that the woman had the ring. Shewas apprehended and put with him in the storks.
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