Chap-books of the eighteenth century . The Friar and Boy. 241 The old man left him; and at evening Jack took the cattlehome, and as he went, he tried his pipe with wonderful effect. His Cows began to caper then, The Bulls and Oxen so did five and twenty men Who came this sight to view,Along the road he piping went. The Bulls came dancing after,Which was a fit of merriment, That causd a deal of why, a friar in his gown Bestrides the red cows back,. And so rides dancing thro the town, After this young wag He found his father at home, and telling him how he haddisposed
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . The Friar and Boy. 241 The old man left him; and at evening Jack took the cattlehome, and as he went, he tried his pipe with wonderful effect. His Cows began to caper then, The Bulls and Oxen so did five and twenty men Who came this sight to view,Along the road he piping went. The Bulls came dancing after,Which was a fit of merriment, That causd a deal of why, a friar in his gown Bestrides the red cows back,. And so rides dancing thro the town, After this young wag He found his father at home, and telling him how he haddisposed of his dinner, the good man handed him a capon; atwhich his mother-in-law frowned, and, to her great disgust, herpunishment was prompt, and she had to retire, Jack banteringher. She vowed vengeance, and A Friar whom she thought a saint,Came there to lodge that night)To whom she made a sad complaint, How Jack had shamd her quite. J 242 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Said she, For sweet St. Francis sake, To-morrow in the thrash him till his bones you break No shew of comfort yield. The friar went the next morning to give Jack his thrash-
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