. The life of Long Meg of Westminster: containing the mad merry pranks she played in her life time, not onely in performing sundry quarrels with divers ruffians about London, but also how valiantly she behaued her selfe in the warres of Bolloingne . or, or else pay downe twentyNobles. Alas quoth the Frier, I haue not twenty Nobles, buthere is ten Angels in gold, and foureteene shillings in whitemoney, take that for a satisfaction of mine offences, giue it formy sinnes to the poore. Giue it me, quoth Meg. As soone as she fingered the money,she told him, that seeing he wanted some odde money, th
. The life of Long Meg of Westminster: containing the mad merry pranks she played in her life time, not onely in performing sundry quarrels with divers ruffians about London, but also how valiantly she behaued her selfe in the warres of Bolloingne . or, or else pay downe twentyNobles. Alas quoth the Frier, I haue not twenty Nobles, buthere is ten Angels in gold, and foureteene shillings in whitemoney, take that for a satisfaction of mine offences, giue it formy sinnes to the poore. Giue it me, quoth Meg. As soone as she fingered the money,she told him, that seeing he wanted some odde money, that hisbody should pay it: and with that she light vpon the Friers pilch,and b; at him so sore, that he trusted better to his feet than hishands, and so ran away. The poore Women they were sore agast, but Meg straight discouered her selfe. When they saw her face, and knew all, their feare was turned to laughter; and away they went to the Tauerne, and spent the Friers fourteene shillings in good cheere. The newes of this (as Women are good Secretaries) came to the eares of all the Friers in Westminster, how Frier O/iuer was served, which was such a disgrace to him, that a long while after he was ashamed to shew his face in the strectes. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY PR ! of
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