accustomed to be, and there they saw the priest go censing with frankincense, and when they were both out of the church again, and going home, one of them cryed out to his fellow with a loud voice, saying, Lob I pray thee what was that the priest went so whinging whanging withal? Why Hob (qd the other) dost thou not know? It is frankincense. Is it frankincense? I am sure it stunk as if the devil had been in the church.

Another.

HERE were once two men that were both masterless and moneyless, and one said to the other, what remedy canst thou now find out that we may either get some meat or money? By my troth qd the other (I do know a very fine shift,) and being very early in the morning they espyed a man coming with hogs, and I will tell him that they be sheep, and I will cause him to

lay a wager with me, whether they be sheep or hogs and I will cause the matter to be judged by the next man that cometh, but then thou must go another way and meet with us; when we demand of thee whether they be sheep or hogs, thou must say that they be sheep. Then they separated themselves the one from the other, and the one went to meet the man that had the swine, bidding him good morrow; the man doing the like to him again. Then he said to the old man, father, where had you your fair sheep; What sheep qd the man; These sheep that you drive before you: Why (qd) the old man, they are Swine. What (qd the other) will you make me a fool? think you I know not sheep from swine? Marry (qd the old man) I will lay one of my swine against what thou wilt, that they be no sheep. I hold thee my coat against one of my sheep, qd the other. I am content, qd the old man, by whom shall we be tryed? By the next man that meets us. Content, said the old

man.

And then they perceived the man coming being the fellow of the young man. And when he came to them, the old man requested him to tel them what beasts those were? Why (qd he) they be sheep, do you not know sheep? I told him so (qd the other young man) but he would not believe me, and so I laid my coat upon a wager that they were sheep, and he laid one of his sheep against my coat that they were swine: and I won it, have I not? Yea, (qd the old man) but God help me, I bought them for swine. And then the young man took one of the fattest hogs he could find amongst them all, and carryed him away, and his fellow went another way, as though he had not known. him, and the poore man returned again to the place where he had bought them. What became of him afterward I cannot tell: Only this much I know, that he was deceived by those two crafty fellows of one of his hogs. But they immediately met one the other again, and sold the hog for money, and re

joyced that they fared so well, (not knowing how to have otherwise sustained their wants.)

Another.

HERE was a man born in Essex that had been brought up in Norfolk from a child, and on a time he was purposely minded to see his father and mother in Essex; and as he went he heard a cow cry. Thanked be God, said he, that once before I die, I hear my mothers tongue.

Another,

MAN there was that had a child born in the North Countrey and

upon a time this man had certain guests, and he prepared sallets and other meat for them, and bid his boy go into the cellar and take the sallet there (meaning the

herbs) and lay them in a platter, and put vinegar and oil thereto. Now the boy had never seen a sallet eaten in his Country, but he went and looking about the cellar, at last he espyed a rusty sallet of steel sticking on a wall, and said to himself, What will my Master do with this in a platter? So down he took it, and put it into a platter and put Oil and vinegar unto it, and brought it to the table. Why thou knave (qd his Master) I bad thee bring the herbs which we call a Sallet. Now by my Sires sale Master (said the boy) I did never see such in my Country. Whereat the guests laughed heartily.

Another.

HERE was a Gentlewoman that had a French boy dwelling with her, and on a time she gave the boy a pennie to fetch her some graines for to eat (supposing that he would go to the apothecaries for