12 The MERRY TALES of the TALE XII. A man of Gotham that did not lave This wife, and the having fair hair, her huſband ſaid divers times, he would cut it off, but durſt not do it when the was awake, ſo he reſolved to do it when the was aſleep; therefore one night he took up a pair of ſheers, and put them under his pillow; which his wife perceiving. ſaid to one of her maids, go to bed to my huſband, for he intends to cut off my hair to night, let him cut off thy hair, and, I will give thee as good a kirtle as ever thou did fee. The maid did ſo, and feign- ed herſelf aſleep. which the man per- ceiving, cut off the maid's hair, and wrapped it about the ſheers, and laid them under the pillow, and went to Sleep, the maid aroſe, and the wife took the hair and ſheers, and went to the hall, and there burned the hair. The man had a fine horſe that he lov- ee much, and the good wife went into the ſtable cut off the horſe's tail, wrap- ped the ſheers up in it, and then laid them under the pillow again, Her huſband ſeeing her combing her head in the morning, marvelled very much,
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