WISE MEN of GOTHAM. 13- thereat The girl ſeeing her maſter in a deep ſtudy, ſaid, What the devil ails the horſe in the ſtable? he bleeds pro- digiouſly. The man ran into the ſta- ble, and found the horſe's tail was cut. off; then going to his bed, he found the ſheers wrapped up in his horſe's tail. He then went to his wife, ſaying I crave thy mercy, for I intended to cut off thy hair, but have cut off my own horſe's tail. Yea, ſaid ſhe, ſelf-do, ſelf-have. Many men think to do a bad turn, but it turneth of times to themſelves. TALE XIII. A Man of Gotham laid his wife a wager, that ſhe could not make him a cuckold. No! ſaid ſhe, but I can. Do not ſpare me, ſaid he, but do what you can. . On a time ſhe had hid all the ſpiggots and faucets, and going into the buttery, ſet the barrel a-broach, and cry'd to her huſband, Pray bring me a ſpigot and ſaucer, or elſe the ale will all run out He fought up and down, but could not find one. Como here then, laid the, and put thy finger in the tap-hole. Then ſhe called a tay- lor with whom he had made a bargain.
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