WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. 15 and ſaid, Pray be not angry with me, you ſhall fee I had a buzzard, for here be the feathers. Then he opened the bag and took out the gooſe's feathers. Upon which one of them took a cud- gel, and gave him a dozen of ſtripes, ſaying, Why you knave, could you not be content to mock us at home? but are you come here to mock us? TALE XV. A Man's wife of Gotham was deli- vered of a male child, and the father invited the goſſips, which were child- ren of eight or ten years of age. The cldeſt child's name was Gilbert, the ſecond's name was Humphrey, and the Godmother's name was Chriſtibel. Their relations admoniſhed them di- vers times, that they muſt all fay after the Parſon. And when they were all come to the church, the prieſt ſaid, Be you all agreed of the name ? Gilbert, Humphrey, and Chriſtibel, ſo ſaid they all. The prieſt then said, wherefore came you hither? They immediately ſaid the ſame. The prieſt being ama- zed, could not tell what to ſay, but whiſtled and ſaid, Whey, and ſo did they. The prieſt being angry, ſaid Go
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