8 The MERRY TALES of the fiſh; but were much ſurpriſed to find nothing but a large eel. Ah! ſaid they! a miſchief on this eel, for he hath eard en up our fiſh. What muſt we do with him ; ſaid one to the other; kill:him! ſaid one, chop him in pieces, ſaid lana other, Nay, not fa, ſaid the other, but let us drown him. Be it accordingly ſo, replied they all So they immedia ately went into another pond, and caſt the col into the water. Lie there, ſaid theſe wiſe men, and ſhift for thyſelf, ſince you may not expect any help from us. So they left the eel to be drowned TALE VIII. On a time the men of Gotham had forgotten to pay their rents to their landlord. So one ſaid to the other, To! morrow muſt be pay.day, by whom can we fend our money to our land- lord ? Said one of them, I have this day taken a hare, and he may carry it, for he is very quick footed; be it fol, replied the reſt; he ſhall have a letter, and a large purſe to put our money in, and we can direct him the ready way. When the letter was written, and the money put into the purſe, they im mediately tied them about the hare's
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