big and weighty. Then I came into a little country village, and going in by the ſide of a houſe, ⟨there⟩ was a great big cat ſitting in a weaver's window, beiking herſelf in the ſun, and waſhing her ⟨face⟩ with her feet: I takes her a civil knap on the ⟨noſe⟩, which makes her turn back in through the window, and the weaver having a plate full of hot pottage in the innerſide to cool, poor badrons ran through ⟨the⟩ middle of them, burnt her feet, and threw them ⟨on⟩ to the ground, ran through the houſe, crying fire ⟨and⟩ murder in her own language, which cauſed the ⟨scary⟩ wicked webſter to come running to the door, ⟨where⟩ he attacked me in a furious rage, and I to avoid {{reconstruct|the} firſt ſhock, fled to the top of the midden, where, ⟨endeavouring⟩ to give me a kick, I catched him by ⟨the⟩ foot, and tumbled him back over into the dirty ⟨midden⟩-dib, where both his head and ſhoulders ⟨went⟩ under dirt and water; but before I could recover my elwand or arms, the wicked wife and her ⟨two⟩ ſons was upon me in all quarters, the wife ⟨hung⟩ in my hair, while the twa ſons boxed me ⟨about⟩ and before, and being thus overpowered by ⟨numbers⟩, I was fairly beat by this wicked webſter, ⟨his⟩ troops being ſo numerous,
The ſame day, as I was going up to a country-⟨house⟩, I met on the way a poor beggar with a (illegible text) who was both of them bitten in different ⟨places⟩ by a big maſtiff dog; they perſuaded me to turn ⟨out⟩, I ſaid that I ſhould firſt ſee him: ſo up I ⟨went⟩ to the ſide of a hedge, and cuts a long ⟨bramble⟩ full of prickles, which I carried in my left hand ⟨and⟩ my ſturdy ſtaff in the right; and as I came ⟨to⟩ the houſe, Mr. Youffer came roaring upon me ⟨like⟩ like a lion, he being a tyke of ſuch a monſtrous (illegible text) frighted me ſo that I ran back; but he purſued ⟨me⟩ ſo hard, I was forced to face about, and ⟨boldly put⟩ the briar to him, which he gripped in his
