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distant shore, into the hands of some tender persons, and thereby preserve his life; & if he afterwards commits those base actions the shame will fall on his own head, as no one will know from whom he is descended. The magician highly commended her for her invention, and said he would procure such a boat for her; and she promising him a good reward for his assistance, returned home. After she was gone, the magician sent for one Rot, a very cunning artist, a joiner, to trade, who undertook to make the boat, drawing out with his pencil, the form of it, carried it home with him, wrought upon it in private, & having soon finished it, brought it to the magician's house, who paid him largely for it, & sent a servant to the house of Simon, who told Judas's mother, that the matter which his master & she spoke of was now finished. She understanding him, went next morning to the magician's house, viewed the boat, & liked it well, saying it was very convenient for
