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( 14 ) Soon after fhe came to her hufband, and brought a fpiggot and faucet, fay- ing pull thy finger out of the tap hole, good cuckold. Bethrew your heart for your trouble, faid he, make no luch bargain with me again. TALE XIV. A Man of Gotham took a young buzzard and invited, four or five gen- tleman’s fervants to the eating of it; but the old wife killed an old goofe, and fhe and two of her goffips ate up the buzzard, and the old goofe was laid to the fire for the gentleman’s fervants. So when they came, the goofe was let before them.What is this faid one of them? the goodman faid, a curious buzzard. A buzzard! faid they, why ’tis an old goofe, and thou art a knave to mock us, and fo, in great, anger de- parted home. The fellow was very forry that he had affronted them, and took a bag and put the buzzard’s fea- thers into it; but his wife defired him before he went, to fetch a block of wood, and in the (illegible text) fhe pulled out the buzzard’s feathers, and put in the goofe's Then the man taking up the bag, went to the gentleman’s fervants,