I ſerued my ſelfe with thẽ to get vp againe to the top of the houſe: ſo I ſtaid and went on them as I liſt, and did what I would. The Moone hearing my coniuration ſeauen times ſhewes me all the money and treaſure that was hidden in that houſe, where I flew thus vp and downe vpon hir beames, by meanes where of I tooke my choice, and had what I would, carying it quite away with me. And thus good wife (as I haue tolde thee) I made me riche, and now I care for no more.
One of the two theeues (who gaue a liſtening eare, ſtanding at the knights chamber dore) heard all that he ſaide, and bare it away with him in memorie, beleuing it was true that he ſpake, knowing this riche knight to be a man of credit and to be beleeued, ſince he was reputed of all men to be a worthy and courteous knight: ſo that they thought themſelues happie to haue learned ſuch a wonderfull ſecrete in maner (upon his wordes) aſſuring themſelues in ſhort time to be made verie rich. The chiefe theefe apparelled like a woman got vp to the toppe of the houſe, deſirous to prove that in deedes which he had heard in words: ſo he made his exorciſme and enchauntment, repeting it ſeuen times, and then embracing the beames of the Moone, his armes throwne abrode,
