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without any word at all tied his wiue's belly to a naked pillar, and laid him downe to ſlepe behind the ſame where hir Louer muſt needes come in: who walking at his appoynted houre, and miſſing of his purpoſe, went ſtraight to the Bawde, and made hir go into the houſe, which bichance had the keye giuen hir of the fore gate by this yong wedded wyfe. And when ſhe came in, finding her bound, ſhe vnloſed hir, and ſtoode hir ſelfe tied in hir roume, and ſent this pleaſaunt wife awaye to fetche a good night. In the meane time the huſbande of this yong woman awaking, delirous to knowe how all things went, he called his wife many times, but the Bawde would not aunſwere for hir bicauſe ſhe would not be knowne. The Goodman riſing up in the darke in a rage ſayd, wilt thou not aunſwere me? with that he flue upon hir and cut of hir noſe. The Bawd was whiſht all this while, and dare not ſpeake for hir life. The yonge woman that had bene feaſted abroade and ſweetelye taken hir pleaſure, returned home, and ſeeinge the olde Bawde thus vnhappilye dreſſed for hir ſake, it grieued hir verye ſore (yet gladde hir ſelfe had eſcaped the daunger) and ſo untying hir, bounde hir ſelfe againe, and ſent this wretched Bawde home without a noſe. The Bawde departed thence, the yonge woman called hir huſbande,