Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 260
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard London The Friar and Boy. 239 The father of the boy Jack had married a second time,and Jacks stepmother behaved most harshly to him, and halfstarved him. * Nay, tho his meat and drink was poorHe had not half enough.Yet, if he seemd to crave for moreHis ears… … His father, however, behaved kindly, and to get the ladaway, proposed he should look after the cows all day, takinghis provision with him. One day, an old man came to himand begged for food, on which Jack offered him his dinner,which the old man thankfully took and eat.
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