Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 406
A° Dm. M°CCCCC°XIX. ^ The Chap-book version is, that he was apprenticed to a richclothier at Newbury, and married his masters widow, and agreat portion of the book is taken up with their courtship. Shortly after the king had occasion to raise an army againstthe Scots, who were risen against the… … Jacks wife died, and he married one of his maids, whose 2 c 386 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, father came to see her, and was astonished at Jacks mag-nificent establishment, making a speech which would delightthe Philological Society. Sir, quoth the old man, I wize yoube abominable rich,…
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