Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 363
34^ Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Had not a shepherd been hur friend,And helpd hur quickly out,Hur surely then had had an end,Hur makes no other doubt. Hungry and weary, he arrived at an alehouse, where thehostess gave him rotten eggs, which he cast in her face, andfled. Seeing an apple… … He j)elted hur with large huge stonesAnd hur did apples cast;The stones did so benumb her ponesThat down hur come at last. He fled, and lying down under a hedge, saw a couple oflovers, one of whom dropped a gold ring, which he picked upand appropriated. But Going thro a town, God wot.Against some…
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