Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 483
As, some Geese and Cranes were feeding in a CountrymansCorn field, he heard their noise, and came presently out uponthem. The Cranes seeing the man fled for it, but the Geesestaid and were caught 466 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Fable 4.A Trumpeter taken Prisoner. … When an army had been routed, a trumpeter was takenprisoner, and as the soldiers were going to kill him, Gentlemen,says he, why should you kill a man that hurts nobody ? Youshall die the rather for that, says one of the company, when j_like a rascal you dont fight yourself, you set other people…
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