To lend him twenty shillings or a ryall;[23]
But, with his curt'sies, of his purpose fayling
He goes behind my backe cursing and railing.
Foole, thy kind speeches cost thee not a penny,
And more foole I, if they should cost me enny.
[23] Value ten shillings.
[4.] A Minister going to one of his Parishioners he asked her, who made her? She reply'd, She did not know: A Child standing by, he asked him the same Question, who Answered, God; whereupon the Parson Reproving the Old Woman, told her it was a shame that she should be so Ignorant, who had lived to those Years, and that little Child could tell. Marry, quoth she, I am an old Woman, and have been made a great while, and he was made but t'other day, he may well tell who made him.
[13.]I went to the Tavern, and then,
I went to the Tavern, and then,
I had good store of Wine,