Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb, and he took out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”
These lines form part of “The pleasant History of Jack Horner, containing his witty Tricks and pleasant Pranks,” a copy of which is in the Bodleian Library, the story must have been in existence earlier than 1617, at which date a similar tale was printed in London founded upon it.
Versio Altera.
Horner Jacculo sedit in angulo
Vorans, ceu serias ageret ferias,
Crustum dulce et amabile;
Inquit et unum extrahens prunum—
“Horner, quam fueris nobile pueris