Prepare then a feast, and none of the least,

For we will be merry,’ quoth he.

30

They presently fetchd in a brace of fat does,

With humming strong liquor likewise;

They lovd what was good; so, in the greenwood,

This pretty sweet babe they baptize.

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He was, I must tell you, but seven foot high,

And, may be, an ell in the waste;