and Iacie in [t]his tide—
It is worth three hundred pounds by yeare—
to prepare thy good cowhide.’
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‘God a mercie, good fellow,’ quoth the tanner,
‘for this that thou hast done;
The next time thou comest to Tamworth town,
thou shalt haue clouting-leather for thy shon.’
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Now God aboue speed well the plough,