THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



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ter ; here are your wages ; but if 

 you will give them back to me 

 again, I will teach you a point 

 of wit. 



Bring them here saith John: 

 No saith his master, give them to 

 me, and I will tell thee : take them 

 to thee, saith John. Then saith 

 his master, Take care not to yield 

 to leave an old way for a new way. 



Then they bargained for an year 

 more, for the same wages : and 

 when the year was ended, his 

 master brought the three pounds. 

 See John, says his master, here 

 are thy wages : but if thou wilt 

 give them back to me again, I will 

 teach thee a point of wit. 



When you have brought them 

 here, saith John : No, saith his 

 master, give them to me, and I 

 will tell thee : Take them to thee, 

 saith John : Then saith his mas- 

 ter, take care not to consent to go 

 into an house, where an old man 

 is married to a young woman. 



Then they bargained for an year 

 more. And when the year was 

 ended, his master brought the 

 three pounds: see John, saith 

 his master, here are thy wages. 

 But if thou wilt give them me 

 back again, I will teach thee the 

 best point of wit of all. 



When you have brought them 

 here saith John. No, saith his 

 master, give them to me ; and Til 

 tell thee : Take them, saith John. 

 Then saith his master, Be twice 

 threshed, before contend once ; for 

 this is the best point of wit of all. 



Now John he would serve no 

 longer, but would go home to his 

 wife. No, saith his master, stay 

 going to-day, and my wife shall 

 bake in the morning, and she 

 shall make a cake for thee to carry 

 home to thy wife. 



ybma da guber : Bez mar menta 

 rei dem arta, me a deska diz ken 

 point a skians. 



Dreu hedna med Dzhuan : Na 

 med e vester rei dem, ha me a 

 vedn laveral diz : kemereu' dan 

 med Dzhuan. Nenna med e 

 vester : Kemer uith na 'rey gara 

 an vor' goth rag an vor noueth. 



Nenna an dzhei a varziniaz rag 

 bledan moy, rag pokar guber. 

 Ha py tera diuad an vledan e 

 vester a droz an dri penz. Mir 

 Dzhuan med e uaster, ybma da 

 guber ; bez mar menta rei dem 

 arta, me a dyska diz ken point a 

 skians. 



Pa 'n dreu' hedna med Dzhuan : 

 Na med e vester rei dem ha me 

 vedn lavarel diz : Kemereu' dan 

 med Dzhuan. Nenna med e ves- 

 ter; Kebmer uith na ray ostia en 

 tshei lebma vo den koth dernidhyz 

 dha bennen iygk. 



Enna dzhei a vargidniaz rag 

 bledan moy. Ha pa thera diuad 

 an vledan e uaster dhroz an trei 

 penz. Mir Dzhuan med e ves- 

 ter : ybrna dah guber : bez mar 

 menta rei dem arta me a deska 

 diz an guelha point a skianz ol. 



Pa 'n dreu hedna med Dzhu- 

 an. Na med e vester rei dem ; 

 ha me a lavar diz : Kemereu' dan 

 med Dzhuan. Nenna med e 

 vester : Bedhez guesgyz dhiueth, 

 ken gueskal enueth, rag hedna 

 yu an guelha point a skians oil. 



Lebinen Dzhuan e navendzha 

 servia na velha, bez e vendzha 

 maz teua da e ureg. Na med e 

 vester reu' maz hidu, ha ma 

 gureg vi a pobaz metten ; ha hei 

 'ra guil tczan ragez, da daz dre 

 da da 'ureg. 



