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THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



And they put the nine pounds 

 in a cake, and when John did 

 take his leave, Here, saith his 

 master, is the cake for you to carry 

 home to your wife : and when 

 you and your wife are most merry 

 together ; then break the cake, and 

 not before. 



Fair leave he took, and toward 

 home he travelled ; and at the end 

 he did come to St. Hillary Down 

 and there he met with three mer- 

 chants of Trcrecn (men of his pa- 

 rish) coining home from Exeter 

 fair. 



Ha! John, said they, come with 

 us : we are glad to have the sight 

 of you. Where hast thou been 

 so long? (How far hast thou 

 been ?) 



Saith John, 1 have been in 

 service, and now 1 am jzoini; home 

 to my wife. And said they, come 

 with us and welcome thou shah 

 be. 



Then they took the new way, 

 and John kept the old \\.iy. 



And he went by the Hedges 

 of the House on the Downs : and 

 the merchants were not gone far 

 from John, but thieves took hold 

 of them. 



And they began to make aery ; 

 and with tin: cry the merchants 

 made, John cried out too, Thit \* >, 

 thieves ! 



And to the cry that John made, 

 the thieves forsook the merchants : 

 And when they were come to 

 Market Jew, then they metavrain. 



Oh! John, said they, we arc 

 much obliged to you : Had it not 

 been for you, \ve had all been 

 undone. (.'nine alon^ with us, 

 ami welcome you shall be. 



Ha an dzhei a uyraz an naw 

 penz en dezan. Ha po 'riga 

 Dzhuan kymeraz e kydmiaz ybma 

 med e vester, ma tezan ragez da 

 dan dre, da da 'ureg : Ha po ti a 

 da ureg an moiha luan uarbarh ; 

 nenna g'reu terhi an dezan ha na 

 henz. 



Kibmiaz teg e kymeraz, ha tiua 

 ha tre e trevaliaz ; ha uar an diuat 

 e rig daz da Gun St. Kler. Ha 

 enna ev a vettiaz gen trei vert- 

 shunt a Tre rin (tiz pleu) taz dre 

 mez an fer Karesk. 



Ha I):hi/aji amed an dzhei, 

 diou gennan nei: Luan oan nei 

 da g'yz guelaz huei. Polia ve ti 

 mar b* 1 ' 



Amed Dzhuan, me a ve servia 

 ha lebmen teram maz dre da a 

 uttg. Ha med an dzhei, euzbar- 

 li;i IK i ; ha uelkom ti a ved. 



An d/.yi a kymeraz an vc 

 et, ha I)~JiUdti a guidaz 



vornou- 

 an vor 

 got. 



Ha ma/, reb Keou Tshoy Uun, 

 ha nauo an vartshants gifiyi pel 

 doart l)/.huau ; bez leddarn a gle- 

 naz ort an dzhei. 



Ila an dzhyi a dalladaz da 'uil 

 krei : Ha uenx. an krei : a 'ryg an 

 \arNhants ^uil ; Dzhuan a greiaz 

 auct Leddarn, leddarn! 



Ila uenx. an krei a 'rig Dzhuan 

 U'uil, :m lednin a torsakia/ an vert- 

 shants : Ha po 'ryg an dzhei da? 

 da Yarha Dzhou, enna an dzhei 

 a vettiaz arta. 



Ila Di/uinn arnedh an dzhei : 

 Seud/.liyz on nei da huei : Na via 

 rauoii huei nei a via tiz oil dizu- 

 re\z. Di/. barha nei, ha uelkym 

 ti a ved. 



