THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



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And when they were come to 

 the house where formerly they 

 had lodged, saith John, I must 

 needs see the host of the house. 



The host of the house, said 

 they ! What wouldst thou do 

 with the host of the house ? Here 

 is the hostess with us, and young- 

 she is : but if you will see the 

 host of the house, go into the 

 kitchen, and there you'll find him. 



And when he was come into 

 the kitchen ; then he saw the host 

 of the house : and an old man he 

 was, and feeble, and turning the 

 spit. 



Oh, saith John, here I will not 

 lodge, but in the next house. Not 

 yet said they ; take a supper with 

 us, and welcome thou shalt be. 



Now the hostess of the house, 

 she had consulted with a fellow 

 that was in the town, to destroy 

 the old man in his bed in the time 

 of night, whilst the rest were 

 asleep ; and to lay the blame upon 

 the merchants. 



And when John was in bed, 

 there was an hole in the top of the 

 house; and he saw a light. And 

 he got up out of his bed ; and 

 he listened, and he heard a man 

 speak. And he turned his back 

 to the hole : See well, saith he, 

 that there be nobody in the next 

 house, thatmay see our foul deeds. 

 And with that he strangled with 

 his handkerchief, and destroyed 

 the old man in bed. 



And with that John with his 

 knife cut (through the hole) out of 

 the back of the man's gown a piece 

 quite round. 



And next morning after he was 

 strangled she began to make a 

 great out-cry, that her dearly be- 

 loved was destroyed : and for that 

 there was neither man nor boy in 



Ha po 'rygan dzhei daz da'n 

 tshei lebma got fia an dzhei ostia; 

 amed Dzhuan me dal Guellaz an 

 ost an tshei. 



An ost an tshei amed an dzhyi : 

 Pe 7 ntra venta guil gen an ost an 

 tshei ? ybma ma gen ostez nei ha 

 yygk eu hei : mar menta guellaz 

 an ost an tshei, ki da 'n gegen, 

 ha enna ti an kav. 



Ha po 'ryg e daz da 'n gegen ; 

 enna e uelaz an ost an tshei ; ha 

 den kot o e, a guadn, a trailia an 

 ber 



Ha amed Dzhuan, ybma na 

 vadna vi ostia bez en nessa tshei. 

 Na huat med an dzhei. Guraz 

 kona abarhan nei, ha uelkym ti 

 a ved. 



Lebmen an hostez an tshei, hei 

 a kynsiliaz gen nebyn vanah a 

 erra en tre, a da destria an den 

 kot en guilli en termen an noz, a 

 resta an dzhyi syppozia ; ha garra 

 a fout uar an vertshants. 



Ha po thera Dzhuan en guilli, 

 therra tol en tal an tshei ; ha ev 

 a uelaz gulou. Ha e savaz am'an 

 amez e uili ; ha ev a gyzyuaz, ha 

 e glyuaz an manah laveral. Ha 

 trailiaz e gein da an tal ; martez 

 en (amed ev) ma nebonen en 

 nessa tshei, a 'ryg uelaz agen ha- 

 ger oberou. Ha genz hedna, an 

 guadngyrti geuz e follat a destria z 

 an den kot en guili. 



Ha genz hedna Dzhuan genz e 

 golhan, trohaz (der an tol) mez a 

 kein gun an manah pis pyrround. 



Ha nessa metten an guadn-gyrti 

 hei a dalasvaz da 'nil krei ter da 

 e thermaz hei deztriez : Ha rag 

 na erra den na floh en tshei bez 

 an vertshantz, an dzhei dal kreg 



VOL. in. 1834. 



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