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THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



the house but the merchants and 

 them, they should surely be hang- 

 ed for it. 



Then they were taken, and to 

 the prison they were led : and in 

 the end, John came to enquire 

 after them. 



Alas ! John, say they, there is 

 bad luck to us : our host was 

 murdered last night, and we must 

 be hanged for it. 



What all of you ? But if you 

 should be justified (saith John) 

 what will you give to one for 

 for telling who did the bad work ? 



Who is it knows, said they ? 

 Who hath done the bad work ? 

 Saith John, if I do not make you 

 see the proof of who hath done 

 the bad work, I will hang for it. 



Speak it out said, they. Last 

 night, said John, when I was in 

 bed, I saw a light, and I got up ; 

 and there was an hole in the top 

 of the house. 



And some man did turn his 

 back against the hole. Pray 

 Chance, said he, there be nobody 

 in the next house, that may see 

 our foul deeds. 



And with that with a knife I 

 did cut a piece thro' the hole, 

 out of the back of the man's gown ; 

 a piece quite round. And to 

 make my words to be well proved, 

 here is the piece in my pocket for 

 you to see. 



And with that the merchants 

 were freed ; and the woman and 

 the man were taken and hanged. 



Then they came away together, 

 out of Market Jew ; and in the 

 end, they did come to Kuz karn 

 mi huila in Burian. 



Now there the way parted ; and 

 the merchants would fain have 

 John to go home with them ; but 

 for the time lie would not ; but 

 he would go home to his wife. 



ragta. 



Enna an dzhei a vea kemery/, 

 ha da an kloxprednier dzhyi a ve 

 lediyz : Hauarandiuedh Dzhuan 

 a det uar' a go phidn. 



Ha Dzhuan medh an d z hei 

 ma kalliz luk da nei : Ma agen 

 ost nei destriez nehuer ha nei dal 

 kreg ragta. 



Huei ol ? mer a huei an luti- 

 ziou (a med Dzhuan) gyr tero an 

 diz rag riman a 'ryg an badober? 



Piua armed an dzhei ? tiua'ryg 

 an badober ? Piu a 'ryg an bad- 

 ober ? Med Dzhuan : mar nyz 

 medra deffa previ peu a 'ryg an 

 badober ; mi a vedn kreg ragta. 



Laverou' danna med an dzhei. 

 Nehuer med Dzhuan, po tera vi 

 itta 'o guilli, mi a uelaz gulou ha 

 mi a savaz am 'an : ha tera tol en 

 tal an tzhei. 



Ha nebyn Manah a trailiaz e 

 gein uar bidn an tul. Martezen 

 med ev ma nabonnen en nessa 

 tshyi aelguelazagenhageroberou. 



Ha genz hedna gen a holhan 

 me a trohaz pis, der an tol mez a 

 kein gun anmanah; pis pyrround. 

 Ha rag gil a giriou-ma da vaz 

 prevez; ybma ma an pis et a 

 phokkat da vaz guelyz. 



Ha genz hedna an vartshants 

 a vi friez : ha an venin ha 'n ma- 

 nah a vi kemeryz ha kregyz. 



Nenna an dzhei a det uarbarh 

 mez da Varha Dzhou ; Ha uar 

 an diuad dzhei 'ryg daz da Kuz 

 karn na huila en Borrian. 



Nenna thera vor diberh : ha 

 an vartshants a vendzha arta da 

 Dzhuan maz dre burh an dzhei ; 

 bez rag an termen ena vendzha ; 

 mez even dzlia maz dre da e ureg. 



