THE THREE POINTS OF WIT. 



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And when he was gone from 

 the merchants, he delayed the 

 time, that he might try whether 

 his wife had always kept to her 

 duty : Had she, or had she not. 



And when he was come to the 

 door, he chanc'd to hear another 

 man in the bed : He laid his hands 

 on his dagger to destroy them 

 both: but he considered that he 

 ought to deliberate twice with 

 himself, before contend once. 



And he went out again, and 

 then he knock'd. Who is there, 

 in the Name of God, said she ? 



I am here said John: By St. 

 Mary, whom do I hear saith she? 

 Tf it be you, John, come into the 

 house. Come hither with the 



light, saith John: Then she 



brought a light. 



And when John was come in- 

 to the house, saith he, when I did 

 come to the door, I did chance to 

 hear another man in bed. 



Oh John saith she, when you 

 went away afar off, I was gone 

 three months with child; and now 

 the poor sweet little boy is in bed 

 with me, to God be thanks for it. 



Says John, I will tell thee: My 

 master and my mistress gave me 

 a cake, and said to me ; When 

 that I and my wife were most 

 merry together, to break the cake, 

 and not before : And now there 

 is cause for us to merry. 



Then they broke the cake, and 

 there were nine pounds in the 

 cake. And the money they had, 

 and the bread they did eat ; and 

 there was no anger, nor strife, nor 

 dispute between them. And so 

 I end my tale ofthern from thence- 

 forth. 



Ha po do ev gilliz dort an 

 vartshants ev a dhelledzhaz an 

 termen mal da va prev erra e ureg 

 guita kympez et i gever : erra po 

 nag erra. 



Ha po 'ryg e daz dan darraz, 

 ev a vendzha klouaz den aral en 

 guili : Ev a uaske e darn uar e 

 dagier da destria an dheau. Bez 

 e brederaz ter gota dodo baz aviz- 

 iyz diuet ken guesgal enuet. 



Ha ev a det a mes arta; ha 

 nenna e gnakiaz. Peua ez enna 

 en bar* Deu amed hei. 



Thera vi ybma med Dzhuan : 

 Re Faria piua glou vi med hyi ? 

 Mar so huei Dzhuan, diau tshyi. 

 Douoy an golou danna, med 

 Dzhuan : nenna hei a dhoroaz an 

 golou. 



Ha po 'ryg Dzhuan daz tshei, 

 med ev po 'ryg avi daz da 'n dar- 

 raz, me a venzha klyuaz den aral 

 en guili. 



Ha D^huan med hyi, po 'rygo 

 huei maz ker, thera vi gillyz trei 

 miz gen 'hloh ; ha lebmen ma da 

 nei meppig hueg en guili, da deu 

 robo gor zehez. 



Med Dzhuan me vedn laveral 

 diz. A vester ha a vestrez roz 

 dem tezan ha laveraz dem ; Pan 

 vo mi ha 'm g'reg an moyha luan 

 uarbarh do terri an dezan, ha na 

 henz : ha lebmen ma kaz da nei 

 rag baz luan. 



Nenna dzhei a dorhaz an dezan, 

 ha tera nau penz en dezan. Ha 

 an mona an dzhei a gavaz ; ha 'n 

 bara dzhei a dhabraz ; ha na ve 

 idn froth na mikan na trauaran 

 nor vez. Ha an del la ma diuad 

 me daralla dodans. 



