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the hook of your hnger. Take heed 

 lest you bend, blunt, or damage the 

 hook, which I could not replace for 

 twenty pounds. 



I^enat0t% Nay, Master^ I am free '' For this relief 



. , . 1 J much thanks y 



now, but the grasshopper has escaped 

 me. 



^3t$cator^ Then take a beetle. 



or a 



bob- 



^enator> I have one in my 

 purse with a hole in it. 



^3l$cator. Rest you merry. 



Scholar ; a " bob " is a youthful 

 beetle. Take him, and make in him 

 certain cunning slits, through which "i^he -jjrig^ 

 you may, with ease, pass the hook, 

 whereon he will wriggle and twist in 

 lively and right merry sort. 



"Ftnator^ See, Master^ 'tis as 



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