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Extracts from the Records of the 



Old Ayers is rayed with the coff and the murr * 



And Joyce Tiptun . . . . • 



All the towne, <fcc. 



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Olde Freeman doe weare ruggs f 



And Thomas Lord doe goe to the woode to steal poles and luggs % 

 f All the towne, &g. 



John Spackman doe give thanks for his oread 

 And George Eiman hathe a dissemblinge head 

 All the towne, &e. 



Young Thomas Lord he is somewhat nise 

 And goeth to Uffcutt and telleth lies 

 All the towne, &c. 



Katheryn Spackman is somewhat wise 

 And of her sonne James she setteth a prise 

 All the towne, &c. 



Ida Little is not very proud 

 But goodwife Bartlett will scould very loud 

 All the towne, &c." 



The next — not quite such sorry stuff — discloses no whereabouts : — 



"Brine had a mare — whosoever knew hir— 

 Som times he rode hir and sometimes he drove hir 

 She will carry hir m r [master] through haile winde and raine 

 Soe merily to market, soe merily backe againe 



When Brine he perceived y* hir good dayes ware dun 

 He turned up hir heeles and pulled of hir shun 

 Then Brine went trudging and trudging downe the hill 

 And with his pen and inkhorne did write his mare's will 



First he bequeathed her eies that ware so cleere and gray 

 Even to hir m r Brine to lead him on the way 

 Next I hequeth my teeth that stand all in a rew 

 To little John Brunker because he hath but few 



" An old word for a catarrh," Bailey. 

 + Coarse cloth. 

 * Poles. 



