i5s frattaSBmflttmrtDeteawfrasoro, 
rcfufe to die: pet bad fijc not then fete mar¬ 
ried to Francis King full fourepearcs , nep* 
fber toas ibeeattbatttmeabcue fiftte o? 
fiptte peares of age. $ot long after ftjee 
bad dope , fljee came into tbe garden, 
and as it ibeuld fete, bad cleane fojgotten 
Ijer former fljame, tobere (be began both to 
fing and name, Vetoing feerfelfe feerp merrp: 
toberetoifb all the companie toas feerp toell 
pleated, fpecsallpberbufbanD tbatccmmen* 
Deo her fo? it. W ben eucning teas come, e* 
uerp man teohe bis lcaue,and departed to bis 
lodging, ano toben tocc lucre gone toee eban* 
ted >bp our flaues to bnoerttano tbe trutb of 
tbefaet before rcbearfed, and tobat danger 
toe bad efcaped: tobereat toe toendjea much, 
ano Francis King bimfelfe began to be feme* 
tobat fufpicious of tbe matter, being fecretlie 
aduertifed of bis. toiucs bebauieur , but b® 
teto not toitb tobomeibe bad to doe, no? 
ante mifirutted tbiS Anthonie Fragofo, 
thinking bim to be tbe belt friend bee bad in 
all tbe too 2 ldt pea,and tbat mojc is,bee durff 
not b?eahe bis mtndefo anp but onelpbnto 
bint,of tobome in great ferret be allied coun¬ 
cil , Taping, tbat be bndertf ©d,and bad toell 
found tbat bis toifebebaueo ber felfe dtfl)o* 
nefflte,aflungbim tobat be toerebetf to doe, 
and told bim furtber,tbat be meant to dtflem* 
tie tbe mate fo? a time, to fee if bee could 
take them together, t berebp to bill tbe botb, 
tobicb tbe otber counfelledbim to ooe,p?omi- 
Cng bim bis belp and furtherance, and to bee 
fecret tbercin,and fo tbep departed. Antho¬ 
nio Fragofo toet p?efentlp bnto bis toife,and 
Sbetoed ber tobat bad paif bettoceneberbuf* 
band and bim, tobere tbep concluded bppen 
tbat tobicb after tbep toougbt to paffe,tbink* 
tog it tbe belt ccurfc to pjeuent bim. $oto 
fo it bapned, tbat in an euening in tbe montb 
flf auguft, 1588. Francis King bad pjoui- 
deo a rotted pig fo? topper in bis oton boufe: 
tobercunto be inuited this Anthonio Fra* 
goto, and bis mother in lato, tobo as it fem- 
ctb,toas of counfell toitb them in this confpi* 
racic 5 andfbe p?incipallcaufe of the SDrageop, 
although berp ffoutlp and boldlp thee dented 
tt aftcrtoards.Cbep being at topper and berp 
wtcrrie.at tbe fame time it toas mp chance to 
fnppe in a certame place toitb a SDutcb pain* 
ter, tobetber Francis King Tent bs a quarter 
of the pigge, p?aping bs to eate itfo? bis 
fake, and to be merrier be that b?ougbt it be* 
tog one of our otone bottfe. Cbep bad caufed 
btmtod?tofee of a certaine toinc that toas 
mingled toitb the t^earbe Deutroa, tbcrebp 
to bereauepoo?e Francis of bis toittes, and 
fo to effect their accurfed deutce: fo? as it ap* 
peared, bee that bought the pigge came 
bake o?unke, and out of bis toittes ? toljcrebp 
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toe perceaued that all toas not toell. 
3lo conclude, the f^earbe beganne to 
too?ke, fotbatoffo?cc bee muff needs Geep, 
and the companie bteg departed,(fe® Cjutte 
bis trappe d©?c, as o?dtnarilp be bfeo to doe, 
and laid tbe hep bnder bis pilloto, anOtoent 
foBedde toitb bis lontng toife - Inhere p?e* 
fcntlp bee fell on Ceepe tifee a dead man, part* 
Ip bp meanes of tbe Deutroa, andpartlp be* 
caufe bee bad o?unke toell, 0 bout eleauen 
OftbeClocheintbenigbt, Anthonie Fra¬ 
gofo all armed, and another good friend 
of biS,notknotomg(as bceconfeffed) tobat 
Anthonio meant to doc, and came to tbs 
dro?eof Francis Kinges boufe, and knocked 
foftlp, and totlled tbe flaues that flept beloto, 
to open tbe do?e:but tbepanftocrcd ban tbcic 
matter toas a bedde,and that the trappe 0 ©?e 
toas that on tbe in fide. Francis bis toife 
that flept not, tobe (be beard it, ran to tbe 
totnfeoto and totlled him to b?ing a ladder and 
dime bp, tobicb be p?efentlp did, and the bolp 
btm in. Inhere thee tooke bim about tbe 
necke kitting bim, and bad bim toelcome, 
leading btm in bp the band, tobere her buf* 
band flept, little thinking on the biUanie p?e* 
tended bp bis toife, andfucb as be held to bee 
bis belt friends, and to be b?tefe fljee faio bn* 
to him : SLbere lietb tbed?nnkardandtbe 
^erefiche, that thought to b?ing bs fo 
ourendes, tberebpto feperatebs front our 
loue and pleafurcs noto reuenge pour felfe on 
bimifpouloneme, andp?efentlpbee tb?uff 
btm into the bodp toitb bts Kapicr, cleane 
tb?cugb tbe b?eaff,fo that it came out behind 
at bis backhand being not content tbertoitb, 
gaue bint another tb?uff,tbat toent in at the 
one fide,and out at the other fide,and fo at tbe 
leaft 4.0? s tb?uff s mo?e after be toas dead: 
toberebp tbe poo?e innocent man ended bis 
dapes: tobicb done,tbep took all the if ones f 
^Diamonds tbat bee bad of diners men to 
too?fee,as alfo to fell: tobicb amounted at tbe 
leaff to the balue of 40 .tboufand pardatoes* 
ano t©he Francis bis oton papier tbatbung 
bp bint $ put it into bis band, as if tbep toonld 
mahe men belaue tbat bee tooulobaue killed 
tbem, $ that in tbeir otone defence tbep bad 
flaine bim,but it toas toell hnotoneto tbeco* 
trarie: fo? that tbc flaues being beloto, beard 
all that bad paff. SDbep t©he toitb them alfo 
tbe cbilde being of ttoo peares old, and toent 
out of tbe bcu(e,but tbep bad not gone farre, 
but tbep left tbe cbilde lpingafad©?e in tbe 
itreet,tobere in tbe mojning it toas found, $ 
altbogb tbe flaues made a great noife at f beir 
miffrtffes flight,® toent fo fetch § cfficcrs,pet 
tbep could net find tbe,fo? that night tbe mur 
tberers toent g knocked at § Blefuits cloiffer, 
fiefiring them to take them in, g gaue tbe tbe 
