A tailpiece with 3 steins, a club, a roasted capon, and a loaf of bread. ". . But her husband returning backe knockt at the doore. The woman hearing this was amazed, and knew not what to doe with her old lover: but looking on her apron strings, she striaght found (as women use to doe) a trick to put herself free from this feare; for shee put her lover under the bed, the capon and bread she put under a tub, the bottle of wine shee put behinde the chest, and then she did open the doore, and with a dissembling kisse welcomed her husband home, asking him the reason why that he returned so quickly. " (p. 78)
". . Behold my spirit (quoth miles) that brought me all that you have had; now bee as good as your word and swaddle him soundly. I protest (said the goodman) your devill is as like goodman stumpe the tooth-drawer, as a pomewater is like an apple: is it possible that your spirits can take other mens shapes: ile teach this to keepe his own shape; with that hee beat the old man soundly. . " (p. 82). Date: 1916.
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