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A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which
holdeth children from play, and old men read more
With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which
holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
Pick out read more
When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without
adding any more to what has already been said; read more
At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without
adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be
foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history
itself.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
