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but_o be_v lay_v on_o a_o bed_n i_o hear_v he_o swear_v dam'im_n at_o the_o ostler_n when_o he_o pluck_v off_o his_o boot_n and_o there_o he_o continue_v drink_v on_o the_o morrow_n and_o be_v all_o day_n drink_v again_o a_o farmor_n tell_v i_o that_o he_o be_v once_o his_o bedfellow_n at_o tetbury_n where_o the_o parson_n be_v drink_v have_v so_o beshit_v himself_o that_o his_o bedfellow_n be_v fain_o to_o take_v his_o knife_n and_o cut_v off_o the_o tail_n of_o his_o shirt_n and_o throw_v it_o in_o the_o fire_n and_o there_o say_v he_o it_o do_v fry_v like_o grease_n a_o leaf_n in_o quarto_fw-la will_v be_v too_o little_a to_o describe_v his_o sordid_a carriage_n and_o usurious_a grind_n of_o such_o as_o borrow_v money_n of_o he_o wise_a i_o be_o afraid_a this_o last_o load_n have_v almost_o turn_v your_o stomach_n and_o therefore_o i_o will_v drive_v it_o away_o to_o tom_n turd_n pond_n and_o there_o leave_v it_o wife_n i_o have_v many_o more_o such_o fellow_n and_o i_o can_v name_v 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