54 ‘And Plumton Parke I will giue thee, and Iacie in [t]his tide-- It is worth three hundred pounds by yeare-- to prepare thy good cowhide.’ 55 ‘God a mercie, good fellow,’ quoth the tanner, ‘for this that thou hast done; The next time thou comest to Tamworth town, thou shalt haue clouting-leather for thy shon.’ 56 Now God aboue speed well the plough, and keepe vs from care and woe, Vntill euerie tanner in [t]his countrie [doe ride a hunting so.] A merrie, pleasant and delectable Historie, betvveene King Edvvard the fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, as he rode vpon a time with his nobles a (=b=, on) hunting toward Drayton Basset: Verie pleasant and merrie to read. =a.= Printed at London by John Danter, 1596. (_8 pages._) =b.= At London, printed by W. White, 1613. (_8 pages._) =b= _has for a heading_ The King and the Tanner. =a.= 3^4. quaint of aray. 11^1. play thee. 12^2. _Defect supplied from_ =b=. 20^4. _Cut off; supplied from_ =b=. 26^2. thou wilt. _Cf._ 41^2. 29^2, 56^4. _Cut off; supplied from_ =b=. 43^1. quath. =b.= 3^1. as the. 3^2. eight of the. 3^4. quaint of ray. 6^1. tanner he. 7^1. here _wanting_. 8^4. tell it me. 9^4. vp vpon. 10^2. so might. 11^1. play thee. 12^2. we will none lacke. 13^1. Godamercy. 15^2. I stand. 16^4. middes. 18^4. lies. 19^3. thou happen. 20^4. what craft-man art thou. 22^3. than I should. 23^1. I wish. 23^2. thou wilt. 23^3. then thy. 23^4. would I faine. 25^2, 27^2, 44^1, 50^2. mought. 25^4. thou wouldst. 26^2. thinkes thou wilt. 26^3. if thou. 27^3. than thy. 29^2. and will neuer goe in rest. 31^1. Why heere: said the. 31^3. would asworne. 33^3. king’s faire steed. 35^2. sore that he. 36^1. me up. 38^3. so hie. 40^4. welnie. 41^2. mee thinkes: thou wilt. 45^2. yea. 45^3. wert. 46^2. and _wanting_. 47^2. will no longer abide. 48^2. and he. 50^1. then _wanting_. 51^1. when they all before the king came. 51^3. had rather. 53^2. might. 53^4. that is in the. 54^2. Jackie in this. 56^3. Till: in this. 56^4. doe ride a hunting so. III KING HENRY II AND THE MILLER OF MANSFIELD =a.= ‘Kinge and Miller,’ Percy MS., p. 235; Hales and Furnivall, II, 147. =b.= The Pleasant History of the Miller of Mansfield, in Sherwood, and Henry the Second, King of England, etc., Wood, 254, iv. Small octavo of twelve pages. Printed for F. Coles, J. Wright, T. Vere, and William Gilbertson, 1655. 1 Henery, our royall k_ing_, wold goe a huntinge, To the greene fforrest soe pleasant and fayre; To haue the harts chased, the daintye does tripping, To merry Sherwood his nobles repayre; Hauke and hound was vnbound, all things p_re_pared For the same to the game w_i_th good regard.