foreſeeing the daunger) entered one nyght into a knightes houſe, no leſſe wyſe than worſhipfull, and verie riche: where theſe theeues thought to have ſped themſelues for euer, that they ſhould neuer more haue needed to haue exerciſed that arte. This valiant knight awaketh, and hearing the noiſe of their feete in the houſe, imagined (as it was) that there were theeues: and they were euen vpon the point of opening his chamber doore where he laye, when he iogging his wyfe awaked hir, and ſoftly ſaid to hir, Have ye not heard the noyſe of the theeues in the houſe that are come to robbe us? I would haue ye therefore aſke mee ſtreight with great inſtance, after what ſort, whence and howe I came by all that we haue togither in the houſe. And ye ſhall aſke mee ſo lowde that if there were any at the chamber dore he might eaſily heare you: and I will ſeeme to be verie ſcrupulous to tell you, then ſhall you bee more earneſt with mee than before to vnderſtande it: at length you ſhall preſſe mee ſo with importunacie that I will tell it you. The Ladie his wife being verie wiſe and ſubtill, began in this maner to aſke hir huſbande, and thus me ſaide vnto him: O deare ſir, graunt mee I beſeech you one thing this night that I ſo long haue deſired to knowe: to tell me how you haue done to come
