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10 THE HISTORY OF
tus having lei his fpring was fooncfl
. dry; the reft had foent moft of theirs
on banquets and fair women. Fontu-
natus being now moneylefs, went to
fome of his landladies vyhere he liad
fpent his money, to borrow three
cro ns, laying, that he would go in¬
to Flanders and fetch f air hundred
crowns, that was there in his uncle’si
hand; but he was flighted, and they
would lend him none: he deflred one*
of his miffes to truft him one quart of
wine, but fhe denied him, and bid her
fervants fetch a pint of fmall beer, to;
make the afs drink ere he went. For-
tunatus took himfelf out of England,,
croflkl the Teas, and arrived in Piccar-
dy in France. In travelling he palled
through a wood, where he fpent the:
whole day, and being benighted, he
faw an old houfe, where he hoped to
find fome relief, but there w;rj no:
creature in it- He fpent the next day
in travelling from one wood to another,,E
almofl ftarved with hunger, and littingi
down by a fountain, (the moon fliin-L
ing clear) he heard a great noife in thfi|i
wood, as the grunting of bears, which.i
made hum convey himfelf away*, and,