This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...you not a neat, handsome, and cleanly young lad, about the age of fifteen or sixteen years, that can run by your horse, and, for a need, make your mastership's shoes as black as ink? how say you, sir? Eum. Alas, pretty lad, I know not how to keep myself, and much less a servant, my pretty boy; my state is so bad. G. cf ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...you not a neat, handsome, and cleanly young lad, about the age of fifteen or sixteen years, that can run by your horse, and, for a need, make your mastership's shoes as black as ink? how say you, sir? Eum. Alas, pretty lad, I know not how to keep myself, and much less a servant, my pretty boy; my state is so bad. G. cf Jack. Content yourself, you shall not be so ill a master but I'll be as bad a servant. Tut, sir, I know you, though you know not me: are not you the man, sir, deny it if you can, sir, that came from a strange place in the land of Catita, where Jack-an-apes1 flies with his tail in his mouth, to seek out a lady as white as snow and as red as blood? 2 ha, ha! have I touched you now? 704 Eum. aside. I think this boy be a spirit.--How knowest thou all this? G. of Jack. Tut, are not you the man, sir, deny it if you can, sir, that gave all the money you had to the burying of a poor man, and but one three half-pence left in your purse? Content you, sir, I'll serve you, that is flat. 710 Eum. Well, my lad, since thou art so importunate, I am content to entertain thee, not as a servant, but a copartner in my journey. But whither shall we go? for I have not any money more than one bare three half-pence. G. of Jack. Well, master, content yourself, for if my divination be not out, that shall be spent at the next inn or alehouse we come to; for, master, I know you are passing hungry: therefore I'll go before and provide dinner until that you come; no doubt but you'll come fair and softly after. Eum. Ay, go before; I'll follow thee. 720 G. of Jack. But do you hear, master? do you know my name? Eum. No, I promise thee, not yet. G. of Jack. Why, I am Jack. Exit? Eum. Jack! why, be it so, then. 1 i.e., monkey, ape. Compare the third speech of Madge in p. 134. ...
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Very Good in Good+ jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Everyman's Library, 1930, 12mo, 312 pages, volume 2 only. Jacket has some edgewear at extremities, else book very good and jacket in good+ condition.
