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ADVENTURE AT GANOS.
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parte of us fell a sleepe, and som that could not sleepe layc
still and sayd nothinge for disquictinge of the reste, all
beinge whyshte. Mr. Baylye had occasion to goe to the
dore to make water, the dore was verrie litle, and opened
very straitly into the gallarie, the wynde blowed mar-
valus strongly, and made a grcate noyse, for the house
lay verrie open to the sea and wether. Mr. Baylle, when
he lay downc to sleepe, had untied his garters a litle, so
that when he came into the gallarie, the wynde blew his
garter, that was louse and trayled after him, rounde aboute
the other legge ; it was a greate silke garter, and by the
force of the wynde it fettered his legges bothe faste to-
gether. Our talk a litle before, of Aders, snakes, and
sarpentes,waS yeat in his rememberance, and the place was
rieare wheare muche varmen was. He thoughte they had
swarmed aboute him, but aboute his legges he Thought he
was sur of a sarpente, so that soddonly he cried oute with all
the voyce he hade: A sarpente ! a sarpente ! a sarpente! and
was so frighted that he could not findc the doore to gitt in,
but made a great buslingc and noyse in the gallarie. On the
other side, we that weare in the house, did thinke that he
had saidc: Assalted! assaltcd! for before nyghte we
doubted that some tritcherie would hapen unto us in that
towne, so that we thoughte the house had bene besett with
people to cutt our Throtes. Thare was 15 of us in the
house, and it was bute a litle house ; everie man touke his
sorde in hande, one reddie to spoyle another, not any one
knowingc the Cause. One that could not findc his sorde,
goot to the Chimnay, and offeringe to climbe up, Downe
fell a parte of the chimnaye tope upon his heade, and hurte
him a litle ; another, that was sodonly awakede, strouke
aboute him with his sorde, and beate downe the shelfe and
broke the pitcheres and plateres which stood thar on ; the
roumc being verrie darke, for it was a boute mydnyghte.
Otheres did thinke that they weare pullinge downe the
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parte of us fell a sleepe, and som that could not sleepe layc
still and sayd nothinge for disquictinge of the reste, all
beinge whyshte. Mr. Baylye had occasion to goe to the
dore to make water, the dore was verrie litle, and opened
very straitly into the gallarie, the wynde blowed mar-
valus strongly, and made a grcate noyse, for the house
lay verrie open to the sea and wether. Mr. Baylle, when
he lay downc to sleepe, had untied his garters a litle, so
that when he came into the gallarie, the wynde blew his
garter, that was louse and trayled after him, rounde aboute
the other legge ; it was a greate silke garter, and by the
force of the wynde it fettered his legges bothe faste to-
gether. Our talk a litle before, of Aders, snakes, and
sarpentes,waS yeat in his rememberance, and the place was
rieare wheare muche varmen was. He thoughte they had
swarmed aboute him, but aboute his legges he Thought he
was sur of a sarpente, so that soddonly he cried oute with all
the voyce he hade: A sarpente ! a sarpente ! a sarpente! and
was so frighted that he could not findc the doore to gitt in,
but made a great buslingc and noyse in the gallarie. On the
other side, we that weare in the house, did thinke that he
had saidc: Assalted! assaltcd! for before nyghte we
doubted that some tritcherie would hapen unto us in that
towne, so that we thoughte the house had bene besett with
people to cutt our Throtes. Thare was 15 of us in the
house, and it was bute a litle house ; everie man touke his
sorde in hande, one reddie to spoyle another, not any one
knowingc the Cause. One that could not findc his sorde,
goot to the Chimnay, and offeringe to climbe up, Downe
fell a parte of the chimnaye tope upon his heade, and hurte
him a litle ; another, that was sodonly awakede, strouke
aboute him with his sorde, and beate downe the shelfe and
broke the pitcheres and plateres which stood thar on ; the
roumc being verrie darke, for it was a boute mydnyghte.
Otheres did thinke that they weare pullinge downe the