ABSTRACT

400AMidsummerNightsDream ofmepoorewretch,untillsuchtimeasbygreatnoyseandrumbling heeheardthedooresofthehouseburstopen,andtheneighbours cryinginmostlamentablesort,whichinforcedhimbeingstricken infeare,toflyhisway.Andbyandbyatroupoftheevesentredin, andkepteverypartandcornerofthehousewithweapons.Andas menresortedtoaidandhelpthemwhichwerewithinthedoores, thetheevesresistedandkeptthemback,foreverymanwasarmed withaswordandtargetinhishand,theglimpseswhereofdidyeeld outsuchlightasifithadbinday.Thentheybrakeopenagreat chestwithdoublelocksandbolts,whereinwaslaydallthetreasure ofMilo,andransacktthesame:whichwhentheyhaddonethey packeditupandgaveeveryoneaportiontocarry:butwhenthey hadmorethantheycouldbeareaway,yetweretheylothtoleave anybehind,butcameintothestable,andtookustwopooreasses andmyhorse,andladeduswithgreatertrussesthanweewereable tobeare.Andwhenwewereoutofthehousetheyfolloweduswith greatstaves,andwilledoneoftheirfellowstotarrybehipd,and bringthemtydingswhatwasdoneconcerningtherobbery:andso theybeatusforwardovergreathilsoutoftheway.ButI,whatwith myheavyburdenandlongjourny,didnothingdifferfromadead asse:wherforeIdeterminedwithmyselftoseeksomecivilremedy, andbyinvocationofthenameoftheprinceofthecountrytobe deliveredfromsomanymiseries:andonatimeIpassedthrougha greatfaire,IcameamongamultitudeofGreeks,andIthoughtto callupontherenownednameoftheEmperor,andtosay,0Cesar, andcriedoutaloud,0,butCesarIcouldinnowisepronounce. TheTheeveslittleregardingmycrying,didlaymeeonandbeate mywretchedskinneinsuchsort,thatafteritwasneitheraptnor meettomakeSivesorSarces.HowbeitatlastJupiteradministred untomeanunhopedremedy.Forwhenwehadpassedthrough manytownesandvillages,Ifortunedtoespyapleasantgarden, whereinbesidemanyotherflowersofdelectablehiew,werenew andfreshroses:andbeingveryjoyful,anddesiroustocatchsome asIpassedby,Idrewneererandneerer:andwhilemylipswatered uponthem,Ithoughtofabetteradvicemoreprofitableforme,lest iffromanAsseIshouldbecomeaman,Imightfallintothehands ofthetheeves,andeitherbysuspitionthatIweresomewitch,or forfearethatIshoulduttertheirtheft,Ishouldbeslaine,wherefore IabstainedforthattimefromeatingofRoses,andenduringmy presentadversity,IeathayasotherAssesdid.