The Complete Angler Or the Contemplative Mans Recreation Being a Discourse
The Complete Angler Or the Contemplative Mans Recreation Being a Discourse
Walton Izaak
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8d. The second was to have a fourth part of the 205. , which all men know to be 53. The third was to have a fifth part of the 2 os. , which all men know to be 4. 5. The fourth and last gypsy was to have a sixth part of the 203. , which all men know to be 35. 4d. As for example, 3 times 6s. 8d. Are .... 205. And so is 4 times 55. .... 20$. And so is 5 times 45. . . . 208. And so is 6 times 35. 4d. ... 2os. And yet he that divided the money was so very a gypsy, that though he gave to every one th...ese said sums, yet he kept one shilling of it for himself. As for example, s. D. 6 8 5 o 4 o 3 4 make but . . 19 o But now you shall know, that when the four gypsies saw that he had got one shilling by dividing the money, though not one of them knew any reason to demand more, yet, like lords and courtiers, every gypsy envied him that was the gainer; and wrangled with him ; and every one said the remaining shilling belonged to him ; and so they fell to so high a contest about it, as none that knows the faithfulness of one gypsy to another will easily believe ; only we that have lived these last twenty years are certain that money has been able to do much mischief.
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