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man durst give him an angry word for he was something fool-hardy, and did not care what he did unto them; so that all them who knew him would not in the least displease him. At length there was a Brewer at Lynn, who wanted a good lusty man to carry his beer to the marsh, and to Wisbech; hearing of Tom, went to hire him, but Tom seemed coy, and would not be his man, until his mother and friends persuaded him, and his master intreated him; likewise promised him that he should have a new suit of clothes and every thing answerable from top to toe; besides he should eat and drink of the best. Tom at last yielded to be his man, and his master told him how far he must go; for you must understand there was a monstrous giant, who kept some part of the marsh, and durst not go that way: for if they did, he would keep them, or kill them; or
