a pinte of white, and a pinte of claret, casting his cloake upon the table, and falling to his former communication of preferring the yoong man.  The wine is brought, and two cuppes withall, as is the vsuall manner:  when drinking to them of the one pinte, they pledge him, not unthankfull for his gentlenesse.  After some time spent in talke, and as he perceived fit for his purpose, hee takes the other cup, and tastes the other pinte of wine:  wherewith he finding fault, that it dranke somewhat harde, sayd, that Rose-water and Sugar would do no harme:  whereupon he leaves his seate, saying he was well acquainted with one of the seruants of the house, of whom he could have two penny worth of Rose-Water for a penny, and so of Sugar likewise, wherefore be would step to the barre unto him, so taking the cup in his hand, hee did:  the young men neuer thinking on any such treacherie as ensued, in that he seemed an honest man, and beside left his cloake lying on the table by them.  No more returnes the yonker with Rose-water and Sugar, but stepping cut of doores, unseene of any, goes away roundly with the cup.  The young men not a little wondering at his long tarrying, by the comming of the seruants to see what they wanted, who tooke no regarde of his sudden departure, finde themselves there left, not onely to pay for the wine, but for the Cuppe also, being rashlye supposed by the maister and his seruants to be copartners with the treacherous villaine:  but their honest behaviour well knowne, as also their simplicity too much abused, well witnessed their innocencie:  notwithstanding they were faine to pay for the cup, as afterwarde they did, hauing nothing towardes their charge but a thred bare cloake not worth two shillings.  Take heede how you drinke wine with any such companions.

Of an honest housholder which was cuningly deceyued by a subtill companion, that came to hire a Chamber for his Master.

Not farre from Charing Crosse dwelleth an honest young man, who being not long since married, and having more roomes in his house than himselfe occupyeth, either for terme time, or the Court lying so neere, as divers do, to make a reasonable commoditie, and to ease house-rent, which (as the worlde goeth now to none of the cheapest) letteth foorth a chamber or two, according as it may be spared.  In an evening but a while since, came one in the manner of a Seruing man to this man and his wife, and he must needes have a Chamber for his Maister, offering so largely, as the bargaine was soone concluded betweene them.  His intent was to have fingered some bootie in the house, as by the sequele it may bee likeliest gathered:  but belike no fit thing lying abroad, or hee better regarded then happily be would be, his expectation that way was frustrated, yet as a resolute Conny-catcher indeed, that scorneth to attempt without some successe, and rather will pray upon small commoditye, then returne to his fellows disgraced with a lost labor:  he summons his wits together, & by a smooth