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I.
The Birth of Owlglass, and how he was thrice baptized 1
II.
How all the People of the Village, both Men and Women, made
complaints of young Owlglass; and how, whilst on horseback
with his Father, without his knowledge, he made game of
them all 5
III.
How Owlglass crept into a Beehive; and how, when two Thieves
came in the night to steal it, he managed to set them
quarrelling, so that they came to blows and left the Hive
behind them 10
IV.
How Owlglass ate a roasted Fowl off the spit, and did only
half Work 15
V.
How Owlglass was forbidden the Duchy of Luneburgh, and bought
himself Land of his own 19
VI.
Of the manner in which Owlglass paints a Picture for the
Count of Hessen, and how he persuades him that those of
base birth could not see the Painting 23
VII.
How, at Erfurt, Owlglass taught a Donkey to read 29
VIII.
How Owlglass brought it about that the Watch of Nurenberg
fell into the Water 33
IX.
How Owlglass appears as Dentist and Doctor 37
X.
How Owlglass sells his Horse to a Jew, and on what Terms 41
XI.
How Owlglass sells an Old Hat for more than its Weight in
Gold 45
XII.
How Owlglass, by means of a false Confession, cheated the
Priest of Riesenburgh out of his Horse; and how he steals
another Priest's Snuff-box 48
XIII.
How a Bootmaker of Brunswick larded Owlglass's Boots; and how
he was paid for doing so 56
XIV.
How Owlglass hires himself to a Tailor; and how well he
executes his Master's Orders 60
XV.
How Owlglass caused Three Tailors to fall from their
Work-board, and persuaded the People that the Wind had
blown them down 63
XVI.
How Owlglass tells a Truth to a Smith, to his Wife, his
Assistant, and his Maidservant, for which he gets his Horse
shod 66
XVII.
How Owlglass hired himself to a Merchant as Cook and Coachman 70
XVIII.
How Owlglass cheated a Horse-dealer at Wismar, and afterwards
cheated the Public 78
XIX.
How Owlglass sowed Rogues 82
XX.
How Owlglass hired himself to a Barber, and entered his House
through the Window 85
XXI.
How Owlglass frightened an Innkeeper at Eisleben with a dead
Wolf 90
XXII.
The Grateful Animals 95
XXIII.
Tim Jarvis 106
XXIV.
The Shoemaker and the Dwarfs 115
XXV.
The Countryman and the Jew 121
XXVI.
My Watch 130
XXVII.
Fittletetot 140
XXVIII.
The wee Bannock 148
XXIX.
Jock and his Mother 154
XXX.
The Irish Highwayman 161
XXXI.
Fiddling Jackey 169
XXXII.
Teeny-Tiny 199
XXXIII.
The Cannibal Cow 203
XXXIV.
The Three Men of Gotham on Nottingham Bridge 224
XXXV.
The Man of Gotham and his Cheeses 231
XXXVI.
Twelve Men of Gotham go out Fishing together 236
XXXVII.
The Cobbler's Wager 243
XXXVIII.
The Miller and his Donkey 256
XXXIX.
Dr. Dobbs, and his Horse Nobbs 263
XL.
The Brownie 268
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