The thrie tailes of the thrie priests of Peblis Contayning manie notabill examples and sentences, and (that the paper should not be voide) supply it with sundrie merie tailes, verie pleasant to the reider, and mair exactlie corrected than the former impression.

ANe cunning Painter thai•• was dwelling in London, quhilk had a fair ʒoung wyfe, and for things he had to do went ouer the Sea, bot be∣cause he was sumquhat ••elou•• he prayed his wyfe to be con∣••ent that he micht paint ane lambe vpon hir belly, and pray¦ed hir that it micht remaine thair til he come hame againe, quhairwith sho was content. After quhilk lambe sa painted, he departed, and sone efter that ane lustie ʒoung Merchant, a Bacheler came and s••••ted his wyfe and obtayned hir fauour, so that sho was content that he sould lye with hir, quha resort∣ed to hir, and had his pleasour often tymis And on a tyme he tuke a Pensel, and to the ••ambe he painted twa hornes, wening to the wyfe that he had bot re∣freshed the auld painting Bot at the last about a ʒeir after hir husband came hame againe, & the first nicht he lay with his wyfe he luked vpon his ••••ues belly and saw the twa horne•• painted thair, hee said to his wyf that some other body had bene beside thair, and maid a new painting, for the picture that he painted had na hornes, & this hath hornes. To quhom his wyfe shortly answered and said: ʒea sir, remember that it is a ʒeir past and mair sen ʒe went, and thocht it war bot a lambe quhen ʒe went, now perdie, it

must neids be a sheip and haue hornes by the course of nature, and thairfoir ʒe must be con∣tent. This man heiring his wyfis resonabill answer, held him content, & asked no moir▪