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Excerpt from The Month, Vol. 2: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art She, being in a merry mood, replied Twittle twattle, Mr. Congleton; the one may be avoided, the other not. 'tis no reason I should get a cold to-day because I be like to be hanged to-mor row. I' fait cried Polly, my mother hath well parried your thrust, sir; and methinks the holy Bishop of Rochester was of the same mind with her. How so, Polly? Quoth her father; and she, There happened a false rumour to rise suddenly among the people when he was in the prison, so I have heard Mr. Roper relate, that he should be brought to execution on a certain day wherefore his cook, that was wont to dress his dinner and carry it daily unto him, hearing of his execution, dressed him no dinner at all that day. Wherefore, at the cook's next repair unto him, he demanded the cause why he brought him not his dinner. 'sir, ' said the cook, 'it was commonly talked all over the town that you should have died to day, and therefore I thought it but vain to dress any thing for you.' Well, ' quoth the Bishop mer rily, 'for all that report, thou seest me yet alive; and therefore, what soever news thou shalt hear of me hereafter, prithee let me no more lack my dinner, but make it ready; and if thou see me dead when thou comest, then eat it thyself. But I promise thee, if I be alive, by God's grace to eat never a bit the less.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.