DEmaunde. who bare y^e best burden that euer was borne. ℟. That bare y^e asse whā our lady fled with our lorde in to egypte. ¶ Demaunde. where became y^e asse that our lady rode vpon. ℟. Adams moder de de ete her. ¶ Demaunde. who was Adams moder. ℟. The erthe. ¶ Demaunde. what space is from y^e hy est space of the se to the depest. ℟. But a stones cast ¶ Demaūde. whā autecryst is come in to this worl­de what thynge shall be hardest to hym to knowe. ℟. A hande barowe / for of that he shall not knowe whi­che ende shall goo before. ¶ Demaunde. How many calues tayles behoueth to reche frome the erthe to the skye. ℟. Nomore but one & it be longe ynough. ¶ De maunde [...] How many holy dayes be there i the yere y^e neuerfall on the sondayes. ℟. There be eyght that is to were y^e thre holy dayes after Eester. iii. after whyt­sondaye / the holy ascencyon daye / and corpus crysty daye. ¶ Demaūde. whiche ben y^e trulyest tolde thyn­ges in the worlde. ℟. Those be y^e steyres of chambres and houses. ¶ Demaunde. whiche parte of asergeaū te loue ye best to warde you. ℟. His heles. ¶ Demaū ­de. whiche is the best wood and leest brente. ℟ Vy­nes. ¶ Demaunde. whiche is the moost profytable beest & that men eteth leest of. ℟. That is bees. ¶ De maunde. whiche is the brodest water and leest Ieo­perdye to passe ouer. ℟. The dewe. ¶ Demaunde. what thynges is it that the more that one drynketh y^e lesse he shall pysse. ℟. It is fartes & fyestes / for Who that drynketh a hondreth thousande they shall neuer [Page] pysse a droppe. ¶ Demaunde what thynge is it that neuer was nor ne [...] shall be. ℟. Neuer mouse ma­de her nest in a cattes ere. ¶ Demaunde. why dryue men dogges out of the chyrche. ℟. Bycause they co­me not vp and offre. ¶ Demaunde. why come dog­ges so often to the chyrche. ℟. Bycause whan they se the aulters couered they wene theyr maysters goo thyder to dyner. ¶ Demaunde. why dooth a dogge thourne hym thryes aboute or y^e he lyeth hym downe. ℟. Bycause he knoweth not his beddes hede frome the fete. ¶ Demaunde. why doo men make an ouen in the towne. ℟. For bycause they can not make the towne in the ouen. ¶ Demaunde. what beest is it that hath her tayle bytwene her eyen. ℟. it is a catte whan she lycketh her arse. ¶ Demaunde. whiche is the moost cleynelyest lefe amonge all other leues. ℟. it is holly leues / for noo body wyll not wype his arse with them. ¶ Demaunde. who was he that lete the fyrst farte at rome. ℟. That was the arse. ¶ Demaū ­de. How may a man knowe or perceyue acowe in a flocke of shepe. ℟. By syghte. ¶ Demaunde. what thynge is it that hathe hornes at the arse. ℟. It is a sacke. ¶ Demaunde. what almes is worst bestowed that men gyue. ℟. That is to a blynde man / for as he hathe ony thynge gyuen hym / he wolde with good wyll se hym hanged hy the necke that gaue it hym. ¶ Demaunde. wherfore set the [...] vpon chyrche ste­ples more a cocke than a henne. ℟. yf men sholde sette there a henne seh wolde laye egges / and tehy wolde fall vpon mennes hedes. ¶ Demaunde what thynge is it that hathe none ende. ℟. A bowle. ¶ Demaun­de. [Page] [...] [Page] [...] [Page] what wode is it that ne [...] [...] reste vpon. ℟. The claper of a lazers dysshe. D [...]aūde how wolde ye saye two pater nosters for your frendes soule / and god neuer made but one pater noster. ℟. Saye one two tymes. Demaunde whiche ben the moost profy­table sayntes in the chyrche. ℟. They that stonde in y^e glasse wyndowes / for they kepe out y^e wynde for was­tynge of the lyght. Demaūde. what people be they y^e neuer go a processyon. ℟. They be those that rynge y^e belles ein y^e meane season. Demaūde what is it y^e fre­seth neuer. ℟. That is hote water. Demaūde. what thȳge is that / y^t is moost lykest vnto a hors. ℟. That is a mare. ¶ Demaūde. wherfore be there not as many women conteyned in y^e daunce of poules as there be men. ℟. By cause a women is so ferefull of herte that she had leuer daunce amonge quycke folke than deed. ¶ Demaunde whiche is the clenlyest occupacy­on that is. ℟. That is a dauber / for he may neyther shyte nor ete tyll he hath wasshed his handes. ¶ De­maunde. what daye in the yere ben the flyes moost a­ferde. ℟. That is on palme sonday whā they se euery body haue an handeful of palme in theyr hande / they wene it is to kyll theym w^t. ¶ Demaunde what tyme of the yere may maydens moost with theyr honeste fyest in the chyrche. ℟. In lent season / for than euery sayntes nose and face is couered so that they smell no thynge ¶ Demaunde. what thynge is it the lesse it is the more it is dredde. ℟. A brydge. ¶ Demaunde. wherfore is it that yonge chyldren wepe as soone as euer they ben borne. ℟. Bycause theyr moder is noo more mayden. ¶ Demaunde. wherfore is it that an [Page] asse hathe so grete [...]. ℟. Bycause het moder put no begyn on her heed in her yought. ¶ Demaūde what is it that is a wryte and is no man / and he do the that no man can / and yet it serueth bothe god and man, ℟. That is a be. ¶ Demaūde. whiche was fyrst y^e henne or y^e egge. ℟. The henne whā god made her. ¶ De­maunde. why do the an oxe or a cowe lye. ℟. Bycau­se she can not fytte. ¶ Demaūde what people be they that loue not in no wyse to be prayed for. ℟. They be beggers & poore people whā men say god helpe them whan they aske aimes. ¶ Demaūde How many stra wes go to a gose nest. ℟. None for lacke of fete. ¶ Demaunde. what tyme in the yere bereth a gose moost feders. ℟. whan the gander is vpon her backe. ¶ Demaunde what was he that flewe the fourth parte of the worlde. ℟. Cayne whan that he slewe his broder abell in the whiche tyme was but foure persones in the worlde. ¶ Demaunde. what was he that was be goten or his fader / and borne or his moder / and had the maydenhede of his beldame. ℟. That was Abell ¶ Demaunde. what thre thynges be they that the worlde is moost mayntened by. ℟. That is to were by wordes erbes and stones. why with wordes man worshyppeth god / and as of erbes that is all maner of corne that man is fedde with / and as stones one is that gryndeth the corne and the other encreaseth the worlde. De. what is y^e aege of a felde mous. ℟. Ayere And a hedge may stande thre mous lyues / and the lyfe of a dogge is the terme of thre hedges standynge & the lyfe of a hors is thre dogges lyues / and the lyfe of a man is thre hors lyues / and the lyfe of a gose is thre [Page] mennes lyues / and y^e lyfe of a swanns [...] and the lyfe of a swalowe is thre swanne lyues and the lyfe of an egle is thre swalowes lyues / and the ly­fe of a serpent is thre egles lyues / and the lyfe of a ra­uen is thre serpentes lyues / and the lyfe of a harte is thre rauens lyues / and an oke groweth. v. hondreth yere / and it standeth in one state fyue hondreth yere and it fadeth fyue hondreth yere besyde the rote why the doubleth thre tymes eueryche of the thre aeges a foresayd. ¶ Demaunde. A man had thre doughters of thre aeges / whiche doughters he delyuered to sell certayne apples / and he toke to the ledest doughter. l. apples / and to the seconde. xxx. apples / and to the yongest ten apples / and all these thre solde in lyke many for a peny / and brought home in lyke moche money now how many solde eche of them for a peny. ℟. The yongest solde fyrst seuen for a peny / and the other two systers solde after the same pryce / than y^e eldest syster had one odde apple lefte / and the seconde syster two / and the yongest thrs apples / now these apples lyked the byer soo well that in contynent he came agayne to the yongest syster and bought of her thre apples after thre pens a pece / than had she ten pens / and the secon be thoughte she wolde kepe the same pryce / and solde her two apples for thre pens a pece and than had she ten pens / & y^e eldest solde her one apple for thre pens / & than had she ten pens / thus solde they in lyke many apples for a peny and broughte home in lyke moche money. ¶ Demaunde. what man is he that geteth his lyuynge bacwarde. res. That is rope maker. ¶ De­maunde. what people be the that geteth theyr lyuyn­ge [Page] moo [...] merylyest. ℟. Tho be prestes & fullers / for one syngeth and the other daunceth. ¶ Demaunde. what is he that made all and solde all / & he y^e bought all loste all ℟. Asmyth made an alle and solde it / and the shomaker y^e bought it lost it. ¶ Demaunde whe­ther is it bett to lyue by thefte or by almes dedes. ℟. The rewarde of thefte is to behanged / and yf thou ly ue by almes dedes that is by beggers tordes ⁂

¶ Thus endeth y^e Demaundes Ioyous Enprynted at London in Flete stre te at the sygne of the sonne by me wynkynde worde. In the yere of our lorde a M. CCCCC. and xi. ⁂