Chapter 14
the man in the nursery of my book house three jovial huntsmen there were three jovial welshmen as i have heard them say and they would go a-hunting upon st david's day all the day they hunted and nothing could they find but a ship a-sailing a-sailing with the wind one said it was a ship the other he said nay the third said it was a house with the chimney blown away and all the night they hunted and nothing could they find but the moon a gliding a gliding with the wind one said it was the moon the other he said nay the third said it was a cheese and half of it cut away and all the day they hunted and nothing could they find but a hedgehog in a bramble bush and that they left behind the first said it was a hedgehog the second he said nay the third said twas a pincushion with the pin stuck in wrong way and all the night they hunted and nothing could they find but a hare in a turnip field and that they left behind the first said it was a hare the second he said nay the third said it was a calf and the cow had run away
and all the day they hunted and nothing could they find but an owl in a holly-tree and that they left behind one said it was an owl the other he said nay the third said twas an old man whose beard was growing grey the
