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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44577 ***</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 648px;">
+<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="648" height="800" alt="cover" />
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h1><small>THE</small><br />
+
+<span class="smcap">TRIAL and EXECUTION</span><br />
+
+<small>OF THE</small><br />
+
+<big>SPARROW</big><br />
+
+<small>FOR KILLING</small><br />
+
+<big><i>COCK ROBIN</i>.</big></h1>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<i>LONDON:</i><br />
+
+PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS.<br />
+&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<br />
+<i>Price 1s. Plain, or 1s. 6d. Coloured.</i><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class='poem'>
+They laid COCK ROBIN in his grave,<br />
+And after that they sung a stave,<br />
+And then they sent to fetch the sparrow<br />
+Who kill'd him with the bow and arrow.<br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 545px;">
+<img src="images/i_001.jpg" width="545" height="476" alt="Hawk speaking to a duck" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'>
+Says JUSTICE HAWK<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">I do assure ye,</span><br />
+We'll try the rogue,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">By Judge and Jury.</span><br />
+<br />
+The <span class="smcap">JUDGE and JURY</span> being met,<br />
+And plac'd in order down they set,<br />
+Or else they stood upon their feet,<br />
+Because I think they'd ne'er a seat.<br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;">
+<img src="images/i_002.jpg" width="533" height="432" alt="Judge speaking to jury of birds" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+Says the Judge to the Jury,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">I'd have you take care,</span><br />
+When a bird's life's at stake,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Its a serious affair.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The CUCKOO came in</span><br />
+And began for to hollow<br />
+As he dragg'd the poor Sparrow,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">In fast by the collar;</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 554px;">
+<img src="images/i_005.jpg" width="554" height="438" alt="Cuckoo dragging in the Sparrow" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+When I found him, my Lord,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">He was robbing a barn;</span><br />
+He must live by thieving,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Since nothing he'll earn.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says the SPARROW its false,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Both me and my wife,</span><br />
+Are as honest as ever<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">You was in your life.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 548px;">
+<img src="images/i_006.jpg" width="548" height="476" alt="sparrow and wife in barn door picking up stalks of wheat" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+A few grains of wheat<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Lay at the barn door,</span><br />
+We pick'd them all up,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And did nothing more.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says MAG that has nothing<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To do with the matter,</span><br />
+I saw when you shot,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And began for to chatter.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 534px;">
+<img src="images/i_009.jpg" width="534" height="464" alt="magpie finding Cock Robin with sparrow in tree" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+I call'd DOCTOR PUSS<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To examine the wound,</span><br />
+He knows what he saw,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And he'll tell, I'll be bound.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says PUSS I'm a doctor,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">So mind what I say,</span><br />
+I happen'd to pass on<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The very same day.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 539px;">
+<img src="images/i_010.jpg" width="539" height="429" alt="Puss checking dead cock robin" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+I saw the poor Robin,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The Sparrow had shot.</span><br />
+He was quite dead and Cold,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">So was not very hot.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says the DOG I ran out<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">From my kennel adjacent,</span><br />
+Or I believe Doctor Puss<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Would have eaten his patient.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 547px;">
+<img src="images/i_013.jpg" width="547" height="451" alt="Dog chasing Puss away from Cock Robin" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+However Cock Robin,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Was dead, I believe,</span><br />
+And that is the reason<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That all of you grieve.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 534px;">
+<img src="images/i_014.jpg" width="534" height="512" alt="Dog showing Pig Cock Robin" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+Says the PIG I was hastily call'd from my stye,<br />
+But just too late to see poor Robin die;<br />
+I was ask'd by the Dog if I thought he was dead,<br />
+Ah! both dead and cold was the answer I made.<br />
+<br />
+Says the ASS I was<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Coroner in this affair,</span><br />
+We found Robin wounded,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">But could not tell where.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 532px;">
+<img src="images/i_017.jpg" width="532" height="441" alt="The Ass  with spectacles looking at wounded robin" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+We put on our spectacles,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Those who had got 'em,</span><br />
+And found that his wound<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Lay just in his bottom.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says the DRAKE I was swimming<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Along with my Duck,</span><br />
+The Sparrow sat on a tree<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Just by the brook.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 531px;">
+<img src="images/i_018.jpg" width="531" height="481" alt="Duck and Drake seeing the sparrow in  a tree by the brook" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+He took up his arrow,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And likewise his bow,</span><br />
+And he shot, I believe,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">But I'm sure I don't know.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says the SWAN I was driving<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Along with the stream,</span><br />
+Between sleep and awake,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">In a sort of a dream.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 519px;">
+<img src="images/i_021.jpg" width="519" height="476" alt="Swan looking at shot Robin" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+I saw the sharp arrow<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Fly from the bow;</span><br />
+I'm sure that I saw it,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Or else I dreamt so.</span><br />
+<br />
+Says the COCK I was standing,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And thinking no harm,</span><br />
+When I saw Robin fall,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">I gave the alarm.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;">
+<img src="images/i_022.jpg" width="533" height="438" alt="Cock rooster seeing robin fall from sky with arrow through him" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+I gave the alarm<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">With such a loud crow,</span><br />
+If he'd been but asleep,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">I'd have wak'd him I know.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 539px;">
+<img src="images/i_025.jpg" width="539" height="496" alt="Turkey watching bat chase Sparrow" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+The TURKEY was suddenly rous'd by a noise,<br />
+Which he knew to be M<sup>r.</sup> Chanticlear's voice;<br />
+When the Bat he beheld in pursuit of the Sparrow,<br />
+But never saw either his bow or his arrow.<br />
+<br />
+Says the BAT I was constable,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Sir, of the night,</span><br />
+Though my candle was out,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">I've a pretty good sight.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 530px;">
+<img src="images/i_026.jpg" width="530" height="470" alt="Bat chasing sparrow to barn door" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+I pursu'd the murderer<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">To the barn door,</span><br />
+He was took by the Cuckoo,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">I know nothing more.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;">
+<img src="images/i_029.jpg" width="529" height="521" alt="Ape falling over" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+Says the APE I saw the Sparrow take flight<br />
+The Cock gave the alarm and my beast he took fright,<br />
+And good reason I have to remember it well,<br />
+For upon the hard ground on my bottom I fell!<br />
+<br />
+Says JUDGE HAWKE you are<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Such a murdering elf,</span><br />
+I think I shall kill you,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And eat you myself.</span><br />
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 532px;">
+<img src="images/i_030.jpg" width="532" height="436" alt="Hawke killing Sparrow and everyone else flying off" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='poem'><br />
+So he eat up the Sparrow,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The rest got away,</span><br />
+They thought it not safe<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Near such Justice to stay.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
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+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='tnote'><div class='center'>
+<b>Transcriber's Notes:</b></div>
+
+<p>Odd spelling and word use was retained as printed. For example on the
+first page it is "Judge Hawk" while on the final page it is "Judge Hawke."
+Also, in the final stanza the usage of "eat" instead of our more modern
+"ate" was retained as printed. Finally, the usage of "its" where we would
+use "it's" was retained.</p></div>
+
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44577 ***</div>
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