week come, and this Ned, (for so they called him) his Father would
entertain his guests withall; to wit, by calling for him to make
them sport by his foolish words and gestures. So when these boon
blades came to this mans house, the Father would call for Ned: Ned
therefore would come forth; and the villain was devilishly addicted
to cursing, yea to cursing his Father and Mother, and any one else
that did cross him. And because (though he was an half-fool) he
saw that his practice was pleasing, he would do it with the more
audaciousness.

Well, when these brave fellows did come at their times to this
Tippling-house (as they call it) to fuddle and make merry, then
must Ned be called out; and because his Father was best acquainted
with Ned, and best knew how to provoke him, therefore He would
usually ask him such questions, or command him such business, as
would be sure to provoke him indeed. Then would he (after his
foolish manner) Curse his Father most bitterly; at which the old
man would laugh, (and so would the rest of the guests, as at that
which pleased them best) still continuing to ask, that Ned still
might be provoked to curse, that they might still be provoked to
laugh. This was the mirth with which the old man did use to
entertain his guests.

The curses wherewith this Ned did use to curse his father, and at
which the old man would laugh, were these, and such like: The
Devil take you; The Devil fetch you: He would also wish him
Plagues and Destructions many. Well, so it came to pass, through
the righteous Judgement of God, that Neds Wishes and Curses were in
a little time fuelled upon his Father; for not many months passed
between them after this manner, but the Devil did indeed take him,