"A rustic of our parts, rather silly and assuredly a raw hand at love-deeds, took unto himself a wife. Now, it happened one night that she, renes versus virum volvens, had put nates in ejus gremio; the bow was bent, the shaft was shot, and perchance hit the mark. Amazed at that, our clodhopper enquires of his wife whether she had two, and being answered in the affirmative: "Ho, ho!" saith he, "one will do for me; the other is really a superfluity." The woman, a sly hussy, who was courted by the parish priest, rejoined: — "The second one we can give as an alms: let us make a present of it to the Church and to our vicar; to him it will be most acceptable, and will not prejudice you in the least, since one is enough for you." The man assented, equally anxious to please the priest, and to rid himself of a superfluity. So, the vicar having been asked to supper and had matters explained to him, the meal over, all three got into the same bed, the woman in the middle, the husband in front, and the other behind, so as to avail himself of the gift made him. Famished, and greedy of the long coveted dainty, the priest was the first to open fire; the woman, participating in the engagement, gave a few sighs. Fearing lest his allotment should be trespassed upon: "Observe our agreement, my friend," cried the husband; "use thy share, but leave mine untouched." To which the priest replied: "So help me God: I care little for what is thine, provided I enjoy what belongs to the Church." Our blockhead acquiesced, and bade him use freely what he had conceded to the Church."