“I can put on the sack,” said he, “and it may be of good service to me, but why should the cudgel be in it? It only makes it heavy.”

“I will tell thee why,” replied the master; “if anyone has done anything to injure thee, do but say, ‘Out of the sack, Cudgel!’ and the cudgel will leap forth among the people, and play such a dance on their backs that they will not be able to stir or move for a week, and it will not leave off until thou sayest, ‘Into the sack, Cudgel!’ ”