`` so brevis had chewed his radish , which was woody , and peppery to the tongue , and spent the rest of the morning chasing the goat about its pen , sustaining a bruise to the rib and a bite to the thigh in the process , and , eventually , and with the help of a passing tinker , he had subdued the goat enough to have it haltered , and , leaving his mother to bandage the tinker 's goat-inflicted injuries , he dragged the billy goat toward the market .