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And if thou make any Jests for mirth sake, let them not bee heavy, or bitter ones. As to take any thing from thy friend which may vex and trouble him, in looking for it, and may make him jealous of any thing or to walke about discontentedly. As little doe I hold it good, to strike or
scratch, or pinch men, in Jest: for from such Jestings, we have seene men fall to earnest.
20. But because it is not our pur∣pose, to dispute heere, what may bee accompted fitting or unfitting Jests, and Jeeres, nor to urge more to any purpose, then what is needfull, for the illustration of it: I omit many examples, which are extant, of witty sayings, and stories to that purpose.