Tarltons jests Drawne into these three parts. 1 His court-witty iests. 2 His sound city iests. 3 His countrey pretty iests. Full of delight, wit, and honest mirth.

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Title: Tarltons jests Drawne into these three parts. 1 His court-witty iests. 2 His sound city iests. 3 His countrey pretty iests. Full of delight, wit, and honest mirth.
Publication: London :: Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland] for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Beare,; 1638.
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Subject terms: English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "Tarltons jests Drawne into these three parts. 1 His court-witty iests. 2 His sound city iests. 3 His countrey pretty iests. Full of delight, wit, and honest mirth." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13376.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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How Tarlton went to kill Crowes.

IT chanced vpon a time, as Tarlton went foorth with a Birding péece into the fields to kill Crowes, hee spied a Daw sitting in a trée, at which he meant to shoot; but at the same instant, there came one by, to whome hée spake in this manner: Sir quoth he, yonder I sée a Daw, which I will shoot at if she sit. If she sit, said the other, then she is a Daw indéed: but, quoth Tarlton, if shee sit not, what is she then? Marry, quoth the other, a Daw also: at which words she immediately flew away: whereupon, Tarlton spake merrily in a Rime, as followeth:

Whether a Daw sit, or whether a Daw fly, Whether a Daw stand, or whether a Daw lye, Whether a Daw creepe, or whether a Daw cry, In what case soever a Daw persever, A Daw is a Daw, and a Daw shall be ever.