Wit and mirth chargeably collected out of tauernes, ordinaries, innes, bowling greenes, and allyes, alehouses, tobacco shops, highwaies, and water-passages : made vp, and fashioned into clinches, bulls, quirkes, yerkes, quips, and ierkes : apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled at the request of old Iohn Garrets ghost / by Iohn Taylor, water-poet.

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A Iustice of the Peace was very angry with a country 〈◊〉〈◊〉 because 〈◊〉〈◊〉 came not to him at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sending for him; and after hee had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 bestow∣ed two or thrée dozen of knaues vpon him, hee sayd to him; Sirrah, I will make you know that the proudest saucy 〈◊〉〈◊〉

that dwels vnder my command shall come before we when I send for him. I beseech your worship, said the man, to pardon me, for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was afraid: afraid of what, said the Iustice? of your worship, answered, the fellow. Of mée, said the 〈◊〉〈◊〉? why wast thou afraid of ma? Because your worship lookes so like a Lyon, sayd the man: a Ly∣on quoth the Iustice? when didst thou sée a Lyon? may it please your worship (the fellow replyde) I saw a Butcher bring one but yesterday to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 market, with a white face, and his foure legs bound.

This fellow was a knaue, or foole, or both, Or else his wit was of but slender growth: He gaue the whitfac'd Calfe the Lyons stile the Iustice was a proper man the while.