Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses

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Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
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London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1640.
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English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15606.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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104 On the ensuring office.

Linus met Thuscus on the burse by chance, And swore he'd drink a health to th'heir of France For on th' exchange for currant news 'twas told, France had a Daulphin not yet seaven dayes old, Thuscus excus'd himself, and said he must By all meanes go to th' ensuring office first, And so ensure some goods, he doubted were, Unlikely else ere to his hands appeare, Linus replyd Ile with thee then, for I Would have my lands ensur'd to me in fee Which otherwise I doubt, I never shall, From debt and morgage ere redeem at all.

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