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 17, 2024.

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238 A witty passage

An old man sitting at a Christmas feast, By eating Brawn occasioned a jest; For whilest his tongue and gums chafed about, For want of pales the chafed bore broke out,

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And lights perchance upon a handsom lasse, That neer him at the table placed was, Which when she' spi'd she pluck'd out of her sleeve A pin and did it to the old man give, Saying sith your brawn, out of your mouth doth slip, Sir take this pin and therewith close your lip, And bursting into laughter, strain'd so much, As with that strain her back-part spakelow dutch Which th' old man hearing, did the pin restore. And bad her therewith close her postern doore.
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