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 16, 2024.

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296 Durum telum necessitas.

Coquus with hunger pennilesse constrain'd To call for meat and wine three shillings cost, Had suddainly this project entertain'd; Instead of what's to pay, to call mine host, Who being come entreateth him discusse; What price the law allots for shedding blood: Whereto mine host directly answers thus, 'Twas alwayes fourty pence he understood; So then quoth Coquus to requite your paines Pray break my head, & give me what remaines.
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