Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
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- Title
- Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
- Publication
- London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
- 1640.
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- Subject terms
- 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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- Cite this Item
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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.
Pages
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To t••is, the Judge, and all the Bench agreed,
A••d for th'Executioner sent with speed:
Who being come, and searching, there was found
No Ears, but Hairs; at which, all laughed round▪
Sai••h th'Ju••ge, thou hast no Ears. Sir (quoth the wight)
Where there is nought, the King must lose his right.