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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After a teadious battle, when they were
Enforc'd for want of bullets to forbear,
Farther to encounter, which the Savage Moor
Perceiving, scoff'd, and nearer then before,
Approach'd the Christian host, the souldier grie••
To be out brav'd, yet could not be reliev'd
Beyond all patience vex'd, he said although
I bullets want, my self will wound the foe;
Then from his mouth, took he a tooth and sent,
A fatall message to their regiment,
What armes will fury steed men with, when we.
Can from our selves have such artillery;
Sampson thy jaw-bone can no trophy reare
Equall to his, who made his tooth his speare.