The Booke of bulls, baited with two centuries of bold jests, and nimble-lies, or, A Combat betweene sence and non-sence, being at strife who shall infuse most myrth into the gentle-reader a treatise in variety of pleasure second to none ever yet printed in the English-tongue : wherein is contained nothing alreadie published / collected by A.S. Gent.

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Title: The Booke of bulls, baited with two centuries of bold jests, and nimble-lies, or, A Combat betweene sence and non-sence, being at strife who shall infuse most myrth into the gentle-reader a treatise in variety of pleasure second to none ever yet printed in the English-tongue : wherein is contained nothing alreadie published / collected by A.S. Gent.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: For Daniel Frere and are to be sold at the Bull in Little-Brittaine,; 1636.
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Subject terms: English wit and humor.; Bulls, Colloquial.
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Of a mad-Man.

A Countrey man comming to London went to see Bed∣lam, where when he arriued he fell into discourse with a madd man, and amougst other quest∣ions demanded if he were mar∣ried? no replied the lunaticke I am not so mad yet.