England's jests refin'd and improv'd being a choice collection of the merriest jests, smartest repartees, wittiest sayings, and most notable bulls yet extant, with many new ones never before printed to which are added XIII ingenious characters drawn to the life
Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671.
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An old Bawd being brought before a Justice of Peace, in London, for keep∣ing a B•wdy-House, and being ac∣cused by several Witnesses, and upon probable Grounds, the Justice said in a Passion to her, You old Hag, you do keep a Debauched House, and I will maintain it: whereupon the old Jade dropt him a Courtesie, saying, I most humbly thank your Worship, I desire no better Warrant.
