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A conceited Scholar that was late∣ly come from Oxford, Drinking with two or three Gentlemen at the Mitre-Tavern in the Poultrey, was very brisk and airy, and would needs be forming of Sylogismes &c. One wise one was
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A conceited Scholar that was late∣ly come from Oxford, Drinking with two or three Gentlemen at the Mitre-Tavern in the Poultrey, was very brisk and airy, and would needs be forming of Sylogismes &c. One wise one was
this, He bid them fill two Glasses of Wine, which they did: Now, says he, I will prove those two Glasses to be three, thus, Is not here one, says he? Yes, says the Gentleman. And here another, that's two, says he: Yes, says the Gentleman again. Why then, says he, one and two is three, so 'tis done. Very well, says the Gentleman, I'll have one Glass, and that Gentleman shall have the other, and you shall have the third for your pains in finding it out.