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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A young Lady being to be sworn at Hygate; the Lord Judge asked her whether she would have a Pr—, or a Pear? A Pr— my Lord, says she, Well said Madam, says he, you speak like a Modest Lady; for some of your Sex can't be contented with a Pr— but they must have a pair.
