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 / the whole work compil'd with great care and exactness, and may serve as the witty-man's companion, the busie-man's diversion and the melancholy man's physick and recreation, calculated for the innocent spending of the winter evenings by H.C.

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Two Persons who had been former∣ly acquainted, but had not seen each other a great while, meeting on the Road, one ask'd the other how he did, he told him, He was very well, and was Married since he saw him: the o∣ther reply'd, That was wel•• indeed: not so well neither, said he, for I have M••rried a Shrew. That's ill, said the other. Not so ill neither, said he, for I had 2000 Pounds with her. That's well again, said his Friend. Not so well neither, for I laid it out in Sheep, and they died of the Rot. That was ill indeed, said the other. Not so ill

neither, said he, for I sold the Skins for more money then the Sheep cost. Th••t was well indeed, quoth his Friend. Not so well neither, said he, for I laid out my money in a House and it was burned. That's very ill, said the other. Not so ill neither, said he, for my Wife was burned in it.