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Title:  Nugæ venales, or, Complaisant companion being new jests, domestick and forreign, bulls, rhodomontados, pleasant novels and miscellanies.
Author: Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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his Life Anno 1674; the lines were these.O Deus omnipotens vituli miserere Johannis Quem Mos preveniens non sinit esse bovem. Corpus in Italiaest, habet intestina Brabantus, Ast Animam Nemo: Cur? Quia non habuit. Have mercy on John Calf, who Ox had been, Had not Death hindred, and stept in between. Two Countries shar'd his Body; but 'tis sad None had his Soul. Why? For no Soul he had.Q. How many sorts of Fools are there?A. Four. 1. He that thunders out his menaces so often that no man fears him. 2. He that Swears so often that no man will believe him. 3. He that gives so often that he hath nothing left. 4. He that having no Servant, refuseth to be Serviceable to himself.Q. who are most Gluttonous?A. Women; for having two Mouths one for the Day, and the other for the Night, they feed continually.Q. What are the Priviledges of Monsieur Scab.A. Many; but for brevity sake only these. He, like some mighty Prince, Eats alone, Drinks alone, and sh— alone. If on the Road he Travels with Gen∣tlemen, and they come to an Inn ill 0