Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P.

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Title
Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P.
Author
Hickes, William, fl. 1671.
Publication
London :: printed for Hen. Rhodes, next door to the Swan-Tavern, near Bride-Lane in Fleet street,
1686.
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English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
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"Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43690.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.

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132.

After some Thieves had robb'd a Gen∣tleman of a great deal of Money, a Watch and Ring, and good Cloths, that were in the Portmantua: Sir, says his Man (which was very ingenious) nust I give them the hun∣dred pound in Gold which is quelted in my Breeches too? Yes, says his Master, by all means, for they are very civil persons, and have eas'd me and my horses of a great deal of luggage and trouble. This is to let us see what hap∣piness it is to have so good and discreet a Servant as his Man was.

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