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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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 13, 2024.
Pages
41.
A Cobler was sitting in his Shop a sing∣ing merrily, his Song was this, Tamber∣lain was and he was; and Tamberlain was and he was; and continued so singing, and nothing else, many times together; which a Gentleman that past by took no∣tice of, and said to the Cobler, Prithee Friend, says the Gentleman, what was he? Why, says the Cobler, as arrant a Fool as your self, for ought I know: Sirrah, says the Gentleman, you are a Rascal, came out and I'll kick you; No Sir, says he, 'tis no mat∣ter, I thank you for your Love as much as if I had it, for I don't want kicking: Sirrah, says the Gentleman again, Come out and I'll give you a kick: No Sir, says he, You need
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not trouble your self, I won't come if you'd give me two.
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