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Another Night the same Boy was his guide home agen, or else he had took up new Lodgings in the Counter that, night? and as he was passing by Fleet-Conduit, when it was standing, where the Water did continually run out of a Cock from
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.
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- Hickes, William, fl. 1671.
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- 1686.
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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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thence; this reverend Sot coming to the Conduit, told the Boy he must piss, and did piss against the Conduit, close by where the Water Cock ran; and after he had stood there a pretty while, his Boy told him 'twas late and pray'd him to come home: What you Rogue, says he, wou'd you have me be∣piss my Breeches? Do you hear how I piss still? Thinking that the Cock running was his Pissing: The Boy told him he had done, 'twas the Cock that ran. Say you so, says he, in troth I thought I had pist all this while: So went as well as he could home with the Boy.