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
325.
A Gentleman being a great distance from his own House, and having very ur∣gent reasons for his speedy return, rid Post, having Supt, and being in Bed with his Wife, he said, Dearest, excuse me to Night that I pay not that Tribute due to our Loves; for I am so weary that I am unca∣pable of doing any thing but sleep: These Words were none of the most pleasant you may think to a young sanguine Gentle woman, after a long absence of a lusty Husband. Not long after, walking in his back-yard with his Wife in his hand, he chanced to see a Cock, he took great de∣light in, sitting in the Sun asleep, reject∣••••••〈…〉〈…〉 of his Fruitless Wives:
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Prithee sweet Heart (said he) what ails my Cock, that he thus hangs his Head, and follows not the Hens? Indeed I do not know, Husband, (said she) unless he hath lately ridden Post.
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