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 13, 2024.

Pages

326.

A French man that spoke very broken English, bespoken a dish of Fish, being on the Table, and seeing but little Pepper, by the Corruption of his Pronunciation, he called for more Piss instead of Spice, the Woman took away the Dish, and did as she thought he did bid her, and brought it in again; I say, said he, a little more Piss, with that she carried it out, and her Daughter Pist upon it, and then brought it in; but he still cried a little more Piss; well Sir, said she, I will warrant you shall have enough now, and then carried it to her Maid, a strapping Girl, but the French∣man was still unsatisfied, and cried out for more Piss; Well Sir, let me tell you, I, my Daughter, and Maid-Servant have all Pist as much as we can upon it, and if that will not satisfy you, even Piss upon it your self.

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