AStismus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Vrbanitas sine iracundiâ, a kinde of civill jest without prejudice or anger; derived from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, [asteios] urbanus festivus, civil or pleasant.
It is a kinde of an Irony consisting of a plea∣sant and harmelesse jest: it is taken for any mirth or pleasant speech void of rustical sim∣pli••ity and rudenesse.
Astismus jocus urbanus, seu scomma facetum est:* 1.1 Qui Bavium non odit, amet tua carmina Maevi: At{que} idem jungat vulpes, & mulgeat hircos.
English Examples.
The merry and pleasant sayings incident here∣unto