A witty answer of a Jester.
ONe asked a Lords Jester what vertue he thought was in a Turkey-stone; to which he answer'd, That if you should chance to fall from the top of a house, you to break your neck, and the stone to have no hurt.
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ONe asked a Lords Jester what vertue he thought was in a Turkey-stone; to which he answer'd, That if you should chance to fall from the top of a house, you to break your neck, and the stone to have no hurt.