The first and best part of Scoggins iests full of witty mirth and pelasant shifts, done by him in France, and other places: being a preseruatiue against melancholy. Gathered by Andrew Boord, Doctor of Physicke.

How Scogin in the French Kings Court, came to a Gentlewomans doore, and whined like a dog.

WHen Scogin was thus commanded by the King, hee got him into France, into the French Kings Court, & there he iested. And first there was a Gentleman which made a gen∣tlewoman promise to come to her bed at nine a clock at night, he did promise to come to her chā∣ber doore, and would scrape & s••rtch at the doore like a dog, and would whine. Scogin hearing this bargaine, before nine a clocke came to the doore, and scrapt with his nailes, and did whine like a dog. Then the Gentlewoman did rise and let him in; within a little while after, the Gentleman did come, and scrape & whine at the doore like a dog. Scogin arose and went to the doore, and said,

arre, arre, like another dog. And after that, the french Gentlewoman did loue and Englishman. Wherefore in such matters, let a man make no body of his counsell, lest he be deceiued.