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A rich coveteous person being chosen Sheriff of a county, not knowing which would be cheapest, to fine or hold, went to a friend of his who had born the same office, and enquired of him what it cost
Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.
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- Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.
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him. The other told him he gained five hundred pounds by the office. Whereupon this coveteous Churl would not fine, but held Sheriff. But at the years end, he found that he had spent a thousand pounds more than he had recieved: Wherefore he went to his friend, and told him that he had spent a thousand pound. Then, said his friend, you have been a better husband than I was: for I gave my Ste∣ward two thousand pounds to spend, and he returned me five hundred of it; which I reckoned gain, because I in∣tended to have spent it all.