Cambridge jests, or, Witty alarums for melancholy spirits by a lover of ha, ha, he.
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Title
Cambridge jests, or, Witty alarums for melancholy spirits by a lover of ha, ha, he.
Author
Lover of ha, ha, he.
Publication
London :: Printed for Samuel Lowndes, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
1674.
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English wit and humor.
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"Cambridge jests, or, Witty alarums for melancholy spirits by a lover of ha, ha, he." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A32424.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.
Pages
157.
Other young Scholars went up into a Stee••le to get a Sparrow-Hawk's Nest, that was in a hole of the Wall; and be∣cause it was just over a Window, but just out of their reach, they agreed that the strongest of the two should hold out a Board for the other to stand upon and take the Nest; this done, he that took the Nest, call'd out to the other, That 'twas a brave Nest, and there were five in it, but that he would have three: Nay, but I will have three, says he that held the Board, or I will let you fall: and thereup∣on the other not consenting to it, he let
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him fall. The youth, though he fell ve∣ry high, when he came to the ground, and received no damage, he ran away crying, Now you Rogue you shall have none of them.
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