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 May 23, 2024.

Pages

168.

A blundering Doctor going out one night wih his mn to see a fire that was in Cambridge, on the backside of the Town; and co••••ing amongst the Crowd: Go Thomas, said he, to his Man, see how the fire is. But his man being hindred by those that laded water out of a Ditch, from going over the Bridge; returned to his Master, and told him he could not get near. What, said he, you are afraid 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be burnt in your bed, now let me come and see.

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