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.

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251.

Another as he travelled on the Road, and came to his Inn, he found nothing else ready but Plaice, so he would have two; and the Host dressed them and sent them up: then having eat all on the black side, he found himself not satisfied, and call'd for two more. The man seeing his simplicity, took away the Dish, turn'd the Plaice, and served them up with a lit∣tle new Butter. Cuds life, says our Taf∣fy, hath he black Plaice and white Plaice too?

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