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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Subject terms: English wit and humor.
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A Countreyman coming to Paris with his Ass loaded, the Beast stuck in a d••rty place of the Road; wherefore the Peasant struck him with a stick to make him rise: till at last a Courtier passing by, said, How now Villain, art thou not ashamed to abuse thy Beast so? If thou strikest him a∣gain, I will give thee a hundred blows with the same Cudgel. The poor man ignorant what to do, pull'd off his Hat till the Gen∣tleman was past, and then began to beat his Beast worse than before; saying, How now mine Ass, who would have thought that thou hadst had friends at Court?