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.
Cite this Item: "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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A Scotchman presented King James with a Turnip of an extraordinary and pro∣digious size; which is a Root the Scotch∣men love very much. The King pleased with the humor, gave him a hundred pounds, which another Courtier seeing, If the King, thought he, reward a Tur∣nip giver so liberally, what will he do to him that offers a greater present? and thereupon presents the King with a very excellent Race-horse, wherefore the King turning to his Nobles, said, What shall we give this man? and when all were silent, By my soul men, said he, let us give him the Turnip.