Cambridge jests, or, Witty alarums for melancholy spirits by a lover of ha, ha, he.
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Cambridge jests, or, Witty alarums for melancholy spirits by a lover of ha, ha, he.
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Lover of ha, ha, he.
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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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Before the Battel fought at Serizoles, the Marquiss of Guast, assuring himself of the Victory, gave his Jester a fair gilt Armor and a Spanish Jennet, and pro∣mised to give him Five hundred Duckets, to the intent he should be the first that should carry the News to his wife. But it happened that the French beat the Em∣perors Army, and the Jester was taken and brought before the Lord Anguien, who perceiving what he was asked who had furnished him in that order? My Lord, replied he, the Marquiss gave me my Horse and Arms; and should have gi∣ven me Five hundred Duckets to go and tell my Lady his Wife, the first tidings of his Victory: but I believe he will gain the mo∣ney himself, and is posted thither in per∣son.
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