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In the time of Peace, when the Gown onely found employment, and Arms, as
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 June 5, 2024.
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useless, were laid aside, a stout Souldier that had formerly done his Prince great service, but was forgotten, finding it a difficult thing to be admitted to the Kings presence, whereby he might make him∣self known to him, stuck feathers in his hair, nose, and ears, and danced about the Court in a most antick fashion, till at last the strangeness of the sight, brought the King himself to be Spectator: Then this Mimick throwing off this disguise, Sir, said he, I thus arrive at your Maje∣sties notice in the fashion of a Fool, but can do you service in the place of a wise man.