The Complaisant companion, or, New jests, witty reparties, bulls, rhodomontado's, and pleasant novels
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- The Complaisant companion, or, New jests, witty reparties, bulls, rhodomontado's, and pleasant novels
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- London :: Printed by H.B. ...,
- 1674.
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Contents
- title page
- THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.
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DOMESTICK
JESTS, Witty Reparties,&c. - On A-la-mode Towers.
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On the Middle Exchangein the Strand. - On Whetstones Park.
- On a Shrew.
- A mistake.
- Cuckolds all a Row.
- A Cuckold on record.
- A mistake.
- Another.
- On Ʋsury.
- On Mr. Church.
- ▪On the same man.
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Ʋpon Mr. Herring, - On a Gentleman and the Pump in Chancery-lane.
- On an old Gentlewoman.
- On a Country Cuckold.
- On a man and his Wife being in bed together.
- A Chancery Quibble.
- On carrying money out of this world.
- On a want on young Maid, and an old man.
- On a foolish Gentleman on Horseback.
- Ʋpon two modern Poets.
- On a Player.
- On Bribery.
- On a drunken Gallant.
- On a poor Poet.
- On a Mercer and a Gentlewoman.
- Another on the same person.
- On a Lawyers Clerk.
- On a common strumpet.
- On a deboist fellow.
- On burnt Claret.
- On a Tallow-Chandlers shop.
- On a disobedient Wife.
- On Mr. Gun.
- On speaking non-sense.
- On a living Warming-pan.
- On a Lord Mayor whose name was Waterman.
- A witty revenge.
- On one saying H is no letter.
- On Kitching stuff.
- On a Prodigal.
- On a handsom poor Whore.
- On Mistress Cunney.
- On the letters B. and C.
- On a man short and crooked.
- On an ignorant young lass.
- On a swearing drunken Dyer.
- On lyes in Print.
- On Gentlemen and Apprentices.
- Three Scholars baffled.
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On a young Gentlewoman of
Maidenhead, and an old man. - A Maidens witty resolve.
- On a witty Contabrigian Preacher.
- On a Doctor and a Nobleman.
- A visit to a sick person.
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On a Church called St.
Bennets-sheerhog. - On an Essex man.
- Ʋpon a close-stool.
- On Sore eyes.
- On a galloping Gallant.
- On a Country Coxcomb.
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On one named
Sampson. - On a wanton young Gallant.
- On a wanton Wife.
- On a pur-blind Gentleman.
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On
Dunscomb andCox. - On two Apprentices.
- On a Gentile Bona Roba.
- A witty repartie.
- On a travelling Lady.
- On a Baker.
- On two Doctors.
- A wise reply.
- On a young Peevish Wife.
- Wit in a Constable.
- On Chatting Women.
- On a Proctor.
- On a light House-wife
- A false Complaint.
- On a Country fellow and his wife.
- On a Godfather.
- On a Waterman.
- On a Gentleman and his Maid servant.
- A witty reply
- On Mr. Buck and Mr. Cook.
- On Two witty Gentlemen.
- On a Doctor and a Country fellow.
- On Chambers and Garret.
- A pleasant reparty of a vertuous Gentlewoman.
- On a Cuckold.
- On a Scholar declaming.
- On a lewd Woman.
- On a Country Gentleman.
- On a Dog named Cuckold.
- On small Beer.
- On a fellow in the Stocks.
- A mistake.
- On a Scrivener.
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On Katherin-Hallin Cambridge. - On Phanaticks.
- On a Seaman.
- On a fatman and a leane Horse.
- An ingenious complaint.
- A merry conceit.
- A mistake.
- On two in a Tavern.
- On a Dog-killer.
- On a Painter.
- On a little Wife.
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On a Gentlewoman whose name was
Field. - On a great Wine-drinker.
- On a Bastard and a Legitimate.
- On a Gamester borrowing money.
- On nothing.
- On an hungry Gentleman.
- On a Drawer.
- On a Constable and a handsome Wench.
- On a Soldier in fight with the Dutch.
- Another.
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On a
Lancashire Man. - On a Doctor.
- Another.
- On a Parson and a Carter.
- On a shoomaker and a Cohler.
- On an Adulterer.
- On a Porter and his wife.
- On a young Wench.
- A Surprize.
- On a Traveller.
- On a forward young woman.
- On a young Gentleman, and a Scrivener.
- On a Drawer.
- Another.
- On Oysters.
- The Country mans news.
- On a decaied Gentleman.
- On a womans will.
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On one Nota Constable. -
On anoth
- On a Drawer Drunk.
- On a Tailor.
- On a Thiefs Confidence.
- On a Lawyer riding.
- On a Lawyers will.
- On a Farmer Knighted
- On a Pretender to Poetry.
- A Witty saying.
- On letting a Farm.
- On a staid Gentleman.
- On a Physitian.
- On a younger Brother.
- On a Gentleman and a Constable.
- On a young Apprentice.
- On a Quaker.
- On a Ducking stoool.
- On the Royall-Oak-Lottery.
- A damnable revenge.
- On a Quaker and a Hector.
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On a Prisoner in
Ludgate. - On a Gentleman dancing.
- On a mad fel'ow.
- On a fellow in the dark.
- On a Gentleman and two Jesuits.
- On a Landlord and his Tenant.
- On two honest men rob'd.
- On the monosyllable Con.
- On a tall Maid.
- On a liquorish Husband.
- On a notable Head piece.
- On the loss of an honest woman.
- On an old Knight.
- On a Fool.
- On Templers.
- On one noseless.
- On the same Person.
- On a kick of the breech.
- A jest of a dying man.
- On a Gentleman and a Bakers boy.
- On a profound Country Phylosopher.
- Another on on the same Peasant.
- On choler.
- On a Horn.
- On bare legs.
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On the Rump Parliament. - An Ignorant question wittily answered.
- A foolish proposal.
- On a stout Captain.
- A witty reparty of a Boy.
- On a Fool dying.
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On a Courtier and the King of
France his Jester. - On loosing a Watch.
- Ʋpon Honesty.
- The Citizen bob'd by a Countryman.
- On four bowling.
- On a fat Gentleman.
- On going a shooting
- On a witty Doctor.
- On a Fart.
- On a Country man and a Sedan
- On a Ladyes leg.
- A witty Simile.
- On a Rice Fool.
- A witty Metaphor.
- On Marriage.
- A discreet complement.
- On a Tallow-Chandler:
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Devonshire
manners: - Another:
- On a Painter and a Glazier.
- On a barren Gentlewoman too light.
- On a Gentlewomans choise of a tall man.
- On a Covetous man.
- On a conceited Gentleman.
- On riding post.
- On a one eyed Captain.
- On a Soldier and a Louse.
- On a Farmer and his Son in the Inns of Court.
- A question wisely resolved.
- On a shrewd curst wife:
- On a Tradesman and his lean Servant.
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On a Citizen and his
iotous Son. - On an old womans Cunnys-kin.
- On a doting old Tub-preacher.
- Another.
- Another.
- On a Lawyer and his handsom wife.
- On a bald-pated Gentleman.
- On an Irish man.
- On a Wench gotten with child.
- A Subtle device of a Welshman.
- On a poor Cripple.
- On a Parson and his Mother.
- On a present of Medlars.
- On a fellow selling Rams horns.
- On a drunken young Heir.
- On a Talkative Host.
- On a Country Executor.
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Neck
nothing. - On a filly fellow laying a Wager with himself.
- The Countrymans mistake.
- More afraid than hurt:
- On a bad Book with a good preface.
- On a Maid with egg.
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On Mum. - On a Countryman and a Ship.
- On Irish women.
- On a pragmaticall Scholar.
- That play is a remedy against the Seven deadly Sins.
- On a Creditor.
- On the hand in the Placket.
- On killing the Devil.
- A prudent reproof from a patient Cuckold.
- A wish come to pass.
- A mistake.
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On Doctor
Collins and Mr.Field. - On a Frenchman.
- A pleasant last Will and Testament.
- On a Son of a Whore.
- On a Squint eyed Scholar.
- On a great headed fellow.
- On a Fidler.
- On a Picture.
- On a womans will.
- On the Hiccock.
- On a Monkey.
- On a Sow and Pigs.
- On a blind man.
- Awitty saying of H. P.
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On G. Withers. -
On Hugh Peters. - On Travel.
- On a Whore.
- On a Painter and a Citizen.
- On a Slop-seller.
- The danger of learning.
- A Quibble.
- A Logical Quibble.
- On a Rumper.
- On Bayliffs.
- A Quibble.
- A gross Complement.
- On a flat nosed fellow.
- A notable retort on a quibbling Lady.
- On a high flown profuse Gallant.
- On a Crooked Nine-pence
- On three Country Attorneys.
- A notable saying of a Lad.
- A witty reparty.
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On Ludgate. -
On Tyburne. - The greatest wonders.
- On a Lease.
- A notable piece of Justice.
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DOMESTICK
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FORREIGN JESTS; WITTY Reparties, &c.
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A pleasant Answer made to
Henry the Fourth ofFRANCE. - A Contest about Religion.
- A pleasant and sharp Repartie of the same King to a strange Gentleman.
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A
Painter's Joke on twoCardinals. -
A pleasant Answer of a
Franciscan Frier to a ZealousCatholick. -
An
Ass preferrable before anHorse. -
A pleasant Harangue made by a Soldier to Prince
Maurice. - Ʋpon an unskilful ill tun'd Songster.
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Of a
Protestant Minister and anItalian Gentleman. -
Of an
Italian and anAss. - Of a great man who had lost the remembrance of himself.
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A
Repartie of a Lady to her Lover. - Stoln delights strangly discovered.
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On two
Roman Catholicks goingnto a Protestant Church as the Congregation -
A Fellow rewarded w
again - The Zealous Soldier.
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A pleasant conceit of a Dog-whipper of
Amsterdam. - Another of the same.
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A
Burgo-masters pleasant Treat to aProtestant Preacher. - A foolish Proposition answered accordingly.
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A remarkable Challenge between aRodomontade and aPicard. - Ʋpon falling out by overmuch drinking Wine.
- Ʋpon Controversie in Religion.
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On a Gentleman of
Naples. -
On the
Popes Infallibility. - On a Whore accusing one for getting her with Child.
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On a Cowardly
Captain. -
An excellent saying of a
Popish Bishop. -
A subtile Evasion of a Thief in
Languedock. -
On the
French Massacre on St.Bartholomews day. -
A plesant saying of a late
Dutch Commander. -
On a devout
Papist. - On a Blind Man.
- On a Doctor of Physick.
- On Confession.
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On an
Italian Captain. - On a pair of Ruffians.
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On the Physitians at
Rome. -
On
Augustus Caesar. - A Noble saying.
- On a Jesuite.
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A wise Reply of
Socrates. - On a parcel of Fryers and Wenches.
- On one Summer a great Drinker.
- Witty Councel
- On a Scolding Woman.
- On the firing of the City.
- Another.
- Another.
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On one whose name was
Herring, - On a Constable and a Wench with Child.
- On a Bucksome young Woman.
- On Absolution.
- On a Soldier.
- On a Priest.
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On a Miser at
Burdeaux. - On a Popish fighting Bishop.
- On an Ʋpstart Cardinal.
- On a Peasant and his Ass.
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On a
French Peasant. -
On a
Duch Butter-Box. - On a Vaelliant Sea-Captain.
- Another on the same Gentleman.
- On a very young man to be made free.
- On a poor Schollar.
- A Surprize.
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On
French Sallats - Cuckoldry by Consent.
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On the Prince of
Orange. -
A tart Repartie of
Cicero. -
Another of a
Roman. -
On Pope
Benedict. - A witty Reply of a Priest.
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On a
Pope and hisNephews. -
On a
Spaniard and aGascoign. -
On a Cordelier and aJacobin. -
Ou a Peasant and hisConfessor. -
On the Arch-Bishop of
Cologn. -
A wise Repartie of the Emperour
Sigismond. - On the Duke of Millain.
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On the Marquess of
Guast▪ - Ʋpon two Scholars and an Ass.
- On a Painter drawing a Maid at Paris.
- On a Rheumatick Gentleman Courting a Lady.
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On
Charles the Fifth. - The Soldiers witty Repartie.
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On a proud
Parisian Curtizan. - Cuckoldry wittily return'd
- On a blind man and a Royal Bastard.
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The Duke of
Savoy's witty Repartie toHenry the Fourth. - On a young married Couple.
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A young Womans pleasant Repartie to a Gentleman Travelling from
Paris toOrleans. - A pleasant Couple well matcht.
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On a Taylor and a
Jacobin his Confessor. - A witty saying of a Fool.
- On a Gentleman casually miscalling himself.
- Like to like.
- Take the Will for the Deed.
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On a cunning
Gascoign. - The silent Lover.
- A Wantons witty Reply.
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On the Duke of
Rouens Jester. - How to kill a bad Wife without being punished for it.
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A saying of Pope
Urban the Fifth.
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A pleasant Answer made to
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Witty sayings of a French Jester. -
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- Another.
- Another.
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- Another.
- Pleasant Stories.
- A Cluster OF CHOICE NOVELS.
- Rhodomontado's.
- LYES, AND Improbabilities.
- His Conclusion.
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FORREIGN JESTS; WITTY Reparties, &c.