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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66707	Poor Robin's jests: or, The compleat jester Being a collection of several jests not heretofore published. Now newly composed and written by that well-known gentleman, Poor Robin, knight of the burnt island, and well-willer to the mathematicks. Together with the true and lively effigies of the said author. Licensed Feb. 2. 1666. Roger L'Estrange.	Poor Robin.; Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1667 (1667)	Wing W3075A; ESTC R221040	62,408	171

but having now so short a time to live he was resolved his Beard should take the same fortune with his head Another AFterwards when he was upon the Scaffold ready for to dye going to lay down his head upon the block he bid the Executioner stay a while till such time he had laid his Beard over the block for though said he the King gave you a Commission to cut off my head he gave you no Commission to cut that A Noblemans health CErtain Knights being drinking a health to a Nobleman of this Kingdome one of them to honour it the more put into the Glass some pieces of gold 〈◊〉 last it came to the share of a merry-disposed Gentleman to drink who having swallowed up all the wine turn'd the gold into his hand and put it in his pocket saying I never drank of any drink in my life but I could always make bold with the toast A Deformed wit ONe seeing a man of excellent learning crooked and deformed in body said Lord what a poor Cottage doth yonder good wit inhabit The toothless Miser AN over-pin'd Miser complain'd that he had almost lost all his teeth in his head with the Rheume one that stood by answer'd him it was more likely for want of use A New-fashion'd Coat of arms ONe seeing his enemies Arms fairly drawn on a wall took a pensil to draw the like underneath So in the first house he drew his enemies chiefe coat and all the rest of the Escutch●on he figured with twenty kinds of Pots Cups and drinking-Glasses and underneath wrote thus These my fore-fathers left me and I will increase them The Thiefes question ONe having done a robbery in one Shire was taken in another and brought before a Justice there who refused to meddle with him but return'd him to the Shire where he had done the Robbery the Thief thereupon said unto him I pray Sir if that be the Law let me ask you one question If a man be taken abed with his Neighbours wife this night what must he be sent thither again the next night A Rougish trick to a Stranger A Stranger coming to a Brook asked a Country-man on the other side if it were passable or no Yea Sir said he you may pass very well But plunging in he stuck there so fast that he had much adoe to get out again whereupon he curst and swore very bitterly at the man truly Sir said he I had thought you might for my Neighbour Parkers geese and mine pass over it every day The Country-man A Fellow that was hang'd was carted back again to the Town to be buried and the Coarse being set down a great many men and boyes stood gazing on it By chance a Country-fellow came by and seeing them stand so gazing Away away Sirs for shame said he you are able to put an honest man out of countenance so to gaze on him Of one spitting in the fire ONe sitting by the fire to warm him in very cold weather said that the fire was his friend and quickly after spit into it to whom one that sat by him said Indeed Sir you do not well to quench your friends love by spitting in his face A deep Question ONe having read in the story of the seven Champions how St. Georg● had killed the Dragon and delivered from death Sabra the fair maid of Egypt he said he wonder'd how men could invent such lies for there never was any Dragon neither was there ever any St. George to which anothor reply'd For St. George or the Dragon it matter'd not whether there were ever such or no but the greatest matter was whether there was a maid Of Madam Carlton MAdam Carlton commonly called or known by the name of the German-Princesse being by the procurement of her Husbands friends committed prisoner to the Gate-house one of those her back-friends went to give her a visit telling her he had a great desire to see her having heard much of her extraordinary breeding to whom she replied Alas Sir I am sorry you have lost your labour having left that in the City amongst my Husbands kindred who had such extraordinary need thereof Another of Her ANother of these her visitants among other discourse told her that marrying and hanging went by destiny to whom she answer'd that she had received from the destinies marriage and he in probability might hanging Hugh Peters and Oliver OLiver the late Usurper riding abroad one day in his Coach Hugh Peters was mounted on a Steed and followed after it chanced a sudden shower of rain to fall whereupon Oliver being unwilling his Chaplain should be wet sent him his Co●t to keep him dry which Hughkin modestly refused returning this answer to the Messenger that he would not be in his Coat for a thousand pound Pride and Hewson PRide and Hewson two of Cromwels pageant Lords the one formerly a Dray-man the other a Cobler these two meeting together Pride told Hewson he saw a piece of Coblers wax sticking upon his Scarlet Cloak No matter for that said Hewson a handful of Brewers grains will wipe it off well enough The Parson and the good Wife A Parson preaching a Sermon on a Good-Friday said Now which of you all in honour of this good day will not forgive his enemy with all his heart A woman hearing him say so stept forth and said Sir I do Whom said the Parson Marry quoth she whosoever will do so much as kill the knave my Husband The Parson and Church-Warden A Parson riding into the North of England it was his chance to stay at a small Village on a Sunday where they had no Minister at that time whereupon he offer'd to bestow a Sermon on them which the Church-Warden being informed of went to him and asked him if he were Licensed to preach Yes said the Parson that I am and there-withall drew out of a Box his License asking the Church-Warden if he understood Latine No said he I do not yet however let me see it perhaps I may pick here and there a word out of it No quoth the Parson I will have no words pickt out of it for that is the way to spoile my License Dr. Adams and Dr. Low TWo Ministers whereof the one was named Mr. Adams the other Dr. Low being to preach before a great Auditory the Doctor chose for his Text this place of Scripture Adam where art thou he having done Master Adams stepped up and took for his Text the following words viz. Low here am I. Dr. Heylin DR Heylin the famous Cosmographer being sent for to his Elder Brother● by a Serving-man who had a long time retained to that Family as they journeyed along they lost themselves in a Wood the Serving-man being quite at a loss desired the Doctor to ride before which he a● good reason was refusing the man in ● pelting chase said I have heard my old Master your Father say that you writ a book of a● the whole World now if you