Shakespeare Jest-Books. Various

Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer. xxxvi.

       ¶ Of the thre men that chose the woman. xxxvii.

       ¶ Of the gentylman that taught his cooke the medycyne for the tothake. xxxviii.

       ¶ Of the gentylman that promysed the scoler of Oxforde a sarcanet typet. xxxix.

       ¶ Of mayster Skelton that brought the bysshop of Norwiche ii fesauntes. xl.

       ¶ Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter. xli.

       ¶ Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen. xlii.

       ¶ Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one make a gose to creke sweetly. xliii.

       ¶ Of the maydes answere that was with chylde. xliv.

       ¶ Of the seruaunt that rymyd with hys mayster. xlv.

       ¶ Of the Welcheman that delyuered the letter to the ape. xlvi.

       ¶ Of hym that solde ryght nought. xlvii.

       ¶ Of the frere that tolde the thre chyldres fortunes. xlviii.

       ¶ Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money. xlix.

       ¶ Of Phylyp Spencer the bochers man. l.

       ¶ Of the courtear and the carter. li.

       ¶ Of the yongman that prayd his felow to teche hym hys paternoster. lii.

       ¶ Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria. liii.

       ¶ Of the curat that prechyd the artycles of the Crede. liv.

       ¶ Of the frere that prechyd the x commaundementis. lv.

       ¶ Of the wyfe that bad her husbande ete the candell fyrste. lvi.

       ¶ Of the man of lawes sonnes answer. lvii.

       ¶ Of the frere in the pulpet that bad the woman leue her babelynge. lviii.

       ¶ Of the Welchman that cast the Scotte into the see. lix.

       ¶ Of the man that had the dome wyfe. lx.

       ¶ Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe. lxi.

       ¶ Of ii nonnes that were shryuen of one preste. lxii.

       ¶ Of the esquyer that sholde have ben made knyght. lxiii.

       ¶ Of him that wolde gette the maystrye of his wyfe. lxiv.

       ¶ Of the penytent that sayd the shepe of God have mercy upon me. lxv.

       ¶ Of the husbande that sayd he was John Daw. lxvi.

       ¶ Of the scoler of Oxforde that proued by souestry ii chykens iii. lxvii.

       ¶ Of the frere that stale the podynge. [114] lxviii.

       ¶ Of the frankelyns sonne that cam to take ordres. lxix.

       ¶ Of the husbandman that lodgyd the frere in his own bedde. lxx.

       ¶ Of the preste that wolde say two gospels for a grote. lxxi.

       ¶ Of the coutear that dyd cast the frere ouer the bote. lxxii.

       ¶ Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were. lxxiii.

       ¶ Of the husbande that cryed ble under the bed. lxxiv.

       ¶ Of the shomaker that asked the colyer what tydynges in hell. [119] lxxv.

       ¶ Of Seynt Peter that cryed cause bobe. lxxvi.

       ¶ Of hym that aduenturyd body and soule for hys prynce. lxxvii.

       ¶ Of the parson that stale the mylners elys. lxxviii.

       ¶ Of the Welchman that saw one xls. better than God. lxxix.

       ¶ Of the frere that said dyryge for the hoggys soule. lxxx.

       ¶ Of the parson that sayde masse of requiem for Crystes soul. lxxxi.

       ¶ Of the herdeman that sayde: ryde apace, ye shall haue rayn. lxxxii.

       ¶ Of hym that sayde: I shall haue nener a peny. lxxxiii.