Shakespeare Jest-Books. Various

¶ Of the husbande that sayde hys wyfe and he agreed well. lxxxiv.

       ¶ Of the prest that sayde Comede episcope. lxxxv.

       ¶ Of the woman that stale the pot. lxxxvi.

       ¶ Of mayster Whyttynton dreme. [134] lxxxvii.

       ¶ Of the prest that killed his horse called modicus. lxxxviii.

       ¶ Of the Welcheman that stale the Englysshmans cocke. lxxxix.

       ¶ Of hym that brought a botell to a preste. xc.

       ¶ Of the endytement of Jesu of Nazareth. xci.

       ¶ Of the frere that preched agaynst them that rode on the Sonday. xcii.

       ¶ Of the one broder that founde a purs. xciii.

       ¶ Of the answere of the mastres to the mayde. xciv.

       ¶ Of the northern man that was all harte. xcv.

       ¶ Of the burnynge of olde John. xcvi.

       ¶ Of the courtear that ete the hot custarde. xcvii.

       ¶ Of the thre pointes belonging to a shrewd wyfe. xcix.

       ¶ Of the man that paynted the lamb upon his wyfes bely. c.

       ADDITIONAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

       A C. MERY TALYS.

       ¶ Tales, and quicke answers, very mery, and pleasant to rede.

       Mery Tales, Wittie

       Questions

       and Quicke Answeres,

       The Table.

       TALES AND QUICKE ANSWERES.

       ¶ Of hym that rode out of London and had his seruaunt folowynge on foote. i.

       ¶ Of hym that preched on saynt Chrystophers day. ii.

       ¶ Of the frenche man, that stroue with the Janway for his armes. iii.

       ¶ Of the curate that sayde our Lorde fedde U. C. persons. iiii.

       ¶ Of hym that profered his doughter in mariage. v.

       ¶ Of them that came to London to bye a Crucifixe. vi.

       ¶ Of hym that folowed his wyfe to buryenge. vii.

       ¶ Of hym that felle into the fyre. viii.

       ¶ Of him that vsed to cal his servant the kinge of foles. ix.

       ¶ Of the yonge woman that sorowed so greatly her husbondes deth. x.

       ¶ Of him that kissed the mayd with the longe nose. xi.

       ¶ The Uplandisshe mans answere, concerninge the steple and pulpit. xii.

       ¶ Of the beggers answere to M. Skelton the poete. xiii.

       ¶ Of the chaplen, that sayde our lady matens a bed. xiiii.

       ¶ Of him that lost his purse in London. xv.

       ¶ Of the marchaunt that lost his bodgette betwene Ware and Lon[don]. xvi.

       ¶ Of him that was called cuckolde. xvii.

       ¶ Of the iolous man. xviii.

       ¶ Of the fatte woman that solde frute. xix.

       ¶ Of a poller that begyled a prest. xx.

       ¶ Of Papirius pretextatus. xxi.

       ¶ Of the corrupte man of lawe. xxii.

       ¶ Of kynge Lowes of France, and the husbandman. xxiii.

       ¶ Of an other picke-thanke, and the same kinge. xxiiii.

       ¶ Of Thales the astronomer that fell in a ditch. xxv.

       ¶ Of the astronomer that theues robbed. xxvi.

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