Shakespeare's Jest Book: A Hundred Mery Talys, from the Only Perfect Copy KnownHermann Oesterley J.R. Smith, 1866 - 161 pages |
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agayne alſo anſwered anſweryd aſked aſkyd bad hym becauſe beyng Bromyard byſhop callyd cauſe certayn coud curat dæmon dede defyre deuyll dyuers euery fader fame faſt fayd felowe fene fere feyd fhall fhepe fhew fholde fhortly fodenly fole fome frere fure fynde fyr quod gaue geder gentylman gret grete gyue haue Hazl heryng heuen horſe houſe huſbande hym felfe hys nek John daw laſt lerne lyfe lytyll maffe maltman maſter mayd mery mete moche moſt muſt myght mylner neuer nother nyght orig ouer perceyue preft preſt quod ye ſaw ſay ſayd ſhall ſhe ſholde ſome ſpeke ſtory ſuche tale ye ther therof theſe theyr thou thyng thyrd thys toke trouth tyme vpon vppon welchman whan wherfore whych whyle wold haue wolde woman wyfe wyll wyth ye may ſe yong
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Page 37 - ... the fpryt of the dede man on hys nek & for fere ran away/ but becaufe they knew not the ground well/ the preeft lepte into a dyche almoft ouer the hed lyke to be drounyd that he cryed wyth a loud voyce help help. Then the taylour lokyd about & faw the mylner rone away & the fexten a nother way & hard the preeft cry help : had wend it had bene the coftable...
Page 145 - CERTAYNE maltman of colbroke whiche was a very couetous wreche and had no pleafure but onely to get money came to london to fell his malt and broughte with hym .iiii. capons & there refeyuyd .iiii. or .v. li. for make and put it in a lytell purs tyed to his cote and after wente aboute the ftrettys to fell his capons whom a pollyng felowe that was a dycer and an vnthryft had efpyed and Imagyned how he myght begyle the man other of his capons or of his money and came to this maltman in the ftreet berynge...
Page i - SHAKESPEARE's Jest Book.— A Hundred Mery Talys, from the only perfect copy known. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Dr. HERMAN OESTERLEY. Fcap. 8vo, nicely printed by Whittingham, half morocco. 4s 6d The only perfect copy known of the " Hundred Mery Talys " was lately discovered in the Royal Library at Gottingen.
Page 114 - A YONGE man late maryed to a wyfe thowght it was good polycy to get the mayftry of her in the begynnynge. Cam to her the pot fethynge ouer y* fyre all though the mete therin were not inough fodenly comaundyd her to take the pot from the fyre. whyche anfweryd & fayde that y* mete was not redy to ete.
Page 53 - ... her what medecyne was taught1 her for her pyggys & prayd her to lend her her hufbandys hat/ whych anfweryd her angerly and fayd I wold thou knewyft it Drabbe I haue none for my hufbande is no cookold for I am a good woman and fo lyke wyfe euery wyfe anfweryd her in lyke maner that fhe departyd frome many of them in anger and fkoldynge/ But whan fhe fawe fhe coude get none fhe came agayne to her goflyppys all angerly and fayd I haue gone round aboute to borrow a cookoldys hat and I can get none...
Page 97 - Petrus. I beleeve in God omnipotente, That made heaven and eirth and firmament, With fteadfafte harte and trewe intente, And he is my comforte.
Page 35 - ... hym and cam w' the fextfi toward ye church/ & as fone as he enteryd in to ye church yarde, The tayler w' the whyte fhepe on hys nek intendyng as I before haue fhewid yow to go down to ye myll met w
Page 56 - Welcheman had espyed hym, he bad him stande, and began to drawe his bow and bad hym delyuer that lytell male that hunge at his sadyll bowe. Thys man, for fere of hys lyfe, was glad to delyuer hym hys boget, and so dyd, and than rode hys waye, and was glad he was so escapyd. And when this man of the countrey was...
Page 45 - CERTAYN man there was dwellynge in a towne callyd Gotam which went to a fayre .iii. myle of4 to by fhepe/ & as he cam ouer a brydge he met w' one of hys neybours & told him whether he went/ & he afkyd hym whych way he wold bryng the/ whych fayd he wold brig the ouer the fame brydge/ nay quod the other ma but thou...
Page 78 - ... chargyd* her to tell her who was the fader of the chylde. To whome the mayden anfweryd forfoth no body/ why quod the mayftres yt ys not poffyble but fome mane mufte be5 the fader thereof. To whome the mayd fayd/6 why maftres why may not IT haue a chylde without a man afwell as a hen to lay8 eggys wythout a cok.