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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afkyd hym agayn almoſt alſo anſwere anſweryd aſked aſkyd bad hym becauſe beſt beyng Bromyard byſhop callyd cauſe certayn church chylde coud curat dede deuyll dyuers euery fader fame faſt fawe fayd fcoler feke felow fene fere fermon feyd fhall fholde fodenly fole fome fonne fure fyr quod gaue geder gentylman gret gyue haue Hazl heryng heuen horſe houſe huſbande hym felfe hys nek laft laſt lerne lyfe maffe maſter mayd Memel mery mete moche moſt myght mylner neuer nother nyght orig ouer perceyue preft preſt quod ye ſaw ſay ſayd ſelf ſhall ſhe ſhepe ſholde ſhortly ſome ſpeke ſtory tale ye ther therof theſe theyr thou thyng thyrd thys ye 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 28 - I wold haue fayed whether it had ben fait or frelh and toke a lytyll of the whey in my hand & put it in my mouth & or I was ware part of it went downe my throte agaynft my wyll & fo I brake my faft/ to whom the curate fayd & if ther be no nother thyng I warant god thall forgiue the. So wha he had well comfortyd hym w...
Page 19 - ... be light of dygeftyon as fmall byrdys/1 as fparous or fwallous & efpecyall2 yl byrd y' ys callyd a wagtale whofe flefhe ys merueloufe lyght of dygeftyo becaufe that byrd ys euer mouyng & ftyryng. The fik man heryng the pheficion feyd fo anfweryd hym & feyd/ Syr yf that be the caufe y...
Page 71 - ... Skelton commyng sodenly, sayd to hym, Why, thow caytyfe, I warnyd the thow shuldys neuer come in at my gatys, and chargyd my porter to kepe the out. Forsoth, my lorde, quod Skelton, though ye gaue suche charge, and though your gatys by neuer so suerly kept, yet yt ys no more possible to kepe me out of your dorys than to kepe out crowes or pyes ; for I cam not in at your gatys, but I cam ouer the mote, that I haue ben almost drownyd for my labour.
Page 39 - ... the fhyryf for a certayn fome of money for hys chargys thorowe the fhyre/ fo that at euery Inne & lodgyng thys mafter vauefour payd for hys own coftys. It fortunyd fo y...
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 w...
Page 149 - And in ye mene whyle this poller gote his clothis & cote wher to the purs of money was tyde & lepte ouer the hedge & wente to weftmynfter. This maltman within a whyle after with grete payne & depe wadynge founde ye boget & came out of the water & fawe not his felowe there & fawe that his clothys & money were not there as he left them...
Page 24 - ... thys mannys fowle & let hym not dye now tyll he be in a better mynde/ For yf he dye now he ys fo far out of charyte y...
Page 80 - By my trouth mafter3 quod he I can not tell but yf ye wyll begynne to ryme I wyll folow as well as I can. by my trouthe quod the mafter that is well fayd4 than5 I wyll begyn to make a ryme let me fe howe well thou canft folowe/ fo the mafter mufyd a whyle0 and than began to ryme thus.
Page 145 - Hym .iiii. capons & there refeyuyd .iiii. or .v. li. for malte 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 thefe...
Page 53 - ... goflyppys and fhewyd 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...