Part 30

[77.] 12,331, b. 42. Tarlton's Jests. Drawne into these three parts. 1. His Court Witty Iests. 2. His found City Iests. 3. His Countrey-pretty Iests. full of delight, Wit and honest Mirth. London. Printed by I.H.[F. 275] for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Beare. 1638.

[78.] C. 40, a. 22. Conceits, Clinches, Flashes, and Whimzies. Newly studied, with some Collections, but those never published before in this kinde. London. Printed by _R. Hodgkinsonne_ for _Daniel Frere_, and are to be sold at the signe of the red _Bull_ in _little Brittain_. 1639.

[79.] (669, f. 11)/121 (Single Sheets) 25 Jan. 1647.

[80.] (C. 22, e. 2)/153 A Collection of Ballads.

[81.] 11,623, a.a.a. 32. Epigrammes written on purpose to be read: with a Proviso that they may be understood by the Reader, being Ninety in Number: Besides two new made Satyres that attend them. By John Taylor,[F. 276] at the Signe of the Poet's Head, in Ph[oe]nix Alley, neare the middle of Long Aker, or Covent Garden. London. Printed in the Yeare 1651.

[82.] 79, h. 22. "Wit & Mirth" in "All the Workes of Iohn Taylor the Water poet being 63 in number, collected into one Volum by the Author with sundry new Additions, Corrected, Revised, and newly Imprinted. 1630.

[83.] (C. 39, k. vol. 3)/88 The Bagford Ballads.

[84.] (C. 22, e. 2)/210 A Collection of Ballads.

[85.] 1078, g. 15. Covent Garden Drollery, or a Collection of all the Choice Songs, Poems, Prologues and Epilogues, Sung and Spoken at Courts and Theaters, never in Print before. Written by the refind'st Witts of the Age. And Collected by A(lexander) B(rome). London. Printed for James Magnes neer the Piazza in Russel Street. 1672. Catalogued B. (A.)

[86.] 12,316, a. 27. Fragmenta Aulica, or Court and State Jests in Noble Drollery. True and Reall. Ascertained to their Times, Places and Persons. By T. S. Gent. London, Printed for H. Marsh[F. 277] at the Princes Armes in Chancery Lane near Fleet street; and Jos. Coniers[F. 278] at the Black Raven in the long Walk near Christ Church. 1662. Catalogued S.(T. Gent.)

[87.] (C. 20, f. 8)/407 Roxburghe Ballads.

[88.] (C. 22, e. 2)/196 A Collection of Ballads.

[89.] (C. 20, f. 7)/36 Roxburghe Ballads.

[90.] (C. 20, f. 7)/28 Roxburghe Ballads.

[91.] 12,316, a.a. 7. A Helpe to Discourse. Or A Misselany of Seriousnesse with Merriment. Consisting of witty Philosophicall, Gramaticall, and Astronomicall Questions and Answers. As also Of Epigrams, Epitaphs, Riddles, and Jests. Together with the Countrey-mans Counsellour, next his yearley Oracle or Prognostication to consult with. Contayning divers necessary Rules and Observations, of much use and consequence, _beeing knowne_. Now the sixt time published, and much inlarged by the former Authors W. B.[F. 279] and E. P.[F. 280] London. Printed by B. A. and T Fawcet, for Leonard Becket, and are to be sold at his shop in the Temple, neere the Church. 1627. Catalogued. B. (W.) and P. (E.)

[92.] (C. 22, e. 2)/198 A Collection of Ballads.

[93.] C. 40, d. 38. Merrie conceited Jests of George Peele[F. 281] Gentleman, sometimes a Student in Oxford. Wherein is shewed the course of his life, how he lived; a man very well knowne in the Citie of London, and elsewhere.

Buy, reade and judge The price doe not grudge; It will doe thee more pleasure, Than twice so much treasure.

London. Printed by G. P. for F. Faulkner,[F. 282] and are to be sold at his Shop in Southwarke, neere Saint Margarets Hill. 1627.

[94.] (1080, e. 28)/2 A choice Banquet of Witty Jests, Rare Fancies, and Pleasant Novels. Fitted for all the Lovers of Wit, Mirth, and Eloquence. Being an Addition to _Archee's_[F. 283] JESTS, taken out of his Closet; but never publisht by him in his life time. London. Printed by T. J. and are to be sold by Peter Dring[F. 284] at the Sun in the Poultry 1660. Catalogued Armstrong (A.) Jester.

[95.] (669, f. 11)/127 Single Sheets.

[96.] (C. 20, f. 7)/138 Roxburghe Ballads.

[97.] 12,316, a. 43. The Merry Dutch Miller and New Invented Windmill. Wherewith he undertaketh to grind all sorts of Women, as the Old, Decreped, Wrinkled, Blear ey'd, Long Nosed, Blind, Lame, Scolds, Jealous, Angry, Poor, Drunkards, W----, Sluts, or all others what soever. They shall come out of his Mill Young, Active, Pleasant, Handsome, Wise, Loving, Vertuous and Rich; Without any Deformity and just suteable to their Husband's Humours.

_The Rich for Money, and the Poor for nothing._ Composed Dialogue wise, for the Recreation of all those that are inclined to be merry, and may serve to pass away an hour in a Cold winter night (without any great offence) by a good fire side.

The Miller and the Mill you see How throng'd with Customers they be: Then bring your Wives unto the Mill, And Young for Old you shall have still.

London. Printed by E. Crowch,[F. 285] for F. Coles,[F. 286] T. Vere,[F. 286] and J. Wright.[F. 286] 1672.

[98.] (669, f. 26)/64 Single Sheets.

[99.] (E. 451)/14 A Brown Dozen of Drunkards: (Ali-ass Drink-hards) Whipt, and shipt to the Isle of Guls: for their abusing of M^r _Malt_ the bearded son, and _Barley-broth_ the brainlesse daughter of Sir John Barleycorne. All joco-seriously descanted to our Wine drunk, Wrath drunk, Zeale drunk, staggering Times. By one that hath drunk at _S^t Patricks_[F. 287] Well. London. Printed by Robert Austen on Addlin-hill. 1648.

[100.] (669, f. 10)/49 Single sheets.

[101.] (C. 20, f. 2)/12 Poetical Broadsides.

[102.] 1076, m. 2. Humors Ordinarie. Where a man may bee verie merrie, and exceeding well used for his six-pence. At London. Printed by Edward Allde, for William Firebrand, and are to bee sold at his Shoppe in the Popes head Alley, right over against the Taverne doore. 1607. Catalogued Rowlands. (S.)

[103.] 12,314, i. 31. Ingenii Eructus, or the Cambridge Jests, being Youths Recreation &c. By W. B. London printed for William Spiller, over against the Cross Keys in Red Lyon street, near the Fields, Holbourn, 1700. Price bound 1^s/

[104.] (C. 39, vol. 2.)/111 Bagford Ballads.

[105.] 1080, e. 26. The First and best Part of Scoggins Jests. Full of witty mirth and pleasant shifts, done by him in France, and other places: being a preservative against melancholy. Gathered by Andrew Boord, Doctor of Physicke. London. Printed for Francis Williams 1626.

[106.] (669, f. 6)/12 Single Sheets.

[107.] (C. 22, e. 2)/5 English Ballads.

[108.] (C. 22, e. 2)/66 English Ballads.

[109.] (C. 22, e. 2)/69 English Ballads.

[110.] C. 39, d. 2. The Pleasant Conceites of Old Hobson the merry Londoner, full of humorous discourses, and witty merriments. Whereat the quickest wittes may laugh, and the Wiser sort take pleasure. Printed at London for John Wright, and are to be sold at his shoppe neere Christ Church gate, 1607. Catalogued Johnson (R.)

[111.] (C. 22, e. 2)/67 English Ballads.

[112.] (C. 22, e. 2)/141 English Ballads.

[113.] (669, f. 16)/66 Single Sheets--Sep. 1652.

[114.] (C. 22, e. 2)/43 English Ballads.

[115.] (C. 20, f. 4. vol. 2)/84 Luttrell Collection.

[116.] Newspapers, 1681, vol. 3. Heraclitus Ridens: at a Dialogue between Jest and Earnest, concerning the Times. Numb. 15. Tuesday May 10, 1681.

[117.] (816, m. 19)/38 An exact Accompt of the Receipts and Disbursements Expended by the Committee of Safety. Upon the Emergent Occasions of the Nation. Delivered in by M^r R. Secretary to the said Committee, to prevent false Reports, and prejudicate Censures. London. Printed for Jer. Hanzen. 1660.

[118.] (C. 20, f. 4 vol. 2)/103. (The Luttrell Collection) Inamorato and Misogamos; or a Love Song Mock'd. London. Printed for H. Brome, at the Gun, at the West End of S^t Pauls. 1675.

[119.] (C. 39, k. vol. 2)/61 Bagford Ballads.

[120.] (C. 22, e. 2)/82 English Ballads.

[121.] C. 39, b. 39. Wit and Drollery, Joviall Poems: Corrected and much amended with Additions, By Sir J. M. Ja. S. Sir W. D. J. D.[F. 288] and the most refined Wits of the Age. London. Printed for Nath Brook, at the Angel in Cornhil, 1661. Catalogued M. (E.) (The Editor of this edition.)

[122.] (C. 22, e. 2)/52 English Ballads.

[123.] (669, f. 16)/13 Old Sayings and predictions verified.

[124.] (C. 20, f. 8)/376 Roxburghe Ballads.

[125.] (C. 20, f. 7)/34 Roxburghe Ballads.

[126.] (C. 39, k. vol. 2)/58 Bagford Collection.

[127.] 1078, e. 32. Wit and Mirth; or Pills to purge Melancholy. Being a Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Humours, having each there proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument, many of the Songs being a new Set. &c--London. Printed by Will. Pearson, for Henry Playford. at his Shop in the Temple Change. 1699.

[128.] (669, f. 10)/111 Catalogue of the severall Sects and Opinions in England and other Nations, With a briefe Rehearsall of their false and dangerous Tenents. Printed for R. A. 1647.

[Footnote 253: T. Passenger published between 1670 and 1682.]

[Footnote 254: Sir John Menzies, James Smith, Sir William Davenant, and John Dryden. The dedication and preface signed J. P., _i.e._ John Playford, a publisher and writer of prefaces of that period.]

[Footnote 255: Nathaniel Brook published between 1661 and 1668.]

[Footnote 256: John Budge was in business in 1609, as one of the Roxburghe Ballads shows.]

[Footnote 257: Query, Royal Exchange.]

[Footnote 258: Cademan also published in 1675, as one of the Roxburghe Ballads bears that date.]

[Footnote 259: Nothing is known of Capt. Wm. Hickes, except as being the author of _Oxford Drolleries_ and _Oxford Jests_.]

[Footnote 260: Published between 1650 and 1687.]

[Footnote 261: Rowland Reynolds published also in 1671.]

[Footnote 262: Published from 1631 to 1660. Mr. Halliwell reprinted this little book in 1866. He says, "It is believed to be unique. It is an edition with many variations of the old Book of Riddles alluded to by Slender." The copy in the British Museum has a pencil note, "Cost me ten pounds unbound." It is in black letter.]

[Footnote 263: This, as far as I can learn, is the only year of his publishing.]

[Footnote 264: These (said to be the invention of Prince Rupert) are small pear-shaped bubbles of glass, formed by dropping melted glass in water. They will bear a smart stroke on the thick end, but if the thin end is fractured, which is done very easily, they are resolved into a very fine powder, bursting with a slight explosion. These toys are easily procurable.]

[Footnote 265: Jane Coe published between 1644 and 1647.]

[Footnote 266: Probably G. Bishop, who published from 1641 to 1644.]

[Footnote 267: Gilbertson published between 1640 and 1663.]

[Footnote 268: Alias _East_, published between 1609 and 1612.]

[Footnote 269: Certainly published in 1600.]

[Footnote 270: Published between 1650 and 1652.]

[Footnote 271: Ben Jonson.]

[Footnote 272: I cannot find a separate edition of these Epigrams, although there is this entry in the Register of the Stationers Company: "John Stepneth. 15^{_to_} Maii 1612. Entred for his Copy vnder th' (h)andes of master Nydd, and Th(e) wardens, A booke called, Ben Johnson his Epigrams. vj^{_d._}"]

[Footnote 273: He published from 1648 to 1680.]

[Footnote 274: Kirkman also published in 1661.]

[Footnote 275: In all probability Joseph Hunt in Bedlem, near Moore field gate, who printed in 1613.]

[Footnote 276: The "Water Poet."]

[Footnote 277: Published 1660, 1661.]

[Footnote 278: Or Conyers, was also in Fetter Lane, Duck Lane, on Holborn Hill, and at the Anchor and Bible adjoining St. Peter's Alley, Cornhill, published 1682-1691.]

[Footnote 279: William Basse.]

[Footnote 280: Edward Phillips, author of Theatrum Poetarum, or a Compleat Collection of the Poets. Lond. 1675.]

[Footnote 281: He was a dramatic author, and an acquaintance both of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. He led what we should term a somewhat "fast life."]

[Footnote 282: He lived "over against St. Margaret's Hill in Southwark," and published one of the Roxburghe ballads in 1631.]

[Footnote 283: Archie Armstrong, Court Jester to James I. and Charles I.]

[Footnote 284: There was another of this name, T. Dring, who lived in Fleet Street, and published between 1650 and 1687.]

[Footnote 285: Published from 1658 to 1674.]

[Footnote 286: Although separate publishers, they were occasionally partners, and as such published from 1655 to 1680.]

[Footnote 287: A cant Irish term for the best whisky.]

[Footnote 288: See No. 3 and footnote (Footnote 255).]

SOME OF THE TUNES

_noted_

_in this Book._

[Music: _Sir Eglamore. See p. 9._]

[Music: _Come Lasses and Lads. See p. 23._]

[Music: _Sellenger's Round. See p. 68._]

[Music: _Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. See p. 99._]

[Music: _Sawney and Jockey. See p. 116._]

[Music: _Stingo; or, the Oyle of Barley. See p. 124._]

[Music: _Pegge of Ramsay; or, Watton Town's End. See p. 142._]

[Music: _Upon a Summer's Day. See p. 159._]

[Music: _Shall I lye beyond thee? or, Lulle me beyond thee. See p. 207._]

[Music: _The Spinning Wheel. See p. 241._]

[Music: _Cuckolds all a Row. See p. 255._]

[Music: _The Leather Bottel. See p. 312._]

[Music: _Ragged and Torn. See p. 327._]

[Music: _There was a Jovial Beggar. See p. 386._]

[Music: _Ioan's Ale is New. See p. 399._]

[Music: _Love will find out the way. See p. 417._]

[Music: _The Joviall Crew; or, A Beggar, a Beggar, a Beggar I'll be. See p. 424._]

Transcriber's Note:

- - signifies italic text; = = signifies Old English text; ^ or ^{} signifies a superscript.

[=] signifies a letter with a macron (straight line over) accent; [~] signifies a letter with a tilde over, sometimes indication an omitted letter.

This book has regular Footnotes, Endnotes, and special Notes.

Footnotes are numbered consecutively through the book, [F. 1] etc., and placed below the snippet/poem/article etc. to which they refer.

The other numbers in square brackets, e.g. [61.], are references to publications listed at the end of the book.

Punctuation is somewhat irregular, and not always present. Opening quotes are not always closed, and sometimes the closing quote is many paragraphs after the opening quote. Punctuation has not been regularised. Some punctuation is older style, as : for . Some missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired.

The spelling is not necessarily consistent. A word or name can be spelt several ways in the same article.

'I' often means 'aye' (meaning 'yes'), even in the same sentence as 'I' the personal pronoun.

The spelling of this book is from the 17th Century, when modern spelling rules did not apply.

Apostrophes (of ownership) were usually absent.

Dashes frequently replace letters in censored words, leaving the astute reader able to guess the word, while not falling foul of officialdom.

Line 251, Page 3: King _Harry_ groates

[Note: Harry was King Henry; a groat was an old English silver coin, first coined by Henry III in 1249, and by Edward III in 1351. Originally worth one penny, it later rose to the value of fourpence. The groat was revived between 1836 and 1856, and withdrawn from circulation in 1887 (from Collins New Age Encyclopedia, 1963)].

Line 4244, Page 104: Pr. Rob. Dog corrected to Pr. Rup. Dog (printer's error).

Line 5850, Page 147: 'I'l.' sic. "and therefore I'l. light."

Line 5969, Page 150: 'I, i and J, j were often interchangeable:

"Puss my aple gainst thy mouse jle lay The gam's mine jf thast ne'r a trump to play"

would perhaps today be written

"Puss my apple 'gainst thy mouse I'll lay. The game's mine if thou hast ne'er a trump to play"

but this book is 17th century....

Line 7258, Page 182: 'of his freind'. "Freind" was a normal 17th century spelling of 'friend'.

Line 10662, Page 268: [94*.] is as printed. The reason for the asterisk is unclear.

line 10914: 60000l. l is short for 'libra' (Latin) = £ (pound/pounds); so, £60,000.

Line 13075, Page 333: 'is' corrected to 'in'.

"the Hare went through a Muse[F. 211] in a Hedg where a Carpenter had hid his Axe,..."

Line 17125, Page 438: '_woood_' corrected to '_wood_

"Being a MOCK to the _Crab_ of the _Wood_, and to that Tune:"

Page 440: Printed for R. Jackson 1643.[F. 263]; Printed for _I. Underwood_ 1643.[F. 263] This is not an error: the same footnote ([Footnote 263: This, as far as I can learn, is the only year of his publishing.]) would appear to apply to both publishers.