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Shakespeare Jest-Books: A Hundred Mery Talys

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¶ Tales, and Quicke Answers, Very Mery, and Pleasant to Rede

Mery — Tales, Wittie

Questions

And Quicke Answeres

Very pleasant to
be Readde.

IMPRINTED
at London
in Fleete strete, by
H. Wykes.
1567.

The Table

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Of hym that rode out of London, and had his seruaunt folowynge hym on foote. i.15
Of hym that preached on saynte Christofers day. ii.16
Of the frenche man that stroue with the Fanwaye for his armes. iii.ib.
Of the curate that sayde our lorde fedde fyue hundred persones. iiii.17
Of hym that profered his doughter to one in maryage. v.18
Of the men of the countrey, that came to London to bye a crucifixe of wodde. vi.ib.
Of hym that folowed his wyfe to buryeng. vii.19
Of hym that felle in to the fyre. viii.ib.
Of hym that used to calle his seruaunte the kynge of fooles. ix.20
Of the yonge woman, that sorowed so greatly the deathe of her husbande. x.21
Of hym that kyssed the fayre mayde with the longe nose. xi.ib.
Of the uplandysshe mans answere concernyng the steple and pulpytte. xii.23
Of the beggers aunswere to mayster Skelton the poete. xiii.ib.
Of the chaplen that sayde our ladye mattens lyenge in his bedde. xiiii.24
Of hym that loste his purse in London. xv.25
Of the marchaunt that loste his boudget betwene ware and London. xvi.26
Of him that was called kockold. xvii.27
Of the iolus man. xviii.28
Of the fat woman that sat and solde frute. xix.ib.
Of a poller that begyled a preste. xx.29
Of Papirius pretextatus. xxi.31
Of the corrupte man of lawe. xxii.33
Of kynge Lowes of Fraunce and the husbandman Conon. xxiii.34
Of a picke thanke, that thought to begyle the same moste prudent kynge. xxiiii.37
Of Thales the great astronomer, the whiche felle in to a ditche. xxv.38
Of the astronomer that theues robbed. xxvi.39
Of the plough man that wolde saye his paternoster with a stedfast mynde. xxvii.ib.
Of him that dreamed he founde golde. xxviii.40
Of the crakynge yonge gentyll man that wolde ouerthrowe his enemys a myle of. xxix.42
Of him that fell of a tre and brake a rybbe in his syde. xxx.44
Of the fryer that brayed in his sermon. xxxi.45
The oration of th ambassadour that was sent to Pope Urban. xxxii.46
Of the ambassadour that was sent to the prince Agis. xxxiii.47
The answere of Cleomenes to the Samiens ambassadour. xxxiiii.ib.
Of the wyse man Piso, and his seruant. xxxv.48
Of the marchant that made a wager with his lorde. xxxvi.49
Of the scrowes that the frier gaue out against the pestilence. xxxvii.51
Of the physition that used to wryte bylles ouer nyght called resceytes. xxxviii.52
Of him that wolde confesse him by a lybell in wrytynge. xxxix.53
Of the hermite of Padowe. xl.54
Of the uplandissh man that saw the kyng. xli.56
Of the courtier that bade the boye to holde his horse. xlii.57
Of the deceytfull scriuener. xliii.ib.
Of him that sayde he beleved his wyfe better than other, that she was chaste. xliiii.59
Of him that paid his det with cryeng bea. xlv.60
Of the woman that appeled from kynge Philip to kynge Philip. xlvi.62
Of the olde woman that prayd for the welfare of the tyran Denyse. xlvii.63
Of the phisitian Eumonus. xlviii.64
Of Socrates and his scoldynge wyfe. xlix.65
Of the phisitian that bare his pacient on hand he had eaten an asse. l.ib.
Of the inholders wyfe, and her ii louers. li.67
Of hym that healed franticke men. lii.68
Of hym that sayd he was nat worthy to open the gate to the kynge. liii.70
Of Mayster Uauasour and Turpyn his manne. liiii.ib.
Of hym that sought his wyfe, that was drowned, agaynst the streme. lv.72
Of hym that at a skyrmyssh defended hym valiauntly with his feete. lvi.73
Of hym that wolde gyue a songe to the tauerner for his dyner. lvii.74
Of the foole that thought him selfe deed, whan he was a lyue. lviii.75
Of the olde man and his sonne that brought his asse to the towne to sylle. lix.78
Of him that sought his asse, and rode upon his backe. lx.80
The answere of Fabius to Liuius. lxi.81
The answere of Poltis the kynge of Trace to the Troyan ambassadours. lxii.82
The wyse answere of Haniball to kynge Antiochus concerninge his ryche army. lxiii.83
The wordes of Popilius the Romayn ambassadour to Antiochus the kynge. lxiiii.ib.
Of hym that loued the marchantes wyfe. lxv.84
Of the woman that couered her heed, and shewed up her tayle. lxvi.86
How Alexander was monisshed to slee the firste that he mette. lxvii.ib.
How the aunciente cyte of Lamsac was saued from destruction. lxviii.87
Howe Demosthenes defended a mayde. lxix.88
Of him that desyred to be a gentylman. lxx.89
Of the gentyllman and his shrewd wife. lxxi.90
Of the two yonge men that rode to Walsyngham to gether. lxxii.91
Of the yong man of Brugis and his spouse. lxxiii.92
Of him that made as he hadde ben a chaste lyuer. lxxiiii.93
Of him that the olde roode fell on. lxxv.94
Of the wydowe that wolde not wedde for bodily pleasure. lxxvi.95
Of the couetous ambassadour, that wolde here no musike for sparinge of his purse. lxxvii.ib.
Howe Denyse the tyran of Syracuse serued a couetouse man. lxxix.97
Of the old man that quyngered the boy oute of the aple tre with stones. lxxx.98
Of the ryche man that was sycke and wolde not receyue a glyster. lxxxi.99
Of him that feyned him selfe deed, to proue what his wyfe wolde do. lxxxii.ib.
Of the poure man, in to whose house theues brake by nyght. lxxxiii.101
Of him that shulde haue ben hanged for his scoffinge and his iestynge. lxxxiiii.ib.
Of him that had his goose stole. lxxxv.102
Of the begger that sayde he was of kynne to kynge Phylip of Macedone. lxxxvi.103
Of Dantes answere to the iester. lxxxvii.ib.
Of hym that had sore eies. lxxxviii.104
Of the olde woman that had sore eies. lxxxix.105
Of hym that had the custody of a warde. xc.106
Of the excellente peynter, that hadde foule chyldren. xci.ib.
Of the scoffer that made one a southsayer. xcii.107
Of the marchant of Florence, Charles. xciii.ib.
Of the chesshire man called Eulyn. xciiii.108
Of hym that desyred to be sette vpon the pyllorye. xcv.109
Of the wydowes daughter, that was sente to the abbot with a couple of capons. xcvi.111
Of the two men that dranke a pynte of whyte wyne to gether. xcvii.112
Of the doctour that desyred to go with a fouler to catche byrdes. xcviii.114
Of hym that undertoke to teache an asse to spelle and rede. xcix.115
Of the fryer that confessed the fayre woman. c.116
Of the chapplen of Louen called syr Antonye that deceyued an vserer. ci.118
Of the same chaplen and his spiter. cii.119
Of the olde manne that putte hym selfe in his sonnes handes. ciii.121
Of hym that had a flye peynted in his shilde. ciiii.122
Of the emperour Augustus and the olde men. cv.123
Of Phocions oration to the Atheniens. cvi.ib.
Of Demosthenes and Phocion. cvii.124
Of the aunswere of Phocion to them that brought hym a great gyfte from Alexander. cviii.ib.
Of Denyse the tyran and his sonne. cix.125
Of Pomponius the Romayne that was taken and brought before Mithridates. cx.ib.
Of Titus and the scoffer. cxi.126
Of Scipio Nasica, and Ennius the poete. cxii.ib.
Of Fabius Minutius and his sonne. cxiii.127
Of Aurelian the emperour, that was displeased, bycause the citie Tyana was closed agaynste him. cxiiii.128
Of the Nunne forced that durst not crie. cxv.129
Of him that sayde he was the Diuelles man. cxvi.ib.
Of the vplandishe priest, that preached of Charitie. cxvii.130
An other sayinge of the same preest. cxviii.131
Of the fryer that praysed sainct Frauncis. cxix.133
Of hym that warned his wife of wasshynge her face in foule puddell water. cxx.ib.
Of the husband man that caused his iudge to geue sentence agaynst him selfe. cxxi.134
Of the Italian frier that shoulde preach before the B. of Rome and his cardinals. cxxii.ib.
Of the doctour that sayd, in Erasmus workes were heresies. cxxiii.136
Of the frier that preached at Paules crosse agaynst Erasmus. cxxiiii.137
Of an other frier that taxed Erasmus for writyng Germana theologia. cxxv.138
Of an other that inueighed agaynst the same Erasmus. cxxvi.ib.
Of kyng Richarde the iii. and the Northern man. cxxvii.139
Of the Canon and his man. cxxviii.140
Of the same Canon and his sayd man. cxxix.ib.
Of the gentilman that checked hys seruant for talke of ryngyng. cxxx.141
Of the blynde man and his boye. cxxxi.142
Of him that sold two lodes of hey. cxxxii.ib.
How a mery man deuised to cal people to a playe. cxxxiii.145
How the image of the dyuell was lost and sought. cxxxiiii.148
Of Tachas, kyng of Aegypt, and Agesilaus. cxxxv.149
Of Corar the Rhetorician, and Tisias hys scoler. cxxxvi.150
Of Augustus and Athenodorus the Phylosopher. cxxxvii.151
Of the frenche kyng and the brome seller. cxxxviii.152
An other tale of the same frenche kyng. cxxxix.153
What an Italyan fryer dyd in his preaching. cxl.155

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