Shakespeare Jest-Books. Various
Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer. xxxvi.
¶ Of the thre men that chose the woman. xxxvii.
¶ Of the gentylman that taught his cooke the medycyne for the tothake. xxxviii.
¶ Of the gentylman that promysed the scoler of Oxforde a sarcanet typet. xxxix.
¶ Of mayster Skelton that brought the bysshop of Norwiche ii fesauntes. xl.
¶ Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter. xli.
¶ Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen. xlii.
¶ Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one make a gose to creke sweetly. xliii.
¶ Of the maydes answere that was with chylde. xliv.
¶ Of the seruaunt that rymyd with hys mayster. xlv.
¶ Of the Welcheman that delyuered the letter to the ape. xlvi.
¶ Of hym that solde ryght nought. xlvii.
¶ Of the frere that tolde the thre chyldres fortunes. xlviii.
¶ Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money. xlix.
¶ Of Phylyp Spencer the bochers man. l.
¶ Of the courtear and the carter. li.
¶ Of the yongman that prayd his felow to teche hym hys paternoster. lii.
¶ Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria. liii.
¶ Of the curat that prechyd the artycles of the Crede. liv.
¶ Of the frere that prechyd the x commaundementis. lv.
¶ Of the wyfe that bad her husbande ete the candell fyrste. lvi.
¶ Of the man of lawes sonnes answer. lvii.
¶ Of the frere in the pulpet that bad the woman leue her babelynge. lviii.
¶ Of the Welchman that cast the Scotte into the see. lix.
¶ Of the man that had the dome wyfe. lx.
¶ Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe. lxi.
¶ Of ii nonnes that were shryuen of one preste. lxii.
¶ Of the esquyer that sholde have ben made knyght. lxiii.
¶ Of him that wolde gette the maystrye of his wyfe. lxiv.
¶ Of the penytent that sayd the shepe of God have mercy upon me. lxv.
¶ Of the husbande that sayd he was John Daw. lxvi.
¶ Of the scoler of Oxforde that proued by souestry ii chykens iii. lxvii.
¶ Of the frere that stale the podynge. [114] lxviii.
¶ Of the frankelyns sonne that cam to take ordres. lxix.
¶ Of the husbandman that lodgyd the frere in his own bedde. lxx.
¶ Of the preste that wolde say two gospels for a grote. lxxi.
¶ Of the coutear that dyd cast the frere ouer the bote. lxxii.
¶ Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were. lxxiii.
¶ Of the husbande that cryed ble under the bed. lxxiv.
¶ Of the shomaker that asked the colyer what tydynges in hell. [119] lxxv.
¶ Of Seynt Peter that cryed cause bobe. lxxvi.
¶ Of hym that aduenturyd body and soule for hys prynce. lxxvii.
¶ Of the parson that stale the mylners elys. lxxviii.
¶ Of the Welchman that saw one xls. better than God. lxxix.
¶ Of the frere that said dyryge for the hoggys soule. lxxx.
¶ Of the parson that sayde masse of requiem for Crystes soul. lxxxi.
¶ Of the herdeman that sayde: ryde apace, ye shall haue rayn. lxxxii.
¶ Of hym that sayde: I shall haue nener a peny. lxxxiii.