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A Nest of Ninnies and Other English Jestbooks of the Seventeenth Century

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260 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1970

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Wits, fits, and fancies (1614), by A. Copley.--A nest of ninnies (1608), by R. Armin.--Selections from Jests to make you merry (1607), by G. Wilkins and T. D.--Selections from Tarlton's jests (1611).--Selections from Scogin's jests (ca. 1680).--Selections from Wit and mirth (1629), by J. Taylor.--Selections from Conceits, clinches, flashes, and whimzies (1639), by R. Chamberlain.--Selections from A banquet of jests (1633-1660).--Tales and jests of Hugh Peters (1660).--No jest like a true jest (ca. 1670).--Selections from Oxford jests (1671), by W. Hicks.--Selections from The wise and ingenious companion (1700), by A. Boyer

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