1601: Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors - Mark Twain -

[Jason]

While reading Mark Twain by Mark Twain, I learned of this short piece, published anonymously as it was considered vulgar for its time, and many might still find it vulgar today as it was considered unprintable by most publishers until the 1960s.

This is a conversation between Queen Elizabeth, Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh and Francis Beaumont. They try to identify which one in the group passed gas and then the conversation delves into sexual topics. Its crude, especially for its time and also humorous if not shocking.

An interesting find.