Chap-books of the eighteenth century . swim. Yes, said the priest—it must swim in the water ;I say you mercy, quoth the fellow, I thought it should haveswum in line ale, for I have been so.—Soon after the manof Gotham came to shrift, and even the priest knew not whatpenance to give ; he said. If I enjoin prayer, you cannot sayyour Pater Noster. And it is but a folly to make you fast,because you never eat a meals meat. Labour hard and geta dinner on Sunday, and I will come and partake of it—An-other man he enjoined to fare well on Monday, and another onTuesday, and one after another, that one o
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . swim. Yes, said the priest—it must swim in the water ;I say you mercy, quoth the fellow, I thought it should haveswum in line ale, for I have been so.—Soon after the manof Gotham came to shrift, and even the priest knew not whatpenance to give ; he said. If I enjoin prayer, you cannot sayyour Pater Noster. And it is but a folly to make you fast,because you never eat a meals meat. Labour hard and geta dinner on Sunday, and I will come and partake of it—An-other man he enjoined to fare well on Monday, and another onTuesday, and one after another, that one or the other wouldfare well once in a week, that he might have part of their as for alms deeds the priest said, ye be beggars all exceptone or two so therefore bestow your alms among yourselves. FINIS. JOE MILLERS yESTS BEING A COLLECTION OF The most Brilliant JESTS and most pleasantshort Stories in the English Language— Tke greater Part of which are taken from the Mouth of thatfacetious Gentleman whose Name they Printed and Sold in London ( 289 ) JOE MILLER Was a comedian, born 1684, died August 15, 1738; but,although he might have originated the jests, he did not collectthem, which was done by John Mottley, a dramatist, in was buried in St. Clements burial-ground, in PortugalStreet, Clare Market—now destroyed—and his tombstone wasto be seen in 1852. Part of his epitaph was— HERE LYE THE REMAINS OFHONEST JO. MILLER WHO WAS A TENDER HUSBAND A SINCERE FRIEND A FACETIOUS COMPANION AND AN EXCELLENT COMEDIAN, CtC. Hogarth is said to have engraved a ticket for his benefit onApril 25, 1717, when he played Sir Joseph Wittol in Congreves Old Batchelor. All jokes marked with an asterisk are in the first edition,but the book has been somewhat expurgated. Joe Miller going with a friend one day along Fleet Street,and seeing old Cross the Player, who was very deaf, and un-willing that any one should know it, on the other side of theway, told his frie
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