The Collected Works of W. CAREW HAZLITT E-Book

W. CAREW HAZLITT

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 9201

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 10324 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Essays of Michel de Montaigne • Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine • The Book-Collector • Shakespeare Jest-Books • A Select Collection of Old English Plays • Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters • The Confessions of a Collector • etc.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Old English Jest-Book.

VOL. I.

Shakespeare Jest-Books;

A Hundred Mery Talys,

Mery Tales and Quicke Answeres,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

INTRODUCTION.

A C. MERY TALYS.

Of hym that said there were but two commandementes. i.

Of the wyfe who lay with her prentys and caused him to beate her husbande disguised in her rayment. ii.

Of John Adroyns in the dyuyls apparell. iii.

Of the ryche man and his two sonnes. iv.

Of the cockolde who gained a ring by his iudgment. v.

Of the scoler that gave his shoes to cloute. vi.

Of hym that said that a womans tongue was lightest of digestion. vii.

Of the woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept. viii.

Of the woman that sayd her woer came too late. ix.

Of the mylner with the golden thombe.[17] x.

Of the horseman of Irelande that prayde Oconer for to hange up the frere. xi.

Of the preest that sayd nother corpus meus nor corpus meum. xii.

Of two freres whereof the one loued nat the ele heed nor the other the tayle. xiii.

Of the welche man that shroue hym for brekynge of hys faste on the fryday. xiv.

Of the merchaunte of London that dyd put nobles in his mouthe in hys dethe bedde. xv.

Of the mylner that stale the nuttes of the tayler that stale a shepe. xvi.

Of the foure elementes where they shoulde sone be founde. xvii.

Of the woman that poured the potage in the iudges male. xviii.

Of the wedded men that came to heuen to clayme theyr herytage. xix.

Of the merchaunte that charged his sonne to fynde one to synge for hys soule. xx.

Of the mayde wasshynge clothes that answered the frere. xxi.

Of the thre wyse men of Gotam. xxii.

Of the graye frere that answered his penytente. xxiii.

Of the gentylman that bare the sege borde on hys necke. xxiv.

Of the merchantes wyfe that sayd she wolde take a nap at sermon. xxv.

Of the woman that said and she lyued another yere she wolde haue a cockoldes hatte of her owne. xxvi.

Of the gentylman that wysshed his tothe in the gentylwomans tayle. xxvii.

Of the Welcheman that confessyd hym howe he had slayne a frere. xxviii.

Of the Welcheman that coude nat gette but a lytell male. xxix.

Of the gentyll woman that sayde to a gentyll man: ye haue a berde aboue and none benethe. xxx.

Of the frere that sayde our Lorde fed fyue M. people with iii. fysshys. xxxi.

Of the frankelyn that wold haue had the frere gone. xxxii.

Of the prest that sayd Our Lady was not so curyous a woman. xxxiii.

Of the good man that sayde to his wyfe he had euyll fare. xxxiv.

Of the frere that had hys chylde make a laten xxxv.

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.

Of the husbande that sayde hys wyfe and he agreed well. lxxxiv.

Of the prest that sayde Comede episcope. lxxxv.

Of the woman that stale the pot. lxxxvi.

Of mayster Whyttynton dreme.[134] lxxxvii.

Of the prest that killed his horse called modicus. lxxxviii.

Of the Welcheman that stale the Englysshmans cocke. lxxxix.

Of hym that brought a botell to a preste. xc.

Of the endytement of Jesu of Nazareth. xci.

Of the frere that preched agaynst them that rode on the Sonday. xcii.

Of the one broder that founde a purs. xciii.

Of the answere of the mastres to the mayde. xciv.

Of the northern man that was all harte. xcv.

Of the burnynge of olde John. xcvi.

Of the courtear that ete the hot custarde. xcvii.

Of the thre pointes belonging to a shrewd wyfe. xcix.