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- Edition: An Humorous Day's Mirth
An Humorous Day's Mirth (Quarto 1, 1599)
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dayes mirth.
847ere the day bird sung to haue a troope of clyents at thy
849sterne Minos laugh to reade: look on our lawyers billes, not
850one containes virtue or honest drifts; but he cares, he cares,
851he cares; for acorns now are in request, but the okes poore
852fruite did nourish men, men were like okes of body, tough,
853and strong men were like Gyants then, but Pigmies now,
854yet full of villanies as their skinne can hold.
855Le. How like you this humor my liege?
859this earth a heauen.
863mies to whole skinnes, as if there were not waies enow to
866more hence with this art of murder. But here is goodly
867geare, the soule of man, for tis his better part, take away
869dare they come in any publike view, without this counte-
875gent, and burne the booke, a large house and a codpeece
877well for your gentle forgers of men, and for you come to
879matter.
882ued.
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