Download or read book Shakespeare Jest-Books written by W. Carew Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare Jest-Books: Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare Of him that said there were but two commandementes; Of the wyfe who lay with her prentys and caused him to beate her husbande disguised in her rayment; Of John Adroyns in the dyuyls apparell; Of the Ryche man and his two sonnes; Of the Cockolde who gained a Ring by his iudgment; Of the scoler that gave his shoes to cloute; Of him that said that a womans tongue was lightest of digestion; Of the Woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept; Of the Woman that sayd her woer came to late; Of the Mylner with the golden thombe; Of the horseman of Irelande that prayde Oconer for to hange up the frere; Of the preest that sayd nother Corpus mens nor Corpum meum About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.