rrested, however, and when the
matter came to trial, the judge said, that though the other stole it,
yet the guilt of the fact lay upon the goldsmith.

One came upon a sexton making a grave for a great tall fellow by the
name of Button, and asked him for whom that extraordinarily long
grave was. The sexton answered, that he had made many longer than
that, and said it was but a button-hole compared with some graves
that he had made.

A man, whose name was You, married a woman of the same name, and was
ever after called "Master W."

One was wondering why the people of AEthiopia did not write straight
along as the northern people do, and another answered that they wrote
under the line, and that was the reason of it.

A dyer, who was an idle drunken fellow, complained to a scholar that
he had bad luck in his business, and that usually those things which
he took to dye were spoiled. The scholar told him that the only way
to have this amended was to reform himself, for he that lived ill
could never dye well.

What herb is there that cures all diseases? Thyme.

An upholsterer rebuked his apprentice because he was not nimble
enough at his work, and had not his nails and hammer in readiness
when he should use them; and said that when he himself was an
apprentice he was taught to have his nails at his fingers' ends.

What does that young man deserve who loves always to be in a
playhouse? A box.

One expressed surprise that there were so many pickpockets about the
streets, notwithstanding that there was a watch at every corner. It
was answered that this was all one, for a pickpocket would as gladly
meet with a watch as with anything else.

One who was skilled in writing shorthand offered to teach a lawyer's
clerk his skill, but the latter thanked him for his offer, and told
him that they could not live by making short hand of anything.

A coward related to his friend that one had given him a box upon the
ear, but that he, instead of returning the blow, had turned to him
the other ear also. The friend replied, "Sure, there was a great
fight betwixt you, when blows were given on both sides."

The word Interpreter is derived from Inter-prater, for one that
prated betwixt two that spoke several languages.

A company of gentlemen entered a tavern whose sign was the Moon, and
called for a quart of sack. The drawer told them that they had none,
and that the man in the Moon always drank claret.

A countryman, being asked