Wit and folly in a-maze. or Come try your wits here; I'le lay a pot in half an hour you read it not in its true sence, as' t'ought to be, then lay a wager, stake, and see.
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-10T00:45:55Z |
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| dc.date.created | 1654 |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-09 |
| dc.identifier | ota:A96734 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A96734 |
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| dc.description.abstract | The letter and the reply are signed N.N. and B.B. respectively. The first half of the sheet poses a riddle; the second half is entitled 'Hereunto is added the coppy of a letter written from a young man in the country, to a boon companion in the city, concerning a mourning cloak. And his conceited answer thereto.' Annotation on Thomason copy: "March: ye 17:"; the '4' in the imprint hhas been crossed out and replaced with a "3". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Riddles -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | Wit and folly in a-maze. or Come try your wits here; I'le lay a pot in half an hour you read it not in its true sence, as' t'ought to be, then lay a wager, stake, and see. |
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| identifier.stc | Wing W3134 |
| identifier.stc | Thomason 669.f.17[78] |
| identifier.stc | ESTC R211899 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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