Ingenii fructus: or, The Cambridge jests; being, youth's recreation. I. Containing delightful, choice, and uncommon novels. II. Merry with witty jests, and pleasant tales and bulls. III. The Cambridge punns, and drollery, suitable to mirthful entertainment. IV. The origina of the word Cockney put upon citizens. The throwing at croks on Shrove-Tuesday. The original and reason of Horn-Fair, and Cuckold's Point. V. The whole art and mystery of love, in courting maids and widdows with success; nicking the critical minute to crown your love-passion, with an happy conclusion. VI. New jests, which may serve for the witty-man's companion, the busie man's diversion, and the melancholly man's physick, and recreation. Calculated for the meridian of Cambridge-shire, and may serve elsewhere, for the innocent spending of winter evenings. By W.B.

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• Ingenii fructus: or, The Cambridge jests; being, youth's recreation. I. Containing delightful, choice, and uncommon novels. II. Merry with witty jests, and pleasant tales and bulls. III. The Cambridge punns, and drollery, suitable to mirthful entertainment. IV. The origina of the word Cockney put upon citizens. The throwing at croks on Shrove-Tuesday. The original and reason of Horn-Fair, and Cuckold's Point. V. The whole art and mystery of love, in courting maids and widdows with success; nicking the critical minute to crown your love-passion, with an happy conclusion. VI. New jests, which may serve for the witty-man's companion, the busie man's diversion, and the melancholly man's physick, and recreation. Calculated for the meridian of Cambridge-shire, and may serve elsewhere, for the innocent spending of winter evenings. By W.B.
• Ingenij fructus: or, the way to be witty. (p.1 of 112 p. section) Cambridge jests

People / Organizations

• W. B. (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for William Spiller, over against the Cross-Keys in Red-Lyon-street, near the Fields, Holbourn, 1700.

Publication year

1700-1700

ESTC No.

R17474

Grub Street ID

67844

Description

[8], 48, 112 p. ; 12⁰

Note

"Ingenij fructus: or, the way to be witty." has separate pagination; register is continuous.

Advertisements on recto of first leaf; engraving with caption "A draught of King's Colledge in Cambridge." on verso.

Title page on recto of second leaf.

Copies filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E3 are fragments with first and second leaf only.