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 14 Some gentleman going into a bawdyhouſe tavern by Charing Croſs, found a great deal of fault with the houſe and the wine, and ſending for the maſter, told him it was fad ſtuff and very weak, it may be ſo, ſaid he, for my trade does not depend upon the ſtrength of my wine, but that of my tables and chairs. A profligate young nobleman being in company with ſome ſober people, deſired leave to toaſt the devil. The gentleman who fat next him, ſaid he had no objection to any of his Lordſhip's particular friends. A gentleman ſaid of a wench who con- ſtantly plied about the Temple, that if the had as much law in her head as ſhe has in her tail, ſae would be one of the ableſt council in England. A certain lady of quality ſending her Iriſh footman to fetch home a pair of new ſtays, ſtricly charged him to take a coach if it rained, for fear of wetting them. But a great ſhower falling, the fellow re- turned with the ſtays dripping wet; and being ſeverely reprimanded for not doing as he was ordered, he ſaid he had obeyed her orders. How then anſwered the lady,