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A. Because it is out of one's head.

Q. How is a book like a tree ?

A. Because it is full of leaves.

Q. How is a good sermon like a plumb- pudding ?

A. Because there is reasons in it.

Q. How is a whorish woman like a charitable person ?

A. Because she brings her husband to a piece of bread.

Q. How is a Lawyer like a contentious woman ?

A. Because he breeds wrangling and jangling.

Q. Who is the greatest fool in the world ?

A. A whore ; for she hazards soul and body for a miserable livelihood.

Q. Who are the two greatest thieves in Great Britain ?

A. Tea and Tobacco, for they pick the pockets of the whole nation.

Q. What is the difference between Ale drapers and Linen drapers ?

A. Only this, The one cheats you with froth, and the other with cloth.

Q.If Extortioners cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, where will Usurers, Tallymen and Pawn-brokers go ;

A. The same road with Extortioners.