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 Iriſhman being aſked, whether he or his brother were oldeſt? I am oldeſt, ſaid he; but if my brother live three years longer, we ſhall be both of one age.

An Iriſh ſervant being ſtruck by his maſter, cried out, Pox on me, if I am certain whether he has kill'd me or not; but if I am dead, it will afford me great ſatisfaction to hear that the old rogue was hanged for killing me.

A deaf fellow going into London to ſell a turkey, at Hydepark Corner, had occaſion to untruſs a point; a gentleman paſſing by, who intended to put a joke upon him, Countryman, ſaid he. There's a fowl under you; the man thinking that he aſked the price of his turkey, ſaid, Four Shillings, maſter. I ſay, there's a fowl under you, ſaid the gentleman again. It is as good as ever you ate in your life, ſaid the fellow, either baked or roaſted. Yon raſcal, ſaid the gentleman, I could find in my heart to kick you ſoundly. Come chuſe, ſaid the fellow for if you won't another will.

An Iriſhman accompanying bis wife's funeral to the Churchyard, the bearers going pretty quick along, he called out to