When the extreame pangs of death came upon _Scogin_, the holy Candle was put in his hand to blesse himselfe. When _Scogin_ had done so, in surrendring thankes to God, hee said, Now the proverbe is fulfilled, that he that worst may shall hold the Candle, for ever the weakest is thrust to the wall. _On the syllable_ Con. [17.] Dogs concurr, Steeples conspire, wheels converse, Lawyers contend, and Nurses can tend too, Foxes consent, Minors condescend, Women conceive, Apple mongers consider, Millstones contrive, Prisoners congeal, Rope makers concord, Scriveners condition, Faggotters combine, Jaylors confine, Sick men consume, Drums convene, and Scolds can vex, Commanders conduct, great Officers controul, Ducks can dive, Mourners condole, Clouds condense, great Schollars convince, Parishioners Congregate, Country Shoemakers contribute, viz Countrey boot, Gamesters are concise which does not much Conduce to their winning, grave Counsellors conceal, Cardinals conclave, School boys construe, Countrey fellows conjoble,[F. 252] Judges condemn, Friars confess, Jesuites confute, and Friends conferr together. Politicians consult, Blind men connive, and Cutlers connive too. Proud men contemn, Disputants contest together, Landlords confirm, and their Tenants can farm any thing they let out; Bells convoke, that is call Vokes together, Smiths contaminate, defile, that is do file, and I, like an Epilogue _conclude_. FINIS. [Footnote 252: From _con_, together, and _jobbernol_, head. To concert, to settle, to discuss.] [Illustration] APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE TO THE SOURCES WHENCE THIS BOOK WAS COMPILED. [1.] C. 40, a. 11. The Sackfull of Newes. London. Printed by Andrew Clark, and are to be sold by Thomas Passenger,[F. 253] at the Three Bibles upon London Bridge. 1673 (B. L.) [2.] Additional MSS. 12,049. Epigrams &c of Sir John Harington, Knight. [3.] E. 1617. Wit and Drollery, Jovial Poems. Never before Printed. By Sir J. M. Ja. S. Sir W. D. J. D.[F. 254] And other admirable Wits--London. Printed for Nath Brook[F. 255] at the Angel in Cornhill. 18 Jan. 1656 (? 1655 O.S.). Catalogued under P.(J.) [4.] 12,316, a. 20. England's Jests Refin'd and Improv'd, being a Choice Collection of the Merriest Jests, Smartest Repartees, Wittiest Sayings, and most Notable Bulls, yet extant; with many New ones, never before Printed &c. 3^{rd} Edition _London_. Printed for _John Harris_, at the _Harrow_ in the _Poultry_. 1693. Catalogued H. C. (Humphrey Crouch). [5.] 11,601, b.b. 23. Witts Recreations. Selected from the finest Fancies of Moderne Muses. With a Thousand out-Landish Proverbs. London. Printed for Humph. Blunden, at y^e Castle in Cornhill. 1640. Catalogued Wit.