TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Several missing opening quotation marks have been inserted; many missing closing quotation marks have been inserted. Except for those changes noted below, all dialect in the text, all misspellings, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Witty Sayings and Exploits of George Buchanan. Pg 7: ‘was she delivered’ replaced by ‘was he delivered’. Adventures of Bamfylde Moore Carew. Pg 20: ‘bnt being saluted’ replaced by ‘but being saluted’. Daniel O’Rourke’s Voyage to the Moon. Pg 5: ‘bog, bog; could’ replaced by ‘bog, bog; I could’. Pg 5: ‘Daniel O’Rouke,’ replaced by ‘Daniel O’Rourke,’. Pg 20: ‘and conld tell’ replaced by ‘and could tell’. Pg 23: ‘was preocoupied with’ replaced by ‘was preoccupied with’. The Comical Tricks of Lothian Tom, &c. Pg 12: ‘lamenting there’ replaced by ‘lamenting their’. Pg 13: ‘is a great theif’ replaced by ‘is a great thief’. Comical History of the King and the Cobbler. Pg 3: ‘casualities which’ replaced by ‘casualties which’. Pg 8: ‘his Chesire cheese’ replaced by ‘his Cheshire cheese’. Pg 8: ‘Joan begings to’ replaced by ‘Joan begins to’. Pg 10: ‘pull of his shirt’ replaced by ‘pull off his shirt’. Pg 12: ‘replied the yoeman’ replaced by ‘replied the yeoman’. Pg 12: ‘to him instanly’ replaced by ‘to him instantly’. Pg 15: ‘loath to loose’ replaced by ‘loath to lose’. Pg 21: ‘supply his expences’ replaced by ‘supply his expenses’. Pg 22: ‘ran and eat’ replaced by ‘ran and ate’. Pg 23: ‘so embarassed that’ replaced by ‘so embarrassed that’. John Cheap, the Chapman. Pg 13: ‘but yesternigh’ replaced by ‘but yesternight’. Pg 13: ‘take on my waller’ replaced by ‘take on my wallet’. Pg 16: ‘country villiage,’ replaced by ‘country village,’. Pg 17: ‘this wicked webster’ replaced by ‘this wicked wabster’. Simple John and his Twelve Misfortunes. Pg 2: ‘as monv a ane’ replaced by ‘as mony a ane’. Pg 7: ‘back on Mononday’ replaced by ‘back on Monday’. Pg 10: ‘ano then he’ replaced by ‘and then he’. Pg 10: ‘could naud nae’ replaced by ‘could haud nae’. Pg 23: ‘pleaded for im’ replaced by ‘pleaded for him’. The Wise Men of Gotham. Pg 9: ‘At the begining’ replaced by ‘At the beginning’.