And again, a line or two lower down, there can be no doubt, on a comparison of Scoggin's Jests, p. 74, what the missing words are. We ought to read:--"but he had me tell you it began _with a great R_." [Illustration: Johannes Ractell] + Tales, and quicke answers, very mery, and pleasant to rede. _Mery_ Tales, Wittie _Questions_ and Quicke Answeres, Very pleasant to be Readde. IMPRINTED _at London in Fleete strete, by_ H. Wykes. 1567. The Table. PAGE + _Of hym that rode out of London, and had his seruaunt folowynge hym on foote._ i. 15 + _Of hym that preached on saynte Christofers day._ ii. 16 + _Of the frenche man that stroue with the Fanwaye for his armes._ iii. _ib._ + _Of the curate that sayde our lorde fedde fyue hundred persones._ iiii. 17 + _Of hym that profered his doughter to one in maryage._ v. 18 + _Of the men of the countrey, that came to London to bye a crucifixe of wodde._ vi. _ib._ + _Of hym that folowed his wyfe to buryeng._ vii. 19 + _Of hym that felle in to the fyre._ viii. _ib._ + _Of hym that used to calle his seruaunte the kynge of fooles._ ix. 20 + _Of the yonge woman, that sorowed so greatly the deathe of her husbande._ x. 21 + _Of hym that kyssed the fayre mayde with the longe nose._ xi. _ib._ + _Of the uplandysshe mans answere concernyng the steple and pulpytte._ xii. 23 + _Of the beggers aunswere to mayster Skelton the poete._ xiii. _ib._ + _Of the chaplen that sayde our ladye mattens lyenge in his bedde._ xiiii. 24 + _Of hym that loste his purse in London._ xv. 25 + _Of the marchaunt that loste his boudget betwene ware and London._ xvi. 26 + _Of him that was called kockold._ xvii. 27 + _Of the iolus man._ xviii. 28 + _Of the fat woman that sat and solde frute._ xix. _ib._ + _Of a poller that begyled a preste._ xx. 29 + _Of Papirius pretextatus._ xxi. 31 + _Of the corrupte man of lawe._ xxii. 33 + _Of kynge Lowes of Fraunce and the husbandman Conon._ xxiii. 34