JOE MILLER'S
JESTS
BEING
A COLLECTION
OF
The most Brilliant JESTS and most pleasant
short Stories in the English Language—
The greater Part of which are taken from the Mouth of that
facetious Gentleman whose Name they bear.
Printed and Sold in London
JOE MILLER
Was a comedian, born 1684, died August 15, 1738; but, although he might have originated the jests, he did not collect them, which was done by John Mottley, a dramatist, in 1739. Miller was buried in St. Clement's burial-ground, in Portugal Street, Clare Market—now destroyed—and his tombstone was to be seen in 1852. Part of his epitaph was—
"HERE LYE THE REMAINS OF
HONEST JO. MILLER
WHO WAS
A TENDER HUSBAND