(Whilst swearing affection, best swear in the lump)
Your obedient,
devoted,
admiring,
JOHN STUMP.
PROSPECTUS FOR A NEW HAND-BOOK OF JESTERS;
OR, YOUNG JOKER’S BEST COMPANION.
“All the world’s a joke, and all the men and women merely jokers.”—Shakspeare. From the text of Joseph Miller.