CANTABRIGIENSES:

CONSISTING OF

ANECDOTES,

SMART SAYINGS, SATIRICS, RETORTS, &c.

BY OR RELATING TO

Celebrated Cantabs.

Τὸν λόγον σου θαυμάσας ἔχω.-ΡLΑΤΟ.

DEDICATED TO THE STUDENTS OF LINCOLN'S INN,

BY SOCIUS.

THIRD EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED.

LONDON:

CHARLES MASON, WINE OFFICE COURT,

FLEET STREET.

PREFACE

ΤΟ

THE FIRST EDITION.

I HAVE often, during my residence in Cambridge, regretted that many very facetious and richly-spiced anecdotes, and smart sayings, should only be handed round the University by tradition; and not only are they entirely lost to the world, but many-I believe I may add, a very great number—of the members of the University, are almost ignorant of their existence. Hence I resolved to compile the

Facetiae Cantabrigienses ;

and I trust I shall be, if not commended, at least pardoned, for so doing. The eye of the reader will sometimes come in contact with an anecdote which is already familiar to him this he will perhaps forgive; as my aim is, not only to make him acquainted with strangers, but also to collect the lost sheep, which are to be found scattered up and down, in various publications, and, like the Jews, have no particular resting-place.