Note 666 — Chapter XV · PUNS AND REBUSES.
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In the old sermons and religious treatises of the seventeenth century, however, we occasionally find punning resorted to by the preachers of the time.
[667] He was a printer who kept his shop at the sign of the Swan in St Paul’s Churchyard in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This Garatt D’Ewes was grandfather of the celebrated antiquary, Sir Symond D’Ewes; he amassed a handsome fortune, which enabled him to purchase the manor of Gains near Upminster, Essex, and thus laid the foundation of the future greatness of his family. D’Ewes was of Dutch origin, being a native of the province of Gelderland. Some of the letters of this early printer are preserved in the Harl. MS., No. 381.
[668] Camden’s Remains, p. 140, et seq. 1629.
[669] Taylor’s Pennylesse Pilgrimage, 1630.
[670] Postman, January 25-27, 1711.