Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; Chapter One Gentleman lawyers at the Inns of Court; Chapter Two Ben Jonson, the lawyers and the wits; Chapter Three Taverns and table talk; Chapter Four Wits in the House of Commons; Chapter Five Coryats Crudities (1611) and the sociability of print; Chapter Six Traveller for the English wits; Chapter Seven Afterlives of the wits; Notes; Bibliography; Index