Killer rabbit joke in the Heege Manuscript (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Killer rabbit joke in the Heege Manuscript

Caption

Part of 'The Hunting of the Hare' poem in the Heege Manuscript (p.4 verso), featuring the killer rabbit. The first lines read: "Jack Wade was never so sad / As when the hare trod on his head / In case she would have ripped out his throat."

Credit

National Library of Scotland

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