1927, William Allan Nielson, The Facts About Shakespeare:
Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'"
1885, T. H., The History of Sir Richard Whittington:
And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast, And would no money take.