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Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century

by John Ashton

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  1. 1Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century
  2. 2Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century.
  5. 5The Woman to the Plow and The Man to the Hen Roost
  6. 6The Unconscionable Batchelors of Darby
  7. 7[15.] the Jolly Welsh Woman
  8. 8An Invitation to Lubberland
  9. 9The invincible Pride of Women or The London Tradesman's Lamentation
  10. 10The Devil's Oak
  11. 11The Long-Nos'd LASS or
  12. 12Mark Noble's Frollick
  13. 13The Welch Mans Inventory
  14. 14The Great Boobee. 53
  15. 15The cunning Northerne Begger
  16. 16A Caution for Scolds or A True Way of Taming a Shrew
  17. 17A Pleasant new Ballad you here may behold, How the Devill, though s…
  18. 18The Picture of an English Antick, with a List of his ridiculous Hab…
  19. 19The Dumb MAID, 62 or, the Young Gallant Trappan'd
  20. 20The Poets Dream 69 or, The Great Out-cry and Lamentable Complaint o…
  21. 21The little Barly-Corne. 73
  22. 22The poore man payes for all
  23. 23A merry Jest of John Tomson and Jakaman his Wife Whose Jealousie wa…
  24. 24The Virgin Race Or, York-shires Glory
  25. 25Mercurius Matrimonialis or Chapmen for the Ladies lately Offered to…
  26. 26Seldome Cleanely 90
  27. 27The Astrologer's Bugg Beare
  28. 28The country-mans lamentation for the death of his cow
  29. 29Newes from More-Lane
  30. 30A Merry Dialogue between Thomas and John. in the praise and disprai…
  31. 31Portsmouth's Lamentation
  32. 32The Humour of Bumpkin
  33. 33A pleasant new Ballad to sing both Even and Morne, Of the bloody mu…
  34. 34The Parliaments X Commandements
  35. 35The Miser mump'd of his Gold
  36. 36The Welshman's Praise of Wales
  37. 37The Young-Man & Maidens Forecast; shewing how They Reckon'd their C…
  38. 38The Scolding WIFE
  39. 39Come buy this new Ballad, before you doe goe; If you raile at the A…
  40. 40The Cruell Shrow: 155 or The Patient Mans Woe
  41. 41The Unfortunate Welch Man or The Untimely Death of Scotch Jockey
  42. 42Times Alteration
  43. 43Good Ale for my Money 171
  44. 44A Health to all Good-Fellowes: or The good Companions Arithmaticke
  45. 45The following was written in 1646, and is a satire on the then feel…
  46. 46The Merry Gossip's Vindication, To the Groats worth of good Councel…
  47. 47the complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the Proiector, and Sir T homas Dod…
  48. 48A Song in Praise of the Leather Bottel. 196
  49. 49A Leicester-shire Frolick; Or, The Valiant Cook-Maid
  50. 50My Wife will be my Master: or, The Married-mans Complaint against h…
  51. 51Poor Robin's Prophesie, or The merry Conceited Fortune-Teller
  52. 52No Money, no Friend
  53. 53Dead and Alive
  54. 54The beggars Chorus in the Jovial Crew
  55. 55The Bad-Husbands Folly or Poverty made known
  56. 56The Brewer. 234
  57. 57Joan's Ale is New; 235 or
  58. 58Nick and Froth; or The Good-fellows Complaint for want of full Measure
  59. 59The Country-mans new care away
  60. 60The Joviall Crew. 244 or Beggars-Bush
  61. 61On the syllable Con
  62. 62Appendix. Bibliographical Reference to the Sources Whence This Book…
  63. 63Some of the Tunes noted in this Book

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