HUMOUR, WIT, and SATIRE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Preface.
Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century. (2)
The Woman to the Plow and The Man to the Hen Roost.
The Unconscionable Batchelors of DARBY,
[15.] THE JOLLY WELSH WOMAN
An Invitation to Lubberland.
The invincible PRIDE of WOMEN or The London Tradesman's Lamentation
The Devil's Oak:
The Long-Nos'd LASS or
MARK NOBLE'S FROLLICK;
The Welch Mans Inventory.
THE GREAT BOOBEE. 53
The cunning Northerne Begger
A Caution for Scolds or A True Way of Taming a Shrew.
A Pleasant new Ballad you here may behold, How the Devill, though subtle, was guld by a Scold.
The Picture of an English Antick, with a List of his ridiculous Habits and apish Gestures.
The Dumb MAID, 62 or, the Young Gallant Trappan'd.
THE POETS DREAM 69 OR, The Great Out-cry and Lamentable
The little Barly-Corne. 73
The poore man payes for all.
A merry Jest of John Tomson and Jakaman his Wife Whose
THE VIRGIN RACE Or, York-shires Glory .
Mercurius Matrimonialis or Chapmen for the Ladies lately Offered to Sale by Way of Auction.
SELDOME CLEANELY 90
The Astrologer's Bugg Beare.
The country-mans lamentation for the death of his cow .
NEWES FROM MORE-LANE .
A Merry Dialogue between Thomas and John . in the praise and dispraise of Women and Wine.
PORTSMOUTH'S Lamentation
The Humour of Bumpkin.
A pleasant new Ballad to sing both Even and Morne, Of the bloody murther of Sir John Barley corne .
The PARLIAMENTS X Commandements
The Miser mump'd of his Gold.
THE WELSHMAN'S PRAISE OF WALES.
The Young-Man and Maidens Forecast; shewing how They Reckon'd their Chickens before they were Hatcht.
The Scolding WIFE.
THE UNFORTUNATE FENCER ; 147 or The Couragious Farmer of
Come buy this new Ballad, before you doe goe; If you raile at the Author, I know what I know.
The Cruell Shrow: 155 or The Patient Mans Woe
The Unfortunate WELCH MAN or The Untimely Death of Scotch Jockey.
Times Alteration
The humble Petition of us the Parliaments poore Souldiers in
Good Ale for my Money 171
A Health to all Good-Fellowes: or The good Companions Arithmaticke.
The following was written in 1646, and is a satire on the then feeling of the army.
THE Merry Gossip's Vindication, To the Groats worth of good Councel Declaration.
the complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the Proiector , and Sir T homas Dodger the Patentee . 186
A Song in Praise of the Leather Bottel. 196
The English Irish Souldier With his new Discipline, new Armes,
A Leicester-shire Frolick; Or , The Valiant Cook-Maid.
My Wife will be my Master: or , The Married-mans Complaint against his unruly Wife.
Poor Robin's Prophesie, or The merry Conceited Fortune-Teller.
No Money, no Friend.
The London Ladies Vindication of Top-Knots: With the many
Dead and Alive.
The French Dancing-Master AND THE ENGLISH SOLDIER. Or, the
The beggars CHORUS IN THE JOVIAL CREW.
The Bad-Husbands Folly or Poverty made known.
The Brewer. 234
JOAN'S Ale is New; 235 or :
Nick and Froth; or The Good-fellows Complaint for want of full Measure.
The Country-mans new care away.
The Joviall Crew. 244 or Beggars-Bush.
On the syllable Con.
APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE TO THE SOURCES WHENCE THIS BOOK WAS COMPILED.
SOME OF THE TUNES noted in this Book.
