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HUMOUR, WIT, & SATIRE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- RICHARD TARLTON.
HUMOUR, WIT, & SATIRE of the SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- Preface.
- Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century.
  - On a drawer drunk.
    - Upon the weights of a Clock.
    - Nonsense.
    - Of Lynus borrowing.
  - Upon the weights of a Clock.
  - Nonsense.
  - Of Lynus borrowing.
- On a drawer drunk.
  - Upon the weights of a Clock.
  - Nonsense.
  - Of Lynus borrowing.
- Upon the weights of a Clock.
- Nonsense.
- Of Lynus borrowing.
- The Woman to the Plow and The Man to the Hen Roost.
  - On a cowardly Souldier.
  - On a fly in a glasse.
  - Upon a Churle that was a great usurer.
  - The Devill and the Fryar.
  - On Battus.
- On a cowardly Souldier.
- On a fly in a glasse.
- Upon a Churle that was a great usurer.
- The Devill and the Fryar.
- On Battus.
- The Unconscionable Batchelors of DARBY,
  - In Getam.
  - On Button a Sexton making a grave.
  - On Jack Wiseman.
  - Of a Woman's Kindnesse to her Husband.
  - Of Marcus.
  - On Sextus.
  - The Rurall Dance about the May-pole.19
  - On Charismus.
  - Of a drunken Smith.
  - Sorte tuâ contentus.
- In Getam.
- On Button a Sexton making a grave.
- On Jack Wiseman.
- Of a Woman's Kindnesse to her Husband.
- Of Marcus.
- On Sextus.
- The Rurall Dance about the May-pole.19
- On Charismus.
- Of a drunken Smith.
- Sorte tuâ contentus.
- [15.] THE JOLLY WELSH WOMAN
  - On a Watch lost in a Tavern.
  - Of a Precise Taylor.
  - On a gentleman that married an heire privately at the Tower.
  - Of Galla's goodly Periwigge.
- On a Watch lost in a Tavern.
- Of a Precise Taylor.
- On a gentleman that married an heire privately at the Tower.
- Of Galla's goodly Periwigge.
- An Invitation to Lubberland.
  - Epitaph On an usurer.
  - In praise of the Black Jack28
- Epitaph On an usurer.
- In praise of the Black Jack28
- The invincible PRIDE of WOMEN or The London Tradesman's Lamentation
  - On a little Gentleman and one Mr Story.
  - Epitaph on a Scrivener.
  - These following are to be understood two ways.
- On a little Gentleman and one Mr Story.
- Epitaph on a Scrivener.
- These following are to be understood two ways.
- The Devil's Oak:
  - The Long Nos'd Lass
- The Long Nos'd Lass
- The Long-Nos'd LASS or
  - A Dialogue concerning Hair, between a Man and a Woman.
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- A Dialogue concerning Hair, between a Man and a Woman.
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- MARK NOBLE'S FROLLICK;
  - Against Swearing.
  - One fighting with his wife.
- Against Swearing.
- One fighting with his wife.
- The Welch Mans Inventory.
  - Upon one Day that ran away, and laid the Key under Door.
- Upon one Day that ran away, and laid the Key under Door.
- THE GREAT BOOBEE.53
  - Ad Johannuelem Leporem, Lepidissimum; Carmen Heroicum.
  - Of Treason.
  - On the word intollerable.
- Ad Johannuelem Leporem, Lepidissimum; Carmen Heroicum.
- Of Treason.
- On the word intollerable.
- The cunning Northerne Begger
  - A contest at the Hoop-Tavern between two Lawyers.
  - Of inclosing a Common.
- A contest at the Hoop-Tavern between two Lawyers.
- Of inclosing a Common.
- A Caution for Scolds or A True Way of Taming a Shrew.
  - On Galla going to the Bath.
  - On a farmer knighted.
  - Of Milo the Glutton.
- On Galla going to the Bath.
- On a farmer knighted.
- Of Milo the Glutton.
- A Pleasant new Ballad you here may behold, How the Devill, though subtle, was guld by a Scold.
  - Solution.
  - On one in debt.
  - Scylla toothlesse.
- Solution.
- On one in debt.
- Scylla toothlesse.
- The Picture of an English Antick, with a List of his ridiculous Habits and apish Gestures.
  - A new married Bride.
  - Of finding a hare.
  - In Richardum quendam, Divitem, Avarum.
- A new married Bride.
- Of finding a hare.
- In Richardum quendam, Divitem, Avarum.
- The Dumb MAID,62 or, the Young Gallant Trappan'd.
  - Morrall.
  - The Connicatcher68 and Priest of Paris.
  - On Bond the Usurer.
- Morrall.
- The Connicatcher68 and Priest of Paris.
- On Bond the Usurer.
- THE POETS DREAM69 OR, The Great Out-cry and Lamentable Complaint of the Land against BAYLIFFS and their DOGS.
  - The dumbe wife recovered her speech.
  - A Courtier and a Scholler meeting.
- The dumbe wife recovered her speech.
- A Courtier and a Scholler meeting.
- The little Barly-Corne.73
  - The Tanner and the Butcher's dogge.
  - Cede majoribus.
  - Why women weare a fall.
- The Tanner and the Butcher's dogge.
- Cede majoribus.
- Why women weare a fall.
- The poore man payes for all.
  - A Witty answer of a Countrey fellow.
- A Witty answer of a Countrey fellow.
- A merry Jest of John Tomson and Jakaman his Wife Whose Jealousie was justly the cause of all their strife.
  - Conditions of Sale.
- Conditions of Sale.
- THE VIRGIN RACE Or, York-shires Glory.
  - Quidam erat.
- Quidam erat.
- Mercurius Matrimonialis or Chapmen for the Ladies lately Offered to Sale by Way of Auction.
- SELDOME CLEANELY90
- The Astrologer's Bugg Beare.
- The country-mans lamentation for the death of his cow.
  - On a certaine present sent from an Archbishop to his friend.
  - Englished thus.
- On a certaine present sent from an Archbishop to his friend.
- Englished thus.
- NEWES FROM MORE-LANE.
  - The Tune is, A Health to the best of Men.
  - Chronogramma. Anno 1628. obiit GeorgIVs DVX BVCkInghaMIæ
  - On Anne Angel marrying a Lawyer.
  - To my Booke-seller.
- The Tune is, A Health to the best of Men.
- Chronogramma. Anno 1628. obiit GeorgIVs DVX BVCkInghaMIæ
- On Anne Angel marrying a Lawyer.
- To my Booke-seller.
- A Merry Dialogue between Thomas and John. in the praise and dispraise of Women and Wine.
  - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - Thomas
    - John
    - A Bovlster Lectvre.
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
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  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - A Bovlster Lectvre.
- Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - Thomas
  - John
  - A Bovlster Lectvre.
- John
- Thomas
- John
- Thomas
- John
- Thomas
- John
- Thomas
- John
- Thomas
- John
- Thomas
- John
- A Bovlster Lectvre.
- PORTSMOUTH'S Lamentation
  - To one that desired me not to name him.
- To one that desired me not to name him.
- The Humour of Bumpkin.
- A pleasant new Ballad to sing both Even and Morne, Of the bloody murther of Sir John Barley corne.
  - How Tarlton tooke Tobacco at the first comming up of it.
- How Tarlton tooke Tobacco at the first comming up of it.
- The PARLIAMENTS X Commandements
  - The Parliaments PATER NOSTER.
  - The ARTICLES of the FAITH.
- The Parliaments PATER NOSTER.
- The ARTICLES of the FAITH.
- The Miser mump'd of his Gold.
- THE WELSHMAN'S PRAISE OF WALES.
- The Young-Man & Maidens Forecast; shewing how They Reckon'd their Chickens before they were Hatcht.
- The Scolding WIFE.
  - [85.] A Lampoon on the Greenwich Strowlers.
  - Upon Thorough-good, an unthrift.
- [85.] A Lampoon on the Greenwich Strowlers.
- Upon Thorough-good, an unthrift.
- THE UNFORTUNATE FENCER;147 or The Couragious Farmer of Gloucester-shire shewing How this huffing Spark went down into those Parts, Challenging any one at all sorts of Weapons; and at length (was) shamefully Conquer'd by a Country Farmer.
- Come buy this new Ballad, before you doe goe; If you raile at the Author, I know what I know.
  - To his Quill.
  - [128.] Caricature of different religious sects. 1646.
    - AdamiteSeeker
    - ArminianDiuorcer
    - AnabaptistIesuit
  - AdamiteSeeker
  - ArminianDiuorcer
  - AnabaptistIesuit
- To his Quill.
- [128.] Caricature of different religious sects. 1646.
  - AdamiteSeeker
  - ArminianDiuorcer
  - AnabaptistIesuit
- AdamiteSeeker
- ArminianDiuorcer
- AnabaptistIesuit
- The Cruell Shrow:155 or The Patient Mans Woe
- The Unfortunate WELCH MAN or The Untimely Death of Scotch Jockey.
- Times Alteration
  - On a Cobler.
- On a Cobler.
- The humble Petition of us the Parliaments poore Souldiers in the Army of Ireland, whereof many are starved already, and many dead for want of Chirurgions.
- Good Ale for my Money171
- 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.
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- THE Merry Gossip's Vindication, To the Groats worth of good Councel Declaration.
- the complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the Proiector, and Sir Thomas Dodger the Patentee.186
  - Sir Thomas Dodgers Answer.
- Sir Thomas Dodgers Answer.
- A Song in Praise of the Leather Bottel.196
- The English Irish Souldier With his new Discipline, new Armes, old Stomacke, and new taken pillage, who had rather Eate than Fight.
- A Leicester-shire Frolick; Or, The Valiant Cook-Maid.
  - How Jacke by playing of the Whiting got his dinner.
  - Epitaph on a Scholler.
- How Jacke by playing of the Whiting got his dinner.
- Epitaph on a Scholler.
- 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 Reasons that She shows for the Continuation of the same: As also proving Men to be as Proud as themselves.
  - BARNABIES SUMMONS: or, Paie your Groat in the Morning.
  - The WARRANT.
- BARNABIES SUMMONS: or, Paie your Groat in the Morning.
- The WARRANT.
- Dead and Alive.
- The French Dancing-Master AND THE ENGLISH SOLDIER. Or, the Difference betwixt Fidling and Fighting Displayed in a Dialogue betwixt an Englishman and a Frenchman.
  - Song.
  - The Mock.
- Song.
- The Mock.
- 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.
  - A Preachment on Malt.
- A Preachment on Malt.
- The Country-mans new care away.
  - A Song.
- A Song.
- 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.
  - Sir Eglamore. See p. 9.
  - Come Lasses and Lads. See p. 23.
  - Sellenger's Round. See p. 68.
  - Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. See p. 99.
  - Sawney and Jockey. See p. 116.
  - Stingo; or, the Oyle of Barley. See p. 124, p. 276.
  - Pegge of Ramsay; or, Watton Town's End. See p. 142.
  - Upon a Summer's Day. See p. 159.
  - Shall I lye beyond thee? or, Lulle me beyond thee. See p. 207.
  - The Spinning Wheel. See p. 241.
  - Cuckolds all a Row. See p. 255.
  - The Leather Bottel. See p. 312, p. 343.
  - Ragged and Torn. See p. 327.
  - There was a Jovial Beggar. See p. 386.
  - Ioan's Ale is New. See p. 399.
  - Love will find out the way. See p. 417.
  - The Joviall Crew; or, A Beggar, a Beggar, a Beggar I'll be. See p. 424.
    - Transcriber's Note:
  - Transcriber's Note:
- Sir Eglamore. See p. 9.
- Come Lasses and Lads. See p. 23.
- Sellenger's Round. See p. 68.
- Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. See p. 99.
- Sawney and Jockey. See p. 116.
- Stingo; or, the Oyle of Barley. See p. 124, p. 276.
- Pegge of Ramsay; or, Watton Town's End. See p. 142.
- Upon a Summer's Day. See p. 159.
- Shall I lye beyond thee? or, Lulle me beyond thee. See p. 207.
- The Spinning Wheel. See p. 241.
- Cuckolds all a Row. See p. 255.
- The Leather Bottel. See p. 312, p. 343.
- Ragged and Torn. See p. 327.
- There was a Jovial Beggar. See p. 386.
- Ioan's Ale is New. See p. 399.
- Love will find out the way. See p. 417.
- The Joviall Crew; or, A Beggar, a Beggar, a Beggar I'll be. See p. 424.
  - Transcriber's Note:
- Transcriber's Note:

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