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The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part I]

DMI number:
152
Aliases
Diverting muse
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Publication Date:
1707
Volume Number:
1 of 6
ESTC number:
P6354/T200954
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW614079230
Shelfmark:
BOD Harding E 254 (3)
Full Title:
Diverting MUSE, | OR, THE | [i]Universal Medly.[/i] | Written by a Society of Merry Gentlemen, for | the Entertainment of the Town. | [rule] | The First PART. | [rule] | Consisting of | I. The Wine-bibber's Wish. | II. Adviceto an Old Lady, who has bury'd Six | Husbands, and set up for the Seventh. | III. A Comical Dialogue between a Botcher and his | Wife, after his return from the Ale-house. | IV. The first mounting of a young Excise-man for | the Country, or good Advice to Broken Shop-| keepers. | V. The Gossip's Visit, or an Ally-Comedy, call'd, | Female Tittle-tattle. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed, And Sold by [i]B. Bragge[/i], at the [i]Raven[/i] in | [i]Pater-noster-row[/i], 1707.
Epigraph:
n/a
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Collection of comic verse
Format:
Octavo
Price:
[4 d]
Pagination:
[2], 3-38, [2].
Bibliographic details:
Miscellany has been closely cropped. 'The' is missing from title; some of the page numbers have been wholly or partially cropped. BOD Harding E 254 (3) is bound together with the Fifth and Sixth Parts of this miscellany. MS annotation next to date on title page: '1 July'. In top left hand corner, '4. d'. BOD Harding E 254 (3) was apparently owned by Narcissus Luttrell (see note on first leaf of volume). MS additions filling in blanks on p. 18.
Comments:
These poems reprinted as part of Edward Ward's Writings, 1709.
Other matter:
Request for any 'song, poem, epigram, epitaph, elegy, epithalamium, satyr &c. provided that the subject be no ways offensive to the state, or tending to the scandal of any particular person' to be sent for inclusion in future parts of this monthly miscellany, to 'Mr. George Dagastaff, to be left at Mr Hogarth's coffee-house in St. John's Gate'.
References:
Case 241 (Case describes only this first part and not any of the following five). There appear to be 2 ESTC numbers for this miscellany, P6354 and T200954 (however, entering the second of these takes you to the record headed P6354).
Related Miscellanies
Title:
The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part II]
Publication Date:
1707
ESTC No:
P6354 [T200954]
Volume:
2 of 6
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part III]
Publication Date:
1707
ESTC No:
P6354 [T200954]
Volume:
3 of 6
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part IV]
Publication Date:
1707
ESTC No:
P6354 [T200954]
Volume:
4 of 6
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part V]
Publication Date:
1707
ESTC No:
P6354 [T200954]
Volume:
5 of 6
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part VI]
Publication Date:
1707
ESTC No:
P6354 [T200954]
Volume:
6 of 6
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Related People
Editor:
Edward Ward
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Identified as editor in ESTC.
Editor:
George Dagastaff
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Identified in the end matter as the possible compiler of the collection, P6354 [Part I] p. [39].
Sold by:
Benjamin Bragg
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Printed, And Sold by B. Bragge, at the Raven in Pater-noster-row.'
Content/Publication
First Line:
O give me kind Bacchus thou god of the vine
Page No:
pp.3-6
Poem Title:
The wine bibber's wish
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Forbear old beldam tis I vow a crime
Page No:
pp.6-9
Poem Title:
Advice to an old lady who has bury'd six husbands and sets up for the seventh
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
I find you old sot that your rising so soon
Page No:
pp.10-15
Poem Title:
A dialogue between a botcher and his wife, after his return from the ale-house
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Whoever desires to be a fawning slave
Page No:
pp.16-19
Poem Title:
The mounting of a young excise-man for the country, or good advice to broken shopkeepers
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Neighbour good morrow how d'ye do
Page No:
pp.19-38
Poem Title:
The gossip's visit: or, an alley comedy, call'd, Female Title Tattle
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed