The merry companion or, a cure for the spleen [T301231] [ecco]

DMI number:

1405

Publication Date:

1730

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T301231

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB127993130

Shelfmark:

ECCO- Bod

Full Title:

THE | MERRY COMPANION: | OR, A | Cure for the SPLEEN; | A | Collection of the most Diverting TALES | and Entertaining POEMS ever yet Publish'd. | [i]Among which are the following.[/i] | [two columns] [col 1] The Merry Monarch, or Knight-| hood a Jest, a Tale. | The Gossips Tale under the Rose. | The Ladle, a Tale. | The Cobler, a Tale. | The Impertinent, a Satire. | The Miller's Tale, from Chaucer. | Paulo Purganit and his Wife, an | honest but a simple Pair. | The Convert to Tobacco, a Tale. | Mrs. Harris's Petition to the | Lords Justices. | A Winter's Journey to Preach. | A Soldier and a Scholar. | A True Tale of a young Squire. | The Pig, a Tale. | Hans Carvel, a Tale. [/col 1] | [col 2] The Dove, a Tale. | Cupid turn'd Thief, a Tale. | A Session of the Poets. | A Tale from Boccace, or a Cure | for Cuckoldom. | The Oxonian's Trip to the Draw- | ing Room. | The Weighty Fryar, or a Cargo | of Sins thrown over-board. | The Last Will and Testament of | Mr. Matthew A--y Bed- | maker and Sweeper at Cam- | bridge. | Baucis and Philemon. | Mary the Cook Maid's Letter to Dr. Sheridan. [/col 2] | With many others equally agreeable. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for THE PRINTER, and Sold by [i]Charles | Corbett[/i], Bookseller and Publisher, at [i]Addison[/i]'s Head | against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleetstreet.[/i] | [Price 1s. 6d. sew'd, or 2s. bound.]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

1 s 6 d sewed or 2s bound

Bibliographic details:

Reissue of N27710 - unclear which issue comes first.

Comments:

Date: [1730] suggested by ESTC

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A collection of merry poems [N27710] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1736

ESTC No:

N27710

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Sold by:

Charles Corbett

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

As I was walking in the mall of late

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pp.1-6

Poem Title:

The Impertinent: An Imitation of Horace, Lib. I. Sat 9.

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Whilom in Oxford an old chuff did dwell

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pp.7-26

Poem Title:

The Miller's Tale, From Chaucer, Inscrib'd to N. Rowe, Esq;

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By Mr. Cobb.

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Samuel Cobb

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If Rome can pardon sins as papists hold

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p.26

Poem Title:

On Rome's Pardons.

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Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

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pp.27-29

Poem Title:

A Session of the Poets.

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Too weak are laws and edicts vain

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pp.30-32

Poem Title:

A Tale from Bocas, or a Cure for Cuckoldom.

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Ye scoundrel old bards and a brace of dull knaves

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pp.33-34

Poem Title:

On Sternhold and Hopkins, and the new Version of David's Psalms.

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If what thou asserts dear Thomas be true

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p.35

Poem Title:

The Vinter's Answer.

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What planet distracts thee what damnable star

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p.35

Poem Title:

Advice to a Vintner. Mart. Epig. 19. l. I.

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Sister Jane a by-blow had

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p.35

Poem Title:

Sister Jane

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By Mr. Ozell.

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John Ozell

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Sly Merry Andrew the last Southwark fair

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p.36

Poem Title:

Merry Andrew.

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Sir | As once a twelve month to the priest

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pp.37-41

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq;

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When crowding folks with strange ill faces

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pp.42-43

Poem Title:

To the same.

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In Virgil's sacred verse we find

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pp.44-47

Poem Title:

The Dove. A Tale.

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Hans Carvel impotent and old

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pp.47-51

Poem Title:

Hans Carvel. A Tale.

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Beyond the fixed and settled rules

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pp.51-55

Poem Title:

Paulo Purganti and his Wife: An Honest, but a Simple Pair.

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I sing not old Jason who travelled through Greece

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pp.56-61

Poem Title:

Down-Hall. A curious Ballad. To the Tune of King John, and the Abbot of Canterbury. Written in the Year 1715.

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Who has ever been at Paris must needs know the grave

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pp.61-62

Poem Title:

The Thief and Cordelier, a Ballad. To the foregoing Tune.

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The sceptics think 'twas long ago

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pp.63-66

Poem Title:

The Ladle. A Tale.

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This commoner has worth and parts

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pp.66-67

Poem Title:

Moral.

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As Chloe came into the room the other day

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p.67

Poem Title:

A Lover's Anger.

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Your sage and moralist can show

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pp.68-74

Poem Title:

The Cobler. A Tale.

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Taught by long miseries we find

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p.75

Poem Title:

Moral.

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Thou cur half French half English breed

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p.75

Poem Title:

To Mr. D'Urfey, upon his incomparable Ballads, called by him Lyrick Odes.

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In ancient times as story tells

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pp.76-80

Poem Title:

Baucis and Philemon, Imitated, From the Eighth Book of Ovid.

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Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care

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pp.81-85

Poem Title:

A Soldier and a Scholar, Or a Lady's Judgment on those two Characters.

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Well if ever I saw such another man since my mother bound my head

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pp.86-87

Poem Title:

Mary the Cook-Maid's Letter to Dr. Sheridan.

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When good king Jemmy wore the British crown

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pp.88-89

Poem Title:

The Merry Monarch; or, Knighthood a Jest. A Tale.

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Two gossips they merrily met

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pp.90-91

Poem Title:

The Gossips Tale, under the Rose.

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A man of wisdom may disguise

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pp.92-95

Poem Title:

A True Tale of a young Squire.

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Some husbands on a winter day

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pp.95-100

Poem Title:

The Pig. A Tale.

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If true as papists hold that there is given

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pp.100-102

Poem Title:

The Oxonian's Trip to the Drawing-Room.

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A merry young blade of the papal belief

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pp.103-104

Poem Title:

The Toper's Confession: Or, An Experiment try'd.

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Bonosus one night at the rose did engage

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p.103

Poem Title:

The World turns round. An Epigram.

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The weather was cloudy the billows ran high

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pp.104-106

Poem Title:

The Weighty Fryar; or, A Cargo of Sins thrown over-board.

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Whoever has a cause dependant

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pp.106-111

Poem Title:

- Quid non morialia pectora cogis | Auri sacra fames -

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Hail Raleigh venerable shade

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pp.111-114

Poem Title:

The Convert to Tobacco. A Tale. (From a MS.)

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Young Anna and Philip a kind loving pair

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pp.115-117

Poem Title:

The Hermit, or Father Phillip's Geese. A Ballad; To the Tune of As Thomas and Harry, one Midsummer-Day.

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Cupid the errantest knave alive

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pp.117-118

Poem Title:

Cupid turn'd Thief. A Tale. In Imitation of the 20th Idyllion of Theocritus.

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Humbly sheweth | That I went to warm my self in Lady Betty's chamber because I was cold

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pp.118-122

Poem Title:

To their Excellencies the Lords Justices of Ireland. The humble Petition of Frances Harris, Who must Starve, and Die a Maid, if it miscarries.

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When poets wrote and painters drew

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pp.123-125

Poem Title:

Progotenes and Apelles.

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Interred beneath this marble stone

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pp.126-127

Poem Title:

An Epigtaph.

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To my dear wife

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pp.128-130

Poem Title:

The Last Will of Mr. Matthew A-----y, late Bed-maker and Sweeper at Cambridge in New England.

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Mr. Matthew A-----y

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In heaven one holiday you read

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pp.131-133

Poem Title:

Cupid and Ganymede.

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The clock struck eight the morning cleared

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pp.133-134

Poem Title:

A Winter's Journey to Preach.

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