The muse's vagaries or the merry mortal's companion [Part I] [ESTC T170724]

DMI number:

773

Publication Date:

1745

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T170724

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116375698

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding E 136

Full Title:

THE | Muse's Vagaries; | OR, THE | MERRY MORTAL's | COMPANION. | CONSISTING OF | [two columns] [column 1] [i]Facetious Tales, | Satirical Jokes, | Diverting Letters, | Comical Songs, [/column 1] | [column 2] Humorous Epigrams, | Whimsical Wills, | Epitaphs[/i], &c. | &c. &c. &c. [/column 2] | The whole calculated to create Mirth | and good Humour; to cure the Spleen | and expel Vapours; drive away Sorrow; | and increase the Diversion of all the | Merry Fellows, Honest Hearts, and Jo-| vial Souls round about the Wrekin. | [rule] | BY Sir SOLOMON GUNDY, Knt. | AND | MARGERY MERRYPIN, Spinster. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | L [i]ONDON:[i] | Printed for BEN. JOHNSON, Jun. near [i]St. Paul'[/i]s. | MDCCXLV. | (Price [i]One Shilling[/i] and [i]Six-Pence.[/i])

Epigraph:

[i]Our Hearts, our Mistress, and our Friend should share, | Our Time, the Muse, the Witty, and the Fair: | Thus, wisely Careless, innocently Gay, | Chearful, let's pass the Trifle[/i] LIFE [i]away.[/i] | POPE.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse, Collection of satirical verse, and Collection of songs

Format:

Quarto

Price:

1s 6d

Pagination:

[4] [1]-124 [15 mispaginated as 51]

Bibliographic details:

Query: check format - ESTC says 8vo, JW says 4to.

Comments:

Some attributions taken from contents page French text (followed by English translation), p. 119.

Other matter:

Contents page [2pp.]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The muse's vagaries or the merry mortal's companion [Part II] [ESTC T170724]

Publication Date:

1745

ESTC No:

T170724

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Ben Johnson Junior

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Come all you humdrums that encumber the earth

Page No:

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

All Alive and Merry; or, the Honest Toper's Invitation to the Humdrums, in and about London. A new Song.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo

Page No:

pp.4-6

Poem Title:

The Poet's Prayer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud

Page No:

pp.6-8

Poem Title:

The honest Countryman's Litany.

Attribution:

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First Line:

By the toast of your health when full bumpers go down

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

The Beau's Litany.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thrice happy Daniel and his wife

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

Upon seeing a Gentleman and Lady toying at Scarborough.

Attribution:

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First Line:

God prosper long from being broke

Page No:

pp.10-14

Poem Title:

A True and Lamentable Ballad, call'd The Earl's Defeat. [To the Tune of Chevy Chase.]

Attribution:

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First Line:

A heron erect with stately stride

Page No:

p.51[ie. p. 15]-16

Poem Title:

The Heron: A Tale for the Old Maids.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

I sing not old Jason who travelled through Greece

Page No:

pp.16-24

Poem Title:

Down-Hall. A Ballad.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: by Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Pontius who loves you know a joke

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Pontius and Pontia.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By the same [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Interred beneath this marble stone

Page No:

pp.26-28

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Sauntering Jack, and Idle Joan.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By the same. [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Says Pontius in rage contradicting his wife

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

Truth told at last.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: by the same [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

Page No:

pp.28-32

Poem Title:

A Billingsgate Pastoral. In Imitation of the third Eclogue of Virgil.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

The Invitation.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Arah dear joy shave all your faushes

Page No:

pp.34-36

Poem Title:

Teague's Oration.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Giles Jolt as sleeping in his cart he lay

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

The Carman's Logick.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A Cheshire man sailed into Spain

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

The Cheshire Cheese.

Attribution:

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First Line:

All you that ever tasted of Swatfal Hall beer

Page No:

pp.38-40

Poem Title:

The Country Wedding; or, the Plough yoked to the Cupboard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Good Mr Moody my beard being cloudy

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Tom Whittle's Letter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though rhyme serves the thoughts of great poets to fetter

Page No:

pp.41-45

Poem Title:

The Prodigy: By a Lady.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By Mrs. Barber.

Attributed To:

Mary Barber

First Line:

All whimsical people come hither

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

A Song for the Nonsensical Club.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ods zookers honest gallant Harry

Page No:

pp.46-48

Poem Title:

To Honest Harry, who married a very ugly old Maid.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

There lived in France as ancient stories tell

Page No:

pp.48-61

Poem Title:

The Merchant's Lady; or, the Husband pays for all. From Chaucer.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By Mr. Travers.

Attributed To:

Henry Travers

First Line:

In Virgil's sacred verse we find

Page No:

pp.61-66

Poem Title:

The Pigeon's Feather.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

As through the street a Quaker chanced to pass

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

The Button-Hole.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How old may Phyllis be you ask

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

Phyllis's Age.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By the same. [ie. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

There lived in Lombardy as authors write

Page No:

pp.68-86

Poem Title:

The Merchant's Tale. From Chaucer.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

It must be so Taylor thou reasonst well

Page No:

pp.86-88

Poem Title:

Doleful Dumps; or, the poor Poet and his Taylor...In Imitation of Cato's Soliloquy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mitchell.

Attributed To:

Joseph Mitchell

First Line:

Since you dear doctor saved my life

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

An Epistle from a Gentleman to Sir H- S-: who, upon having sav'd his Life, desired he would send him all the Rarities he could find in his Travels.

Attribution:

From a Gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To my dear wife my joy and life

Page No:

pp.91-93

Poem Title:

The Will of Mr. A-y, of New-England.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Mistress A-y to you I fly

Page No:

pp.93-95

Poem Title:

The Sweeper of New Haven's Love-Letter to Mrs. A-y's Widow.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In the name of God the king of kings

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

Ned Ward's last Will.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When good king Jemmy wore the British crown

Page No:

pp.96-99

Poem Title:

The Merry Monarch; or, Knighthood a Jest.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Not every temper rural scenes delight

Page No:

pp.99-103

Poem Title:

Nell the Ballad-Singer's Lamentation.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tom Ramble a rake of true catholic hope

Page No:

pp.103-105

Poem Title:

The Confession.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The furniture that best doth please

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

Swift's Answer to a Friend, who asked him what were his favourite Pieces of Furniture.

Attribution:

Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Ill fare the miscreant who to mischief prone

Page No:

pp.106-115

Poem Title:

The Shoe-Heel. In Imitation of the Splendid Shilling.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By Mr. Mitchell.

Attributed To:

Joseph Mitchell

First Line:

Thus to his parish waggoner a priest

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

The Vicar and the Waggoner. A Sunday's Conversation.

Attribution:

Contents page attribution: By the same [i.e. Mitchell]

Attributed To:

Joseph Mitchell

First Line:

Since all men must return to dust

Page No:

pp.116-118

Poem Title:

Ned Wealthy's last Will.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

Drunken Toby; or the longest Way round about, the shortest Way home.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Who can believe with common sense

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

[The great Sin of eating Eggs and Bacon ('Peut on croire avec bon sens')] In English

Attribution:

by Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

On courting I went to my love

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

A bold Stroke for a Wife. A Song.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Of all the professions that are in the city

Page No:

pp.122-123

Poem Title:

The Taylor Triumphant. A Song

Attribution:

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First Line:

Just after you've dined take a dish that is large

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

The Dainty Dish; or a Quality Mess. Being, A rare Receipt, quite scalding new. To make a Mess of French Ragou.

Attribution:

By the D--- of N---c---'s Cook.

Attributed To:

Not attributed