The Windsor Medley [17 titles] [N25098]

DMI number:

12

Publication Date:

1731

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N25098

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113227254

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C116

Full Title:

THE | [i]WINDSOR[/i] MEDLEY: | BEING | A Choice COLLECTION of several | Curious and Valuable Pieces in PROSE and | VERSE: | That were handed about in PRINT and | MANUSCRIPT, | During the Stay of the Court at WINDSOR CASTLE | last Summer. | Many of them never before Published. | [i]VIZ.[/i] | [two columns] [column one] 1. An Epistle from [i]Ruth[/i] the | Quaker of Little [i]H-ll--d[/i] House, | to a Great Man at great [i]Chelsea[/i], | upon the present Posture of | Affairs. | 2. The [i]Windsor[/i] Ballad. | 3. [i]William[/i] to [i]Dorothy[/i] of [i]Datchet[/i]. | 4. Characters of Men and Manners. | 5. The Sportive Lambs. | 6. [i]John Hooper,[/i] Citizen and [i]Cordwinder[/i] of [i]London[/i] to Col. | [i]Ch-r-is[/i]. | 7. An Account of a Booby of | Quality lately exported Abroad | on his Travels. | 8. The [i]White Joke[/i], the Music | play'd before the King's Guard | at [i]Windsor[/i]-Castle, in Honour to | a great Lady. [/column one] | [column two] 9. The [i]Epsom[/i] and [i]Richmond[/i] | Beauties. | 10. The Way to Preferment. | 11. Blasphemy as Old as the Crea-| tion, a Satyr, address'd to the | Modern Advocates of Irreli-|gion, Profaneness and Infidelity. | 12. A King at Arms disarm'd at | Law, a Ballad. | 13. Verses upon a Mistake that | happen'd in administring a | Clyster to a Lady at [i]Windsor[/i]. | 14. Lord [i]H-y[/i] to Mr. [i]F-x[/i], | written at [i]Florence[/i]. | 15. Upon Nothing, a Poem. | 16. Duck drown'd in [i]Parnassus[/i]; | or, the Goose Triumphant. | 17. A Ballad, by a Lady. [/column two] | Together with several other Scarce Tracts, not mentioned in | the TITLE. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for A. MOORE, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s; and sold by the | Booksellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. 1731. | (Price One Shilling.)

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Topical miscellany and Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 shilling

Pagination:

[2], 1-62 pp.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Prose pp. 1-4; 21-26; 44.

References:

Not described in Case (However Case 271, with 15 titles, might be an error; no such book appears in ESTC).

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Windsor Medley [20 titles] [ESTC T58887, N25099]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

T58887/N25099

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Windsor Medley ['Third edition'] [T69084]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

T69084

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Arthur Moore

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Fictitious imprint

Content/Publication

First Line:

When London's famous town

Page No:

pp.4-6

Poem Title:

The Windsor Ballad. Tune, Come follow, follow me, ye Fairy Elves.

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First Line:

Quoth Billy to Doll I love as my soul

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pp.6-7

Poem Title:

William and Dorothy of Datchet.

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First Line:

Ocean's vast womb nor Afric's deserts can

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pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Characters of Men and Manners.

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First Line:

A certain presbyterian pair

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pp.10-11

Poem Title:

The Sportive Lambs.

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First Line:

Since fate deceived us both in fear and hope

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pp.11-14

Poem Title:

An Epistle from John Hooper, alias Ketch, Citizen and Cord-wayner, of London and Middlesex, Essex, Kent and Surrey, to the Rape-Master-General of Great Britain.

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First Line:

Most happy times are now foretold

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p.15

Poem Title:

A Prophecy.

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First Line:

By Jove tis hard tis wondrous hard

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p.16

Poem Title:

Cut with a Diamond on a Pane of Glass, at the Bell and Castle in Windsor.

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First Line:

Our silver gone and eke our gold

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p.16

Poem Title:

Upon the same Subject.

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First Line:

An ancient tale I mean to write

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pp.17-19

Poem Title:

The Norfolk Favourite; or, the Rise and Fall of Gaveston. A Ballad.

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First Line:

Waft me some soft and cooling breeze

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

The Midsummer Wish.

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First Line:

Gay Myra toast of all the town

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pp.27-28

Poem Title:

The White-Joke: The Tune play'd before the King's Guard at Windsor Castle, in Honour to a certain Court Lady.

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First Line:

What beauties Epsom grace thy fruitful plains

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pp.29-31

Poem Title:

The Epsom Beauties.

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First Line:

Why is it in our nature to be poor

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pp.31-34

Poem Title:

The Richmond Beauties, in an Epistle to J-- M--, Esq

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First Line:

Fungus by a peculiar knack

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p.35

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

The underwritten are by the Author of an Ode to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

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First Line:

Oxford or Cambridge wag attend

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

The Way to Preferment

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First Line:

Though thy all-mimic pencil well can trace

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p.38

Poem Title:

To the Ingenious Mr. Bonewitz, on his drawing a curious Picture of a Chelsea Pensioner, aged 110.

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'The following Verses by the same Hand' [preceding poem unattributed]

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From serious arts or glorious arms

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pp.39-40

Poem Title:

Verses

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By Mr. C----l

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Not attributed

First Line:

Want or the pride of being deemed polite

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pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Blasphemy as Old as the Creation: Or, The Newgate Divine. A Satyr. Address'd to the modern Advocates of Irreligion, Profaneness, and Infidelity.

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First Line:

Cupid once having robbed an hive

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p.42

Poem Title:

An Epigram

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First Line:

Here lies honest William Dawe

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p.42

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

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First Line:

Here lies John Coom

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p.43

Poem Title:

Another.

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First Line:

I John Bell of Crakehill lys under this stein

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p.43

Poem Title:

Another in Topliff Church-yard in Yorkshire.

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First Line:

When Mira's hands her needle thread

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pp.45-46

Poem Title:

To Mrs. M. H. on her working a Coat in Silks

Attribution:

By the Author of the Satire intituled, Blasphemy as old as the Creation

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First Line:

Ye fair injured nymphs and ye beaux who deceive 'em

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pp.47-48

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Nothing thou elder brother even to shade

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pp.49-51

Poem Title:

Upon Nothing.

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First Line:

You fair who play tricks to be fairer draw near

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pp.51-54

Poem Title:

Verses upon a Mistake that happened in administring a Clyster to a Lady at Windsor. Tune of Hey-derry-down.

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First Line:

Thou dearest youth who taught me first to know

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pp.54-56

Poem Title:

Lord H-rv---y, To Mr. F---x. Written at Florence, in Imitation of Horace. Ode the 6th, Book II.

Attribution:

Lord H--rv--y

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John Hervey

First Line:

Here lies old Hare

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pp.56-57

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Joseph Hare, a Sexton.

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First Line:

Of old the bards their countries to adorn

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pp.57-59

Poem Title:

Ode for the Birth-Day, Oct. 30. 1730.

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First Line:

When Juno Pallas and the Cyprian queen

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pp.59-61

Poem Title:

The Duck drowned in Parnassus; or the Goose Triumphant. A Poem.

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First Line:

Ye knights of La Mancha whose powerful sword

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pp.61-62

Poem Title:

A Ballad.

Attribution:

By a Lady

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Not attributed