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

DMI number:

13

Publication Date:

1731

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T58887/N25099

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113491142/CW112174495

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C117

Full Title:

THE | [i]WINDSOR[/i] MEDLEY: | BEING | A Choice COLLECTION of several | Curious Pieces in PROSE and VERSE: | That were handed about in MANUSCRIPT | and PRINT, | During the Stay of the Court at WINDSOR-CASTLE | last Summer. | Most of them never before Printed. | [i]VIZ.[/i] | [two columns] [column one] [i]Ruth[/i] the Quaker, her Rebuke to | the [i]Craftsman[/i], and her Exhor-| tation to Peace and Unity, in | an Epistle to a certain Great | Man. | Lord H-y to Mr. F-x, | written at [i]Florence.[/i] | Verses upon a Mistake that hap-| pen'd in administring a Clyster | to a Lady of Quality at [i]Windsor.[/i] | The Duck drown'd in [i]Parnassus[/i]; | or, the Goose Triumphant, an | admirable Poem. | A King at Arms disarm'd at | Law, a Ballad. | Blasphemy as Old as the Crea-| tion, a Satyr. | The [i]Epsom[/i] Beauties. | Some Account of a Booby of | Quality lately exported beyond | Sea on his Travels. [/column one] | [column two] The disappointed Maid. | The Maiden's Husband. | The Batchelor's Wife. | An Epigram on Miss [i]Kitty | A-l-n.[/i] | The [i]Windsor[/i] Ballad. | An Epigram on [i]Stephen Duck[/i], by | Mr. [i]P--[/i]. | [i]Cloe[/i]'s Precaution. | Verses to a young Lady, who | receiv'd a Kiss as an Affront at | a late City Visit. | The [i]White Joke[/i], the Tune play'd | before the King's Guard at | [i]Windsor[/i]-Castle. | The Sportive Lambs. | [i]William[/i] and [i]Dorothy[/i] of [i]Datchet[/i]. | An Epistle from [i]John Hooper[/i], alias | [i]Ketch[/i], Citizen and [i]Cordwinder[/i] | of [i]London[/i] to Col. [i]Ch-r-is.[/i] [/column two] | Together with numbers of other very curious Things, 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

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 shilling

Pagination:

[2], 62 pp.

Bibliographic details:

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Despite having no edition statement, this appears to be the second in a sequence of three editions of The Windsor Medley.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Prose sections pp. 1-4; 29; 36-41.

References:

Appears to have two ESTC records (T58887 and N25099) and two ECCO records (CW113491142 and CW112174495) though CW112174495 is missing pp. 9-12 and CW113491142 is missing pp. 59-62. Case 371 (b).

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Title:

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

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

T69084

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Windsor Medley [17 titles] [N25098]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

N25098

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Arthur Moore

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Fictitious imprint

Content/Publication

First Line:

Thou dearest youth who taught me first to know

Page No:

pp.4-6

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

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

Damon asked me but once and I faintly denied

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

The Disappointed Maid

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Genteel in personage

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

The Maiden's Husband

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To heal the wound a bee had made

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

An Epigram on Miss K. A--ls--n

Attribution:

By Mr. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Without affectation gay youthful and pretty

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

The Batchelor's Wife

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You fair who play tricks to be fairer draw near

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pp.9-11

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not closer to this book stuck learned Salmasius

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pp.11-13

Poem Title:

A Copy of Verses spoken Off-hand, in a Barge, last Lord-Mayor's Day, over a Bowl of Punch.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Of late the mill the barn the mow

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p.13

Poem Title:

An Epigram

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When London's famous town

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

My masters give ear

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

A Song

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies old Hare

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Joseph Hare, a Sexton.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Of old the bards their countries to adorn

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pp.19-20

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Juno Pallas and the Cyprian queen

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pp.21-22

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye fair injured nymphs and ye beaux who deceive 'em

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pp.23-24

Poem Title:

A King at Arms disarm'd at Law. A Ballad.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Want or the pride of being deemed polite

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Mira's hands her needle thread

Page No:

pp.27-28

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

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cupid once having robbed an hive

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

An Epigram

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies honest William Dawe

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here lies John Coom

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

I John Bell of Crakehill lys under this stein

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

Another in Topliff Church-yard in Yorkshire.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Oxford or Cambridge wag attend

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

The Way to Preferment

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

What beauties Epsom grace thy fruitful plains

Page No:

pp.33-35

Poem Title:

The Epsom Beauties.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gay Myra toast of all the town

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An ancient tale I mean to write

Page No:

pp.43-46

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Most happy times are now foretold

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

A Prophecy.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

By Jove tis hard tis wondrous hard

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our silver gone and eke our gold

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

Upon the same Subject.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ocean's vast womb nor Afric's deserts can

Page No:

pp.48-49

Poem Title:

Characters of Men and Manners.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Quoth Billy to Doll I love as my soul

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

William and Dorothy of Datchet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since fate deceived us both in fear and hope

Page No:

pp.52-55

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.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A certain presbyterian pair

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

The Sportive Lambs.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cato died for liberty and laws

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

An Acrostick

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O born to do thy country good

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

The Fifth Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace Imitated. Address'd to Sir R. Walpole in Norfolk.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Behold ambitious of the British bays

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

An Epigram

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How happy is he born or taught

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On Contentment

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The noblest good is sure a peaceful mind

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

To the Reverend Dr. Clarke, Prebendary of Winchester. On a Good Conscience

Attribution:

Stephen Duck

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Young Civiana gay and fair

Page No:

pp.61-62

Poem Title:

The Retaliation. To a young Lady who received a Kiss as an Affront, at a City Visit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Forgive me Venus if I tell

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Cloe's Precaution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed