A new years gift for batchelors: or, a looking glass for cuckolds [T225979]
- DMI number:
- 238
- Publication Date:
- 1709
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T225979
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB129442847
- Shelfmark:
- BL RB23.a.10018
- Full Title:
- A | NEW-YEARS-GIFT for Batchelors: | OR, A | Looking-Glass | FOR | CUCKOLDS. | Containing, | I. A Match for the Devil; a Poem in Imi- | tation of Mons. [i]Rabelais[/i]. | II. A Law against Cuckoldom; or, The | Tryal of a Wife. A Poem. | III. The Character of a Cuckold in Fashion. | IV. Two Satyrs writ by Mr. [i]Tho. Brown[/i], | against Women, Love, and Marriage. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i] | Printed: And Sold by [i]B. Bragge[/i], at the | [i]Raveu[/i] in [i]Pater-Noster-Row[/i]. 1709.
- Epigraph:
- n/a
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Made-up miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- n/a
- Pagination:
- [2], 1-14, [6], 1-10, 1-6, [2]
- Bibliographic details:
- Octavo in fours. Gatherings are such that some of these items could have been sold separately - the fact that gathering 'a' (cntaining Brown's satires against women and marriage) follows gathering 'D' suggests this material may have had a home elsewhere.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: prose pp. 9-10.
- Other matter:
- Preface to the Tryal of a Wife (sigs. C2-C3v)
- Sold by:
- Benjamin Bragg
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Sold by B. Bragge' T225979
- First Line:
- While others idle tales relate
- Page No:
- pp.1-14
- Poem Title:
- The Scratching Match In Imitation of M. Rabelais.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- Page No:
- pp.1-8
- Poem Title:
- The Tryal of a Wife, or a Looking-Glass for Married Men.
- Attribution:
- By another Hand
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Foolish Lucinda think what is thy due
- Page No:
- p.1-6
- Poem Title:
- A Satir Against Woman: To a Lady who let a fine Gentleman die for Love of her.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brown
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- First Line:
- The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
- Page No:
- n. p.
- Poem Title:
- A Satir on Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brown
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
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