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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)
Related People
Sold by:
Benjamin Bragg
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Sold by B. Bragge' T225979
Content/Publication
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