A vade mecum for malt-worms [T120380]

DMI number:

466

Publication Date:

1720

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T120380

Shelfmark:

BOD 8* E 31(1) Jur. pt.1-pt.2

Full Title:

A | [i]VADE MECUM[/i] | FOR | [g]Malt-Worms:[/g] | OR, A | GUIDE | TO | GOOD-FELLOWS: | BEING | A DESCRIPTION of the [g]Manners[/g] and [g]Customs[/g] of | the most Eminent [i]Publick Houses[/i], in and about the | Cities of LONDON and WESTMINSTER. | WITH | A HINT on the PROPS (or Principal CUSTOMERS) | of each HOUSE. | In a METHOD so plain, that any Thirsty PERSON | (of the meanest Capacity) may easily find the nearest Way | from one HOUSE to another. | [rule] | [g]Illustrated with proper Cuts.[/g] | [rule] | [i]Dedicated to the[/i] BREWERS. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed and Sold by [i]T. Bickerton[/i] at the [i]Crown[/i] in [i]Paternoster[/i] [page torn and rest of imprint missing]

Epigraph:

[2], 3-56 pp.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Each poem is prefaced by an illustration which apparently refers to the pub described in the poem.

Comments:

QUERY: this is not on Suarez's list. DATE: No date on imprint; ESTC says '[1720?]; BOD 8* E 31(1) Jur. pt.1-pt.2 has MS annotation '1720' following '[i]LONDON:[/i]' in the imprint. CONTENTS: several of the pages contain explanatory notes, advertisements or footnotes referring to other pubs. MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of location specific verse about London pubs.

References:

ESTC describes imprint slightly differently: 'London: printed and sold by T. Bickerton, [1720?].

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A guide for malt-worms. The second part [T120379]

Publication Date:

1720

ESTC No:

T120379

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Author:

Edward Ward

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

ESTC says 'Sometimes attributed to Edward Ward.'

Sold by:

Thomas Bickerton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

To you right worshipful the brewers

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

The Dedication.

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First Line:

This shows a sot with herald's laws conforming

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p.5

Poem Title:

A Sot Rampant.

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First Line:

This figure not improperly displays

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p.6

Poem Title:

A Sot Couchant.

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First Line:

But though the two legged brute we last observed

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p.7

Poem Title:

A Sot Dormant.

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First Line:

When heels are heavy and when head is light

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p.8

Poem Title:

A Sot Saliant.

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First Line:

First let's with justice in the mint begin

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p.9

Poem Title:

In the Mint.

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First Line:

From hence since justice is to justice done

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p.10

Poem Title:

In the Mint.

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First Line:

Sure as a gun Will J---l is an host

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p.11

Poem Title:

In the Mint.

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First Line:

Tis also fit out traveller should call

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p.12

Poem Title:

Leadenhall-Street.

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First Line:

John H---le must now to saddle the right horse

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p.13

Poem Title:

Dukes-Place.

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First Line:

The magpie now that party coloured gypsy

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

White-Chappel.

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First Line:

But lo exclusive of the sons of malt

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

Collison's Punch-House, St. Katherine's.

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First Line:

Near to the place where frippery women stand

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

Rosemary-lane.

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First Line:

Just at the entrance of the palace gate

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p.17

Poem Title:

Holywell-lane.

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First Line:

But though the place just mentioned to its praise

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p.18

Poem Title:

In Shore-ditch.

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First Line:

From hence to house of eminence we're brought

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p.19

Poem Title:

Bishopsgate-street.

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First Line:

Hence to Cloaklane near Dowgate hill we steer

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p.20

Poem Title:

Cloak-lane.

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First Line:

K--e T--'s castle now must stand the storm

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p.21

Poem Title:

Gr--rs-A---y.

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First Line:

Holm---s is as merry a grig as ever gave

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p.22

Poem Title:

Ironmon-ger-lane.

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First Line:

Nor shall the sign of Paul the saint be missed

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p.23

Poem Title:

Lawrence-lane.

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First Line:

Now for a house with sots replete and full

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p.24

Poem Title:

Foster-lane.

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First Line:

Say what you will when all is done or said

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

Cheap-side.

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First Line:

But F------'s house wherein we're sure to meet

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p.26

Poem Title:

By St. Paul's Chapter-House.

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First Line:

Near to the place where Mist the printer dwells

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

Carter-lane.

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First Line:

With these and other houses of renown

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Ivy-lane.

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First Line:

W---s by a glut of business makes it known

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p.29

Poem Title:

In St. Martin's le Grand.

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First Line:

But who can Juno's gawdy bird espy

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p.30

Poem Title:

Whitecross-street.

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First Line:

Behold this sign the like's not found

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p.31

Poem Title:

Goswell-street.

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First Line:

If over the fields in quest of drink and air

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p.32

Poem Title:

Isling-ton.

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First Line:

Now for Earl Piercy's namesake sprung from race

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p.33

Poem Title:

Gray-Fryars.

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First Line:

The sign that next our wandering eyes accosts

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p.34

Poem Title:

N--g--te- street.

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First Line:

But if the man's high-church that looks about

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p.35

Poem Title:

Holborn Hill.

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First Line:

Now for an host whose liquors must invite

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p.36

Poem Title:

Little Ormond-yard.

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First Line:

Nor shall my guest without a special call

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p.37

Poem Title:

Hatton Garden.

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First Line:

Hence down through Mutton-lane we travel by

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p.38

Poem Title:

Clerkenwell-Green.

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First Line:

Nor if the guest is minded to divert

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p.39

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Now to the street where rabble rout reside

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p.40

Poem Title:

Turnmill-street.

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First Line:

The dragon that's without of colour green

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p.41

Poem Title:

P--rs-Block.

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First Line:

There's none but should stand by this house side

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p.42

Poem Title:

Fleet-street.

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First Line:

Shoe lane however disgraced by nooks and alleys

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p.43

Poem Title:

Shoe-lane.

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First Line:

Under the gateway near the ditch called town

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p.44

Poem Title:

Little-Britain.

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First Line:

This house has got one tenant an estate

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p.45

Poem Title:

New-Street.

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First Line:

The muse would inexcusably do wrong

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p.46

Poem Title:

Fetter-lane.

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First Line:

Hence we through Magpie alley cross the way

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p.47

Poem Title:

Lit. Turn-Stile.

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First Line:

Though there are some who with invidious look

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

Fetter-lane.

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First Line:

What mortal dares to Fenwick L---bert say

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

Fetter-lane.

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First Line:

Now to the sign of fish let's jog

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p.50

Poem Title:

Strand-lane.

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First Line:

Hence turning on the left down Dutchy-lane

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p.51

Poem Title:

Dutchy-lane.

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First Line:

Fame likewise though it infamously speaks

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p.52

Poem Title:

Durham-yard.

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First Line:

Now if with homebrewed liquors you'd be drunk

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p.53

Poem Title:

Blooms-bury.

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First Line:

Fronting that house wherein famed Gibb--s dwells

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p.54

Poem Title:

Covent-Garden.

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First Line:

Hence we to hell in Westminster advance

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

Hell at Westminster, a famous Eating-House.

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First Line:

Here I should stop since ancient poets tell

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p.56

Poem Title:

Chancery-lane.

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