My mistress she hath policy
- DMI number:
- 42414
- First Line:
- My mistress she hath policy
- Last Line:
- And still will hold him play sir
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse, Septet ababccb, and Song
- Themes:
- Humour, jokes, Sex and bawdy humour, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- William Hicks
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Included in the first part of Oxford Drollery (1671, ESTC R258): 29-31. Poems in the first part are attributed to 'W. H.' on the title page.
- Title:
- Grammatical drollery, consisting of poems & songs [ESTC R34461]
- Page No(s):
- pp.58-60
- Poem Title:
- My Mistriss understands all the Cases. To the same Tune.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Hicks's initials.
- Attributed To:
- William Hicks
- Title:
- Oxford Drollery [R258]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 29-31
- Poem Title:
- My Mistress understands all the Cases, and therefore a great Lawyer. Tune, Shackle de Hay.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- William Hicks
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