<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A cure for lovl [sic] no cure, no pay / [graphic]</dc:title><dc:date>[9 January 1819]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A fat ugly man stands in a dilapidated wash-house, one foot on a rough stool, the other trampling on his wig; he gazes up at a noose hanging from a beam, saying, "Oh! my hard Fate!" / Why did I trust her ever?" / What story is not full of Womans Falsehood?" At his feet is a letter: 'You old Fool if you ever [? trouble] me again with your Stupid epistles I will expose you in the public Papers Peggy Perkins.' Below the title: 'No Cure no Pay.' Below the design are eight lines of verse, beginning and ending:  'The one end of a Rope fasten over a beam  And make a slip noose at the other extreme, . . .  The cricket [stool] kick'd down let him take a fair swing  And leave all the rest of the work to the string."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title from caption below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Traces of an earlier imprint following statement of responsibility.</dc:description><dc:description>"London" mostly burnished from plate following imprint.</dc:description><dc:description>Eight lines of verse below image: The one end of a rope, fasten over a beam and make a slip noose at the other extreme ...</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>