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1. A choice pennyworth of wit
- Published / Created:
- [between 1791 and 1803?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a penny-worth of wit"., Printed in five columns with the title and imprint above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title and no punctutation at end of the first line of verse., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 13. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by J. Evans and Co. 41 Long-lane West-Smithfield
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A choice pennyworth of wit
2. A choice pennyworth of wit
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1763?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a pennyworth of wit,"., In five columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 12. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Bow-Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A choice pennyworth of wit
3. The good-man of Auchter muchty; or the wife turned good-man. Giving a merry account how the good-man was fitted to his mind. Tune of, Pultring poverty
- Published / Created:
- [1770?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- The goodman of Auchtermuchty
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse. - "In Auchtermuchty lived a man,". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; there are dividing ornamental rules between the first and second as well as between the third and fourth columns. - In this edition "good-man" is hyphenated and there is no comma after "or" in the title., Mounted on leaf 56. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, Broadsides, Farmers, House cleaning, Husband and wife, Man-woman relationships, and Sex role
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The good-man of Auchter muchty; or the wife turned good-man. Giving a merry account how the good-man was fitted to his mind. Tune of, Pultring poverty
4. The merry cuckold and kind wife
- Published / Created:
- [1795?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 Ol1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse - "Oh! I went into the stable, and there for to see ...", Caption title., Another printing or issue (ESTC T206415) is from the same setting of type, but has imprint "Printed by Wise and Co. no. 89, Rosemary-Lane"; the spacing between stanzas in the third column is smaller in that one. In this one, the first line of the second column aligns with the line beginning "And there I saw" in the third column. Both have the same type ornaments between the columns, and the same typographical errors: "dc" (for "do") in line 9 of the second column, and "llke" (for "like") in line 3 up in the third column., Date based on the date assigned to ESTC T206415., In three columns with the title and woodcut (divided into two compartments) above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed; imprint statement wanting., Mounted on leaf 5. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Wise and Co. no. 89, Rosemary-Lane
- Subject (Topic):
- Domestic relations, Husband and wife, and Adultery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The merry cuckold and kind wife
5. The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock
- Published / Created:
- [between 1754 and 1783?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- No cock like the west-country cock
- Description:
- Verse - "You women in city and country I pray". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., In four columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Title ends with a comma., Mounted on leaf 50. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Husband and wife, Pregnancy, Adultery, Domestics, Men, Sexual behovior, Women, Sexual behavior, Sex, Farmers, Astrology, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock
6. The politick wife, or, The devil outwitted by a woman
- Published / Created:
- [between 1775 and 1783?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Devil outwitted by a woman
- Description:
- Verse - "Of all the plagues upon the earth,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 20. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, Poverty, Devil in literature, Husband and wife, Women, Devil, and Temptation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The politick wife, or, The devil outwitted by a woman
7. The rakish husband's garland
- Published / Created:
- [between 1793 and 1796?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Verse -- "You gallant beaus of pleasure,". -, In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the imprint spans the bottom of the last two, below a series of long dashes; the columns are separated by columns of ornamental rules and type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 27. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, Husband and wife, Money, Prostitution, Wealth, Swine, Dogs, Chickens, Roosters, and Birds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rakish husband's garland
8. The rakish husband's garland
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "You gallant beaus of pleasure,"., In five columns with the title above the first three and the imprint below the first three; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 73. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold at Sympson's warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet Market
- Subject (Topic):
- Husband and wife, Man-woman relationships, Money, Prostitution, Adultery, Wealth, and Deception
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rakish husband's garland
9. Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Merry wives of Wapping
- Description:
- Caption title above first two columns., Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "All you that delight in a frolicksome song.", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the third and fourth columns each contain a woodcut; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 54. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter-street, Fleet Market
- Subject (Name):
- Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, Adultery, Cuckolds, Ballads, English, Husband and wife, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping
