Part 4. His last dying Speech desiring all Young Men to take Warning

by him.

To which is added, A Notable Poem upon the uncertainty of Man's Life.

_Licensed according to Order._

PRINTED FOR E. BLARE ON LONDON BRIDGE.

THE

=Horrors of Jealousie=

OR

THE FATAL MISTAKE

Being a Terrible and Dreadful Relation of one Jonathan Williams, a Gentleman of a Considerable Fortune near Sittingburn in Kent, who had a Beautiful and Virtuous young Lady to his Wife, who disgusting a light Huswife, her Chamber Maid, she vowed a Bloody Revenge upon her Mistress; then forged a Letter to make her Master Jealous: When one Day, as the Plot was laid, sending up the Butler into her Bed Chamber when she was in Bed, and sent her Master after him; who immediately killed him with his Sword, and afterward did the like by his Wife, protesting her Innocency with her dying Breath; upon which horrible Tragedy the Chamber Maid confessed her Treachery, shewing her Lady's Innocency; upon this he killed her, and after fell upon his own Sword and died.

TOGETHER WITH

_The Copy of the LETTER, and all the Circumstances attending so Tragical an End; and how upon the sight of this Bloody Tragedy their only Son and Heir run Distracted and Died Raving Mad._

LICENSED ACCORDING TO ORDER.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. WILLIAMS NEAR WOOD STREET 1707.

THE CONSTANT, BUT UNHAPPY

LOVERS

_Being a full and true Relation_

OF ONE

=Madam Butler=

A young Gentlewoman, and a great Heiress at Hackney Boarding School, who being by her Father forced to Marry Mr. Harvey, a Rich Merchants Son near Fanchurch Street, against her Will; one Mr. Perpoint, a young Gentleman of Considerable Estate, who had courted her above two Years, grew so Discontented that he went a Volunteer to the wars in Spain, where being Mortally Wounded at the late Battle of Almanza he writ a Letter with his own Blood, therein putting a Bracelet of Madam Butler's Hair, and then ordering his Servant to bake his Heart to a Powder after his death, he charg'd him to deliver them in a Box to the above-said Gentlewoman. His Man came to England, and went on 6th June to deliver the Present to Madam Butler, but it was took away by her Husband, who gave her the Powder in a Dish of Tea; which when she knew what she had Drank, and saw the bloody Letter and Bracelet, she said it was the last she would ever Eat and Drink, and accordingly going to Bed, she was found dead in the Morning, with a copy of _VERSES_ lying by her on a Table, written in her own Blood.

LONDON: PRINTED BY E. B. NEAR LUDGATE 1707.

_A Looking Glass for Swearers, Drunkards, Blasphemers, Sabbath Breakers, Rash Wishers, and Murderers._

Being a True Relation of one Elizabeth Hale, in Scotch Yard in White Cross Street; who having Sold herself to the Devil to be reveng'd on her Neighbours, did on Sunday last, in a wicked manner, put a quantity of Poyson into a Pot where a Piece of Beef was a boyling for several Poor Women and Children, Two of which dropt down dead, and Twelve more are dangerously Ill; the Truth of which will be Attested by several in the Neighbourhood. Her Examination upon the Crowners Inquest and her Commitment to Newgate.

A Full and True Account of a horrid, barbarous and bloody Murder, committed on the Body of one Jane Greenway and Four of her Children, by Robert Greenway her Husband, on Sunday last being the 2nd of this instant January, near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. His Examination before the Worshipful Justice Lewis Esqre of Beaconsfield, and his commitment to Ailsbury Gaol. Note the Truth of this will be Attested by the Beaconsfield Carriers that comes to the Bell in Warwick Lane.

Likewise an Account of several Damages and other Accidents that have happen'd in Town and Country, by the present great Frost and Snow. First Four Men that were lost in a Boat going from Gravesend to the Buoy of the Nore. 2dly. Two Boys that were drown'd by sliding on the River of Thames. 3rdly. Two men drown'd at Battersea. 4thly. A Farrier that dropt down dead off his Horse near Paddington, as he was going Home. 5thly. A Gentleman in Surry that was found dead on Horseback at his own Door. 6thly. A Carrier that was lost on the North Road with two of his Horses.

TOGETHER WITH

An Account of a dreadful Fire that happen'd on Sunday Morning at the Cock Pit near Grays Inn; where one of the Feeders was burnt, and the other missing.

TO WHICH IS ADDED.

A True and Amazing Relation of one Mr. B----l an Eminent Butcher in White Chapple; who having made a Vow never to kill any Cattel on a Sabbath Day, and on Sunday Night last, as he was opening the Bowels of a Calf, there issued out of its Paunch a dreadful flash of Fire and Brimstone; which burnt his Wigg, and His Apprentice's Face and Eye Brows in a sad and dismal manner.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. WISE AND M. HOLT IN FLEET STREET 1708.

_Farther, and more Terrible Warnings from God._

Being a sad and dismal Account of a dreadful Earthquake or Marvelous Judgments of God.

_That happen'd between Newcastle and Durham on Tuesday the 24th day of August last; which burst open the Earth with such Violence, that near an Hundred Souls, Men, Women and Children were Kill'd and Destroy'd; being Buried Alive in the sad and dreadful Ruins thereof. Besides great Damage to many Houses and Persons for several Miles round. With the Names of some of the Persons Destroy'd thereby. With a Sermon Preach'd on that deplorable Occasion, and of the late dreadful Thunder and Lightning._

BY THE REVEREND MR. SALTER MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT HARETIN NEAR NEWCASTLE.

LONDON, PRINTED BY J. NOON, NEAR FLEET STREET 1708.

=The Constant Couple.=

OR THE

TRAGEDY OF LOVE

_Being a True and Mournful Relation of one Mrs. Sophia Elford, a Young Lady near St. James's, that Poyson'd herself for love of a Captain in Flanders; who hearing that her Lover was kill'd, and not having any Account from him since the Campaign, on Monday last being the 21st of this Instant, she took a strong Dose of Poyson that ended her Life._

ALSO,

How the same Night she was Buried, there came a Letter from her Lover, giving an Account of his being now a Prisoner in France; which her Parents receiv'd and having read the same, they fell into a greater Agony of Grief than before.

WITH

The Melancholly Answer they return'd him back, and the Copies of several Endearing Letters that have pass'd between these Unfortunate Lovers this Campaign.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. D. NEAR FLEET STREET 1709.

_The Distressed Child in the Wood_;

OR, THE CRUEL UNKLE

BEING A

True and dismal Relation of one Esq: Solmes of Beverly in Yorkshire; who dying left an only Infant Daughter, of the Age of two Years, to the care of his own Brother; who with many Oaths, Vows, and Protestations promised to be Loving to her; but the Father was no sooner Dead, but out of a wicked Covetousness of the Child's Estate of three hundred Pounds a Year, carry'd it into a Wood, and there put it into a Hollow Tree to Starve it to Death; Where a Gentleman and his Man being a Hunting two days after, found it half Famish'd, having gnawed its own Flesh and Fingers end in a dreadful manner.

With an Account how the Cruel Unkle to hide his Villany, had caused the Child's Effigies to be buried in Wax, and made a great Funeral, as if it had been really Dead; with the manner of the whole Discovery by a Dream, and taking the Wax Child out of the Grave; with the Unkle's Apprehension, Examination, Confession before Justice Stubbs, and his Commitment to Gaol, in order to be Try'd the next Assizes, for that Barbarous Action. To which is added a Copy of Verses on the said Relation.

LONDON, PRINTED BY J. READ, BEHIND THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN IN FLEET STREET.

THE LAWYERS DOOM.

Being an Account of the Birth, Parentage, Education, Life and Conversation of Mr. Edward Jefferies, who was Executed at Tyburn on Friday the 21st of December 1705, for the Murther of Mr. Robert Woodcock the Lawyer. With an Account of his being Clerk to a Lawyer in Clifford's Inn; the many Pranks he has play'd after he came out of his time; his Marriage; and spending an Estate of One Hundred a year, on Leud Women; with the manner of Murthering Mr. Woodcock; his being Apprehended, Committed to Newgate; his Tryal, Examination, Condemnation, with a true Copy of his Reprieve, and last Dying Speech and Confession at the Place of Execution.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR W. PATEM BY FLEET STREET

THE WHOLE

LIFE AND ADVENTURES

OF

=Miss Davis=

COMMONLY CALLED

THE BEAUTY IN DISGUISE

_With a full, true and particular Account of her robbing Mr. W. of Gosfield in Essex of Eleven Hundred Pounds in Cash and Bank Notes for which she now lays to take her Trial at Chelmsford Assizes._

PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1785.

The Chap-book version and the _Annual Register_ agree as to Frances Davis's story, but, as the latter is more concise and truthful, it is here given:

"Sep. 3, 1785. An extraordinary robbery was committed last Saturday morning at Mrs. Bennet's the sign of the Three Rabbits on the Rumford Road. Mr. W---- of Gosfield in Essex, who is agent for the Scots and Lincolnshire salesmen, came to the above house on the evening before, in order to proceed to Smithfield market, with upwards of eleven hundred pounds, in drafts and bank notes, besides a purse containing 162 guineas and a half in his pocket. He went to bed early that night, and placed the above property in his breeches beneath his head. A youth, genteelly dressed, lay in the same room, and found means to convey the notes and money from under Mr. W----'s pillow, and departed with the whole, before break of day.--At seven o'clock, Mr. W---- discovered the theft; and sent immediately to all the different public offices in London. After a long search, a woman was taken into custody yesterday morning, at an obscure lodging in the Mint, Southwark, who, upon examination, was discovered to be the identical person who had taken up her quarters at Mrs. Bennet's on Friday night. Eight Hundred pounds in Notes and Cash were found concealed in her cloaths. She was soon after carried to the public office in Bow Street, where the Notes were sworn to by Mr. W---- and her person ascertained by the chambermaid of the inn. Her boy's apparel was also produced. She denied any knowledge of the transaction with great composure, and was committed to Tothill fields Bridewell. It appeared in course of the evidence, that on her coming to town she had changed some of the notes at different shops, and had on Saturday last visited a female convict in Newgate, to whom she had made a present of a pair of silver buckles and other trifling articles. The name of the above offender is Davis; she is extremely handsome, and not more than eighteen years of age. It is said she is connected with a numerous gang, and has long been employed in robberies similar to the above."

Neither the Chap-book nor the _Annual Register_ give her ultimate fate, but there can be little doubt that it was that so vividly portrayed in the frontispiece. A portrait is given as hers. It may be: but the practice of using any blocks that came handy renders it doubtful; besides, the costume is too early for the period.

_THE LIFE AND DEATH OF_

CHRISTIAN BOWMAN, ALIAS

MURPHY;

Who was burnt at a Stake, in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday the 18th of March 1789 for High Treason, in feloniously and traitorously counterfeiting the Silver Coin of the Realm.

_Containing her Birth and Parentage, youthful Adventures, Love Amours, fatal Marriage, unhappy Connections, and untimely Death._

ARREST OF HUGH MURPHY AND CHRISTIAN BOWMAN.

This book is specially interesting, as being an account of the last execution by burning in England.

There is nothing uncommon in her story. Originally a servant, she married, but was deserted by her husband; she then lived with a man named Murphy, a coiner. Of course they were found out, tried, and condemned to death. The man was hanged, and the woman, according to the then law, was burned. Blackstone gives the following curious reason for this punishment:--"In treasons of every kind the punishment of the woman is the same, and different from that of men. For as the decency due to the sex forbids the exposing and public mangling their bodies, the sentence is, to be drawn to the gallows, and there to be burned alive." The law was altered by 30 George III. c. 48 (1790), which provided that after June 5, 1790, women under this sentence should be hanged.

It must be borne in mind that the culprits were strangled before burning (Christian Bowman was hanging forty minutes); although, by the carelessness of the executioner, one woman, Katherine Hayes, was actually burned alive at Tyburn, November 3, 1726.

THE

DRUNKARD'S LEGACY.

IN FOUR PARTS.

_Giving an Account_

First, Of a Gentleman having a wild Son, and foreseeing he would come to poverty, had a cottage built with one door to it, always kept fast. His father on his Dying bed, charged him not to open it 'till he was poor and slighted, which the young man promised he would perform. Secondly, Of this young man's pawning his estate to a Vintner, who when poor, kicked him out of doors. Thinking it time to see his Legacy, he broke open the door, when instead of money, found a Gibbet and Halter, which he put round his Neck, and jumping off the Stool, the Gibbet broke, and a Thousand Pounds came down upon his head, which lay hid in the Ceiling. Thirdly of his redeeming the Estate; and fooling the Vintner out of Two Hundred Pounds, who for being jeered by his neighbours, cut his own throat. And lastly, Of the young Man's Reformation.

_Very proper to be read by all who are given to Drunkenness._

PRINTED BY DICEY AND CO. IN ALDERMARY CHURCH YARD.

As the title is so voluminous and exhaustive, it is unnecessary to reproduce any of the text, and the three following illustrations tell their own story very well.

=Good News for=

ENGLAND

BEING

A strange and remarkable _ACCOUNT_ how a stranger in bright Raiment appeared to one Farmer Edwards near Lancaster, on the 12th of last Month, at night; containing the discourse that past between the said Farmer and the Stranger, who foretold what a wonderful Year of Plenty this will be, and how wheat will be sold for four shillings a bushel, and barley for two shillings this Year; all which was confirmed to the Farmer by four wonderful signs.

PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1772.

A

_DIALOGUE_

BETWEEN

A Blind Man and Death

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A HEAVENLY DISCOURSE BETWEEN A DIVINE AND A BEGGAR.

PRINTED AND SOLD IN ALDERMARY CHURCH YARD BOW LANE LONDON.

The argument of this metrical dialogue is that Death comes to a blind man, who asks him his name and business, and on hearing it, tries to escape from him. Death, however, explains matters to him, and brings him into such a seraphic state of mind that he exclaims--

"Now welcome Death upon my Saviour's score Who would not die to live for ever more.

DEATH.

Sir, I perceive you speak not without reason, I'll leave you now and call some other season.

BLIND MAN.

Call when you please, I will await that call, And while I can make ready for my fall; In the mean time my constant prayers shall be, From sudden and from endless Death, good Lord deliver me."

THE

_DEVIL upon two STICKS_

OR THE

TOWN UNTIL'D

With the Comical Humours of Don Stulto and Siegnior Jingo; As it is acted in Pinkeman's Booth in May Fair.

LONDON, PRINTED BY J. R. NEAR FLEET STREET. 1708.

This is a condensed version of a portion of Le Sage's famous "Diable Boiteux," only substituting Don Stulto for Don Cleofas, and Siegnor Jingo for Asmodeus. There is nothing about Pinkeman (details of whose life would be interesting) in the book. This worthy seems first to have acted at the Theatre Royal in 1692, in the play of "Volunteers, or the Stock Jobbers," where he had the part of Taylor (six lines only). He afterwards was a useful member of Drury Lane Company, and had booths, as had also Dogget, in Bartholomew and May fairs; in fact, he notices his ill success at the latter in the epilogue to the "Bath" (Drury Lane, 1701). He there said that he had made grimaces to empty benches, while Lady Mary, the rope-dancer, had carried all before her at May fair--

"Gadzooks--what signified my face?"

His value as an actor may be taken from a play presumably by Gildon, "Comparison between the Two Stages," printed 1702:

"_Sullen._ But Pinkethman the flower of----

_Critick._ Bartholomew Fair, and the idol of the rabble; a fellow that overdoes everything, and spoils many a part by his own stuff."

He died 1740.

ÆSOP'S FABLES.

FABLE 1.

A FOX AND A SICK LION.

A Lion falling sick, all the beasts went to see him except the Fox, upon which the Lion sent for him, telling him he wanted to see him, and his presence would be acceptable. Moreover he desired the messenger to assure the Fox that for several reasons he had no occasion to be afraid of him, since the Lion loved the Fox very well, and therefore desired to see him; besides he lay so sick, he could not stir to do the Fox any harm. The Fox returned an obliging answer, desiring the messenger to acquaint the Lion, he was very desirous of his recovery, and he would pray to the Gods for it; but desired to be excused for his not coming to see him as the other beasts had done; for truly, says he, the traces of their feet frighten me, all of them going towards the palace but none coming back.

FABLE 2.

THE STAG AND THE VINE.

A Stag, who was hard pursued, ran into a Vineyard, and took shelter under a Vine; when he thought his enemies were gone, and the danger over, he fell to, browsing on the leaves; the rustling of the boughs gave a suspicion to the huntsmen, and on search he was discovered and Shot, and as he was dying he said, How justly am I punished for offering to destroy my shade.

FABLE 3.

THE CRANE AND GEESE.

As some Geese and Cranes were feeding in a Countrymans Corn field, he heard their noise, and came presently out upon them. The Cranes seeing the man fled for it, but the Geese staid and were caught.

FABLE 4.

A TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER.

When an army had been routed, a trumpeter was taken prisoner, and as the soldiers were going to kill him, Gentlemen, says he, why should you kill a man that hurts nobody? You shall die the rather for that, says one of the company, when like a rascal you don't fight yourself, you set other people by the ears.

FABLE 5.

THE HUSBANDMAN AND STORK.

A poor innocent Stork happened to be taken in a net that was laid for geese and cranes. The Storks plea was simplicity and the love of mankind, together with the service she did in picking up venemous creatures--It is all true says the husbandman, but they that keep ill company, if they are catched with them, must suffer with them.

FABLE 6.

THE WASP AND THE PARTRIDGES.

A Flight of Wasps and a covey of Partridges being hard put to it for water, went to a farmer to beg some. The partridges offered to dig his vineyard for it, and the Wasps to secure it from thieves. Pray hold your peace says the farmer, I have oxen and dogs to perform those offices already, and I am resolved to provide for them first.

FABLE 7.

A DAW AND PIGEONS.

A Daw took particular notice that the Pigeons in the Dove House were well provided for, so went and painted himself of a dove colour and fed among the Pigeons. So long as he kept silence, it passed very well, but forgetting himself he fell a chattering--On which discovery they beat him out of the house, and on his returning to his own companions, they also rejected him.

FABLE 8.

THE FOX AND SNAKE.

A Fox and Snake meeting, she began to entertain the Fox with a long story concerning the beauties and colours of her skin. The Fox, weary of the discourse, interrupted her, and said, The beauties of the mind were better than those of a painted outside.

FABLE 9.

THE CHOUGH AND SWALLOW.

The Chough and the Swallow fell into a warm dispute about beauty, and the Swallow insisted mightily on hers, and claimed the advantage. Nay says the Chough, you forget that your beauty decays with the Spring, whereas mine lasts all the year.

FABLE 10.

A FATHER AND HIS SONS.

An honest man who had the misfortune to have contentious children, endeavoured to reconcile them; and one day having them before him, he bought a bundle of sticks, then desired each of them to break it, which they strove to do, but could not. Well, said he, unbind it, and take every one a single stick, and try what you can do that way. They did so, and with ease they snapped all the sticks. The father said to them, Children, your condition is exactly like unto that bundle of sticks; for if you hold together you are safe, but if you divide you are undone.

FABLE 11.

THE FOX AND HUNTSMEN.

A Fox that had been run hard, begged of a countryman, whom he saw hard at work in a wood, to help him to a hiding place. The man directed him to a cottage, and thither he went. He was no sooner got in, but the Huntsmen were at his heels, and asked the cottager, If he did not see the Fox that way? No, said he, I saw none; but pointed with his finger to the place. Though the Huntsmen did not understand, yet the Fox saw him; and after they were gone, out steals the Fox; How now, said the countryman, have you not the manners to take leave of your host? Yes, said the Fox, if you had been as honest with your fingers, as with your tongue, I should not have gone without bidding you farewell.

FABLE 12.

THE FOX AND BRAMBLE.

A Fox being closely pursued, took to a hedge, the bushes gave way and in catching hold of a Bramble to break his fall, he laid himself down, and fell to licking his paws, making great complaint against the Bramble. Good words, Reynard, said the Bramble, you should never expect any kindness from an enemy.

A CHOICE

COLLECTION

OF

COOKERY RECEIPTS

NEW CASTLE: PRINTED IN THIS PRESENT YEAR.

This is really a useful book of recipes, although some of them are scarcely in use now. A few examples may be acceptable.

"TO BROIL PIDGEONS WHOLE.

Cut off the Wings and Neck close, leave the Skin at the Neck to tie close, then having some grated Bread, two Pidgeons Livers, one Anchovy, a Quarter of a Pound of Butter, half a Nutmeg grated, a little Pepper and Salt, a very little Thyme and Sweet Marjoram shred; mix all together, put a piece as big as a Walnut into each Pidgeon, sew up their Rumps and Necks, strew a little Pepper Salt and Nutmeg on the Out side, broil them on a very slow Charcoal Fire on the Hearth; baste and turn them very often. Sauce is melted Butter; or rich Gravy, if you like it higher tasted.

A PRETTY SAUCE FOR WOODCOCKS OR ANY WILD FOWL.

Take a Quarter of a Pint of Claret, and as much Water, some grated Bread, two or three heads of Rocumbile, or a Shallot, a little whole Pepper, Mace, sliced Nutmeg, and Salt; Let this stew very well over the Fire, then beat it up with butter, and pour it under the Wild Fowl, which being under roasted, will afford Gravy to mix with this Sauce.

A WHIPT SILLIBUB EXTRAORDINARY.

Take a Quart of Cream and boil it, let it stand till it is cold; then take a Pint of White Wine, pare a Lemon thin, and steep the peel in the Wine two Hours before you use it; to this add the Juice of a Lemon, and as much Sugar as will make it very sweet: Put all this together into a Bason, and whisk it all one way till it is pretty thick. Fill your Glasses, and keep it a Day before you use it; it will keep three or four Days. Let your Cream be full Measure, and your Wine rather less. If you like it perfumed, put in a Grain or two of Amber-grease.

EGG MINCED PIES.

Take six Eggs, boil them very hard, and shred them small; shred double the Quantity of good Suet very fine; put Currants neatly wash'd and pick'd, one Pound or more, if your Eggs were large; the Peel of one Lemon very fine shred, half the juice, and five or six Spoonfuls of Sack, Mace, Nutmeg, Sugar, and a little Salt; and candied Citron or Orange peel, if you would have them rich."

There are recipes for making "Raisin Elder wine; Sage wine, _very good_; Raspberry wine, _very good_; Cowslip or Marigold, Gooseberry and Elder-flower wines"; besides strong Mead and Cinnamon Water, as well as a curious compound--

"BIRCH WINE, AS MADE IN SUSSEX.

Take the Sap of Birch fresh drawn, boil it as long as any Scum arises; to every Gallon of Liquor put two Pounds of good Sugar; boil it Half an Hour, and scum it very clean; when 'tis almost cold, set it with a little Yeast spread on a Toast; let it stand five or six days in an open Vessel, stirring it often: then take such a Cask as the Liquor will be sure to fill, and fire a large Match dipt in Brimstone, and put it into the Cask, and stop in the Smoak till the Match is extinguished, always keeping it shook; then shake out the Ashes, and, as quick as possible, pour in a Pint of Sack or Rhenish wine, which Taste you like best, for the Liquor retains it; rainge the Cask well with this, and pour it out; pour in your Wine, and stop it close for Six Months, then, if it is perfectly fine, you may boil it."

_The Pleasant History of TAFFY'S

Progress to London; with the

WELSHMAN'S Catechism._

Behold in _WHEEL BARROW_ I come to Town With Wife and Child to pull the Taffies down For sweet _St. DAVID_ shall not be Abus'd And by the Rabble yearly thus Misus'd

LONDON PRINTED FOR F. THORN NEAR FLEET STREET.

This octavo is principally taken up with "Taffy's Catechism," which is in a kind of Welsh _patois_, and is not very interesting. The frontispiece is explained as under.

"TAFFY'S PROGRESS TO LONDON."

"The much renowned Taffy William Morgan having receiv'd a Letter sent by word of Mouth from London, which gave him an Account how Despiseable the poor Welshmen alias Britains were made in England on Saint Tafy's day, by the Rabbles hanging out of a Bundle of Rags in representation of a Welshman mounted on a red Herring with a Leek in his Hat, truly poor Morgan's Blood was up, he Fretted and Fum'd till he Foam'd at Mouth agen, and being exasperated as much as the French King was Joyful when he first heard of the great Victory obtain'd by Marshal Tallard over the Duke of Marlborough at Hochstet, he in a great Passion Swore by the Glory and Renown of all his Ancestors, famous in the Books of Rates for their being ever chargeable to the Parish, that he wou'd be Reveng'd on those that thus presum'd to affront Goatlandshire, and in order thereto he prepar'd for his Journey, taking Coach in a Wheel Barrow, Drove along by his Wife, who with a Child at her Back went Barefooted all the way, and by Taffy were compell'd to take this tedious Journey that they might be Witnesses to his Prowess and Valour; in case it was questioned by any after his return to Wales; so accordingly poor William Morgan ap Renald et Cetera, for his Name would take an hour to tell it at length, set out for his great Adventures about One in the Morning, it being the 33th of January last in the year 1890 after the Welsh Account, making it Six days before he Arriv'd in the abovesaid Pomp to Leominster, where he and his Wife and Children were charitably entertain'd in a Barn; the next Day he came to Worcester, where begging Charity to bear their Charges forwards, poor Taffy and his Wife were Whipt out of Town; but however this harsh Usage daunted not his Heart, which all Wales knew for certain to be bigger than a Pea, for resolv'd he was to be reveng'd still on those that Affronted his Countrey, and by Cruising all the way he came, he at length reacht London, just the Eve before the Welshmen's great Festival of Saint David, which is Solemnis'd with so much Devotion, as to get every Welshman Drunk by Night, now being Arriv'd in this great City, he fortunately lit upon some of his Acquaintance who in Commiseration of his and his Wifes great Poverty made him pretty Boosie, and being Pot valiant he fell like Fury to breaking of Windows where a Taffy was hung out, but being first well Beaten by the Mob, he was then sent to Bridewell for an idle drunken Vagabond, and being well Flaug'd and put to hard Labour for a while, he and his tatter'd Family were pass'd down to their Countrey, to his great Grief in that he could not Vindicate Saint Taffy; and Swearing hur would never see England again."

_The Whole Life_

CHARACTER AND CONVERSATION OF THAT FOOLISH CREATURE CALLED GRANNY

Being a true Account of one Mr. Wilson an Eminent Lawyer of the Temple, who above all things, doated to Distraction on this Simple Creature; and how he had two children by her, and the means he us'd to decoy her, and keep the thing secret.

Likewise That by his last Will and Testament which you may find in Doctors Commons, he has left her six hundred pounds in ready Money, five hundred pounds a Year in Land, for her and her Heirs for ever, she being at this time, with Child by him.

And lastly you have a Copy of Verses made on Granny's good Fortune.

_Licensed according to Order._

PRINTED BY A. HINDE IN FLEET STREET 1711.

A

YORK DIALOGUE

BETWEEN

=Ned and Harry=

OR

_Ned giving Harry an Account of his Courtship and Marriage State_

TO WHICH IS ADDED--

TWO EXCELLENT NEW SONGS.

A very mild description of the particularly uninteresting courtship and marriage of a small tradesman and a chambermaid, with the details of the subsequent hen-pecking the husband underwent, and of his wife's taste for gossiping, ending up with advice from Ned, and a determination of Harry's never to marry a chambermaid.

THE FRENCH KING'S WEDDING

OR THE

ROYAL FROLICK

_Being a Pleasant Account_

Of the Amorous Intrigues, Comical Courtship, Catterwauling and Surprizing Marriage Ceremonies of Lewis the XIVth with Madam Maintenon, His late Hackney of State.

_With a List of the Names of those that threw the Stocking on the Wedding Night and Madam Maintenon's Speech to the King._

As also, a Comical Wedding Song Sung to his Majesty, by the famous Monsieur La Grice to the Tune of The Dame of Honour.

LONDON

PRINTED FOR J. SMITH NEAR FLEET STREET 1708.

APPENDIX.

LIST OF CHAP-BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ALDERMARY AND BOW CHURCHYARDS.

Academy of Courtship. Arimathea, The History of that Holy Disciple Joseph of. Argalus and Parthenia, The History of, being a Choice Flower gathered out of Sir Phillip Sidney's Rare Garden. Art of Courtship. Armstrong, History of Johnny (of Westmoreland).

Bacon, History of the Learned Friar. Barleycorn, The Arraigning and Indicting of Sir John. Barnwell, The Tragical History of George. Bateman's Tragedy. Bellianis, Don, of Greece, The History of. Bethnal Green, The History of the Blind Beggar of. Bevis, Sir, of Southampton, The History of the Life and Death of that most Noble Knight. Bloody Tragedy, The, or a Dreadful Warning to Disobedient Children. Bowman, Life and Death of Christian. Bunch: Mother B.'s Closet newly broke open. Bunch: The History of Mother B. of the West (Part II.).

Cabinet, The Golden. Cambridge Jests, being Wit's Recreation. Canterbury Tales, by J. Chaucer, Junr. Card Fortune-Book. Champions, The History of the Seven (Parts I. and II.). Charles XII., The History of the Remarkable Life of the Brave and Renowned. Chevy Chase, The Famous and Memorable History of. Children in the Wood, The History of. Coachman and Footman's Catechism, The. Countries, A Brief Character of the Low. Courtier: The History of the Frolicksome C. and the Jovial Tinker. Crusoe, The Life of Robinson. Cupboard Door opened, The, or Joyful News for Apprentices and Servant-Maids. Cupid's Decoy, The Lover's Magazine, or.

Delights for Young Men and Maids. Dialogue, A, between a Blind Man and Death. Dialogue, A Choice and Diverting, between Hughson the Cobler and Margery his Wife. Dialogue between John and Loving Kate (Parts I. and II.). Dialogue, A New and Diverting, between a Shoemaker and his Wife. Divine Songs. Dorastus and Faunia. Drake, Voyages and Travels of that Renowned Captain Sir Francis. Dreams and Moles, with their Interpretation and Signification. Drunkard's Legacy, The.

Edward the Black Prince, The History of. Egyptian Fortune-Teller's Legacy, The Old. Elizabeth, History of Queen, and her Great Favourite the Earl of Essex (Parts I. and II.). England, Antient History of, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Roman Conquest. England, The History of, from the Norman Conquest to the Union of the Houses of York and Lancaster. England, The Present State of; to which is added an Account of the New Style. Erra Pater.

Fairy Stories (Blue Bird and Florinda and the King of the Peacocks). Faustus, History of Dr. John. Figure of Seven, The. Flanders, Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll. Fortunatus, History of. Fortune-Book, Partridge and Flamsted's New and Well-experienced. Fortune-Teller, The High German. Franks, Birth, Life, and Death of John. Friar and Boy, The (Parts I. and II.).

George, The Life and Death of Saint. Ghost, The Portsmouth. Gotham, Merry Tales, or the Wise Men of. Grissel, History of the Marquis of Salus and Patient. Gulliver, The Travels and Adventures of Captain Lemuel. Guy, Earl of Warwick, History of.

Hector, Prince of Troy, History of. Hercules of Greece, History of the Life and Glorious Actions of the Mighty. Hero and Leander, Famous History of. Hero's Garland, The. Hickathrift, History of Thomas (Parts I. and II.). Hind, Merry Life and Mad Exploits of Captain James. Hippolito and Dorinda, Loves of. Hocus Pocus, or a New Book of Legerdemain. Hood, A True Tale of Robin. Horner, History of Jack.

Jack and the Giants, History of (Parts I. and II.). Jack of Newbury, History of. Jew, The Wandering, or the Shoemaker of Jerusalem. Joak upon Joaks. Joseph and his Brethren, History of.

Kings, History of Four, their Queens and Daughters.

Lady, The Whimsical. Laurence, Lazy, The History of. Legerdemain, The Whole Art of. Long Meg of Westminster, Whole Life and Death of. Long, History of Tom, the Carrier.

Maiden's Prize, The, or Bachelor's Puzzle. Mandeville, The Foreign Travels of Sir John. Martyr, History of the Royal, King Charles the First. Matrimony, The Whole Pleasures of. Merryman, Doctor, or Nothing but Mirth. Montellion, The History of. Mournful Tragedy, The.

Nimble and Quick. Nixon's Cheshire Prophecy.

Parismus, Prince of Bohemia, The History of. Poets' Jests, or Mirth in Abundance. Prentice, The Famous History of the Valiant London. Puss in Boots.

Rarities of Richmond. Reading, Directions for, with Elegance and Propriety. Reading, History of Thomas of. Reynard the Fox, History of. Rich Man's Warning-Piece, The, or the Oppressed Infants in Glory. Rome, The Famous History of the Seven Wise Masters of. Rome, The Famous and Renowned History of the Seven Wise Mistresses of. Rosamond, Life and Death of Fair.

Shipton, History of Mother. Shoemaker's Glory, The, or the Princely History of the Gentle Craft. Shore, Life and Death of Mrs. Jane. Simple Simon's Misfortunes. Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. Swalpo, Merry Frolics, or the Comical Cheats of.

Tom Thumb, The Famous History of (Parts I., II., and III.). Tomb Thumb, The Mad Pranks of (Parts I., II., and III.).

Unfortunate Son, The, or a Kind Wife is worth Gold.

Valentine and Orson, History of.

Wanton Tom, or the Merry History of Tom Stitch the Taylor (Parts I. and II.). Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, History of. Welsh Traveller, The, or the Unfortunate Welshman. West Country Garland, The New. Whetstone for Dull Wits. Whittington, History of Sir Richard. Wit, a Groat's worth for a Penny, or the Interpretation of Dreams. Witch of the Woodlands, or the Cobler's New Translation. Witches, The Famous History of the Lancashire. World turned Upside Down, The.

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Transcriber's Note:

- - signifies italic text; = = signifies Old English text; ^ or ^{} signifies a superscript. [=] signifies a letter with a macron (straight line over) accent; [~] signifies a letter with a tilde over, sometimes indication an omitted letter.

The footnotes, originally marked with asterisks and daggers, have been numbered in the text version.

The spelling is not necessarily consistent. The Author appears to have updated some of the originals, but quoted directly from others. Errors persist, and most have not been corrected by the transcriber. It seemed best to retain original sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation. (e.g. 'No sooner had Faustus sent his name to the writing,...' for 'No sooner had Faustus set his name to the writing,...')

The 18th century had no spelling or punctuation rules. Acceptable variants have been retained. Before about 1860-70 (and the various Victorian Public Instruction Acts) apostrophes were often absent.

(e.g. brethren/bretheren; Pharoh/Pharaoh/Pharoah; 'youll' for you'll; fathers for father's).

Sundry missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired, but only apparent printer's errors have been corrected:

Page 120: 'eady' corected to 'ready'.

"they made ready to receive them;"

Page 140: '=Guy. Earl of Warwick=' Period is as clearly printed in large Old English type; retained.

Page 150: 'solilude' retained. An error, or variant, for 'soliloquy'? 'solitude' doesn't seem to fit the context.

"While Guy was in this repenting solilude,..." Perhaps solilude is a made-up word for a state of soliloquising.

Page 164: extra 'to' removed (at original line break)

"/ On a tyme he came to the prouynce of Lybye to [to] a cyte which is sayd Sylene /"

Page 174: 'pheasants' corrected to 'peasants' (though 'pheasants' may perhaps be correct).

"and peopled with the best sort of gentry and peasants.

Page 196: 'hirting' perhaps 'hurting', connected to 'bate' (bait) later in sentence.

Page 338: 'downstars' corrected to 'downstairs'.

"and ran downstairs for more liquor,"

Page 354: 'Ill' for 'I'll'. Retained. Apostrophes were often notable by their absence.