Merry Drollery Compleat: Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &c. Collected by W. N., C. B., R. S., & J. G., Both Parts: 1661, 1670, 1691 ; Now First Reprinted from the Final Edition, 1691. Edited with a Special IntroductionJoseph Woodfall Ebsworth |
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ALEXANDER BROME Antidote against Melancholy Arthur of Bradly ballad Ben Jonson Blacksmith Blacksmith Song bloud body Boldly I preach boyes boys Brewer call'd Canary Catch Chocolate Crown doth Dragon drink edition eyes fair fear fight fool geld George give Gondibert hast hath heart honour J. P. Collier JOHN DRYDEN JOHN FLETCHER King kiss Lady live Lord Lover Loyal Sgs Loyal Songs maid Maidenhead Merry Drollery Mirth Mistris ne'er ne'r never night Nose old Souldier Oliver Oliver Cromwell on't Percy Folio Percy Soc Pills play Poems poor pray Puritan quoth the divel Reprint Richard Brome Roundheads Rump Sack Saint Patrick shew sing soul spide swear sweet Sword tell thee There's thing thou three merry Town truth turn'd Twas Twill Tyburn unto verse Wench Westminster Drollery Whilst wife wine wise Wit and Drollery
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