The VVestminster frolick: or, The cuckold of his own procuring. : Being a true relation of a vintener, who for a considerable quantity of guinnies undertook to perswade his servant maid to prostitute her self to a young spark, pretending to her that it was no other but himself; whereupon she seemingly complying, discovered it to her mistriss, who supplying her place, grafted her husbands head. Thus may we see how scurvy ill-star'd fate does cross some men, nay how they do create their own misfortunes, yet for to be bold the vintener got his horns well tipt with (gold. Tune of, Hey boys up go we.

Format:

Book

Government document

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English--17th century.

Ballads, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (woodcuts)

Other Title:

Westminster frolick

Cuckold of his own procuring

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for J[ohn]. Wright J[ohn]. Clark W[illiam]. Thackery and T[homas]. Passenger, [between 1681-1684]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Verse: "A frolick strange I'l to you tell ..."

Date, place of publication and publisher's names from Wing.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:3[152]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) W1465

Early English books tract supplement interim guide EBB65H[152]

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