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The Muse of New-market, or Mirth and drollery : being three farces acted before the King and court at New-market : viz. The merry milkmaid of Islington, or, The rambling gallants defeated : Love lost in the dark, or, The drunken couple : The politick whore, or, The conceited cuckhold

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Type of record: Book

Title: The Muse of New-market, or Mirth and drollery : being three farces acted before the King and court at New-market : viz. The merry milkmaid of Islington, or, The rambling gallants defeated : Love lost in the dark, or, The drunken couple : The politick whore, or, The conceited cuckhold

Other titles: Muse of New market; Mirth and drollery; Merry milkmaid of Islington, or, The rambling gallants defeated; Love lost in the dark, or, The drunken couple; Politick whore, or, The conceited cuckhold

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt/MUS

Additional creator(s): Nabbes, Thomas (1605?-1645?) (Other)

Related people: Nabbes, Thomas

Publisher: Printed for Dan. Browne... Dan. Major ... and James Vade

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1680

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 61, [3] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/280384

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001171349705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

The three parts, each of which has a separate title-page, are based on Thomas Nabbes's "Tottenham Court", Philip Massinger's "The guardian" and Robert Davenport's "the city-night-cap".


"The merry milkmaid of Islington" has the Wing no. M1869.


Anon.


Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) M3139; Woodward and McManaway 856.

Additional description

Armorial bookplate of James Comerford pasted inside front cover. Spine lettered: FARCES BEFORE CHARLES II AT NEWMARKET 1680

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