The Poetical Entertainer [No. V] [T125456]

DMI number:

331

Aliases

Poetical entertainer

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1713

Volume Number:

5 of 5

ESTC number:

125456 (P3327)

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB130150847

Shelfmark:

BOD Vet A4 e. 1676

Full Title:

[i]The Poetical Entertainer:[/i] | Consisting of | EPIGRAMS, | SATYRS, | DIALOGUES, [i]&c. | VIZ.[/i] | [two columns] [column one] I. Upon a Tory Lady who | shed her Water at [i]Cato.[/i] | II. Upon Mr. [i]Dryden.[/i]. | III. Upon a silver Salver | made of old Money. | IV. Upon rooting up the | Oak set by K. [i]Charles[/i] II. | V. Murmurs of the Oak. | VI. A Prayer to [i]Apollo[/i]. | VII. A silly Wife the worst | of Evils. | VIII. The odious Comparis. | IX. The deceitfulness of | humane Friendship. | X. Mournival of Knaves. [/column one] | [column two] XI. The Bottle Definition. | XII. Dr. Merrimans Panacea. | XIII. The great difference | between a Maid and a Wife. | XIV. A Satyr by one Lady | upon another. | XV. An Epitaph upon a | Bawdy Batchelor. | XVI. Upon Gaming. | XVII. Upon Love | XVIII. An Epigram writ-|ten by a Quaker. | XIX. A Dialogue between | [i]Billingsgate[/i] and [i]Excha.[/i] | XX. A Merry Ballad. | [rule] | To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer. | [rule] | Numb. V. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i] | Printed: And Sold by J. WOODWARD in [i]Scald-|ing-Alley[/i], and J. MORPHEW near [i]Stationer's-| Hall[/i]. M DCC XIII. [i]Price 6 d.[/i]

Epigraph:

n/a

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Periodical miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Price:

6d

Pagination:

[2], 3-40 pp.

Bibliographic details:

P3327 refers to all issues of this periodical.

Comments:

Contents: Latin verse pp. 3-4, 7-8.

References:

Case 261 (5).

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Poetical Entertainer [No. I] [T125460]

Publication Date:

1712

ESTC No:

T125460 (P3327)

Volume:

1 of 5

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Poetical Entertainer [No. II] [T125459]

Publication Date:

1712

ESTC No:

T125459 (P3327)

Volume:

2 of 5

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Poetical Entertainer [No. III] [T125458]

Publication Date:

1712

ESTC No:

125458 (P3327)

Volume:

3 of 5

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Poetical Entertainer [No. IV] [T125457]

Publication Date:

1713

ESTC No:

125457 (P3327)

Volume:

4 of 5

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

Edward Ward

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

See ESTC record. All texts in this collection are attributed to Ward on LION.

Sold by:

James Woodward

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed: And Sold by J. WOODWARD in Scalding-Alley, and J. MORPHEW near Stationer's-Hall.'

Sold by:

John Morphew

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed: And Sold by J. WOODWARD in Scalding-Alley, and J. MORPHEW near Stationer's-Hall.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

Upon a Tory Lady who happen'd to open her Floodgates at the Tragedy of Cato. An Epigram.

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First Line:

In coin I passed for some years since

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Engrav'd upon a Salver made of all sorts of base Coin, according to the following Particulars.

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First Line:

You that the ashes of the muses mourn

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

The following Epitaph, tho' old, was never before Printed. Epitaphium Jo. Drydeni, Q. P. L. [Latin epitaph follows, p. 4]. Thus render'd into English.

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First Line:

Whilst Zarah from the royal ground

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Upon rooting up the Royal Oak in St. James's Park, rais'd from an Acorn, set by the Hand of King Charles II. who brought the same from his old hiding-place at Boscobel. An Epigram.

Attribution:

H. C.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Be cautious madam how you thus provoke

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

The seasonable Caution. On the foregoing Subject. Epigram II.

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First Line:

Why dost thou root me up ingrateful hand

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pp.10-11

Poem Title:

The Murmurs of the Oak. Epigram III.

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First Line:

O grant Apollo that I never may come

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pp.11-13

Poem Title:

A Prayer to Apollo

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First Line:

Great were our hero's actions great the house

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pp.14-15

Poem Title:

All Sublunary Things are subject to Mutation. A Poem

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First Line:

Of all the plagues of human life

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pp.15-16

Poem Title:

A silly Wife the worst of Evils. An Ode.

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First Line:

A whig a nettle and a toad

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

The odious Comparison. An Epigram.

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First Line:

The wretched mortal who hath sense

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pp.17-20

Poem Title:

The deceitfulness of human Friendship: Or, Providence the best Friend to the Unfortunate. An Ode.

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First Line:

Four arrant knaves in one deceitful pack

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

The Mournival of Knaves. An Epigram.

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First Line:

What is a whig a cunning rogue

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

A Bottle-Definition of that Fall'n Angel, call'd a Whig.

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First Line:

Come all ye ladies who have lost

Page No:

pp.23-28

Poem Title:

The Modish Quack: Or Doctor Merryman's Panacea against all Melancholy Distempers.

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First Line:

When I was young and dear Belinda fair

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Woman given to Change: Or, The wonderful Difference between a Maid and a Wife.

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First Line:

This leisure hour great mother P--- is thine

Page No:

pp.30-33

Poem Title:

A Satyr By one Lady upon another.

Attribution:

By one Lady upon another

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First Line:

Here Jack lies dead but let no mortal grieve

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

An Epitaph upon a Bawdy Batchelor, who lately Departed this Life.

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First Line:

Tis strange the man who has enough in store

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

Upon Gaming. An Epigram.

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First Line:

Why do we dote on charming Chloe's face

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

Upon Love. An Epigram.

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First Line:

If thou lovest peace why then dost thou torment

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

An Epigram written by a Quaker, to a trousom Impertinent, who us'd to tease him about his Religion.

Attribution:

By a Quaker

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Not attributed

First Line:

Be gone thou tricking genius hence

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

Between the Genius of Billingsgate and the Genius of Exchange-Alley. A Dialogue.

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First Line:

Since gold is the god of the nation

Page No:

pp.38-40

Poem Title:

Truth without Dissembling: Or, a Merry Ballad on the Times.

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