Custom alas does partial prove
- DMI number:
- 5937
- First Line:
- Custom alas does partial prove
- Last Line:
- Or give to mankind less
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Complaint and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Francis Manning
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Used in Act 1 Scene 3 of Manning's The Generous Choice, a comedy (LION)
- Author:
- Stephen Clay
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muses mercury [P2007] [January 1707]
- Page No(s):
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- The Maid's Complaint. A Song.
- Attribution:
- By S---- C----, Esquire
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the second [T139943] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- The Female Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the second [T139948] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- The Female Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition (1709) [N36008]
- Page No(s):
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- The Maids Complaint: a Song. By Stephen Clay Esq.
- Attribution:
- By Stephen Clay Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Clay
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition. [II]. [**query: should be deleted??**]
- Page No(s):
- pp.162-163
- Poem Title:
- The Maid's Complaint: A Song... Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Stephen Clay Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Clay
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [T95392]
- Page No(s):
- pp.162-163
- Poem Title:
- The Maid's Complaint: A Song.
- Attribution:
- By Stephen Clay Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Clay
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