Mistris Parliament presented in her bed, after the sore travaile and hard labour which she endured last weeek, in the birth of her monstrous off-spring, the childe of deformation. The hopefull fruit of her seven yeers teeming, and a most precious babe of grace. With the severall discourses between Mrs. Sedition, Mrs. Schisme, Mrs. Synod her dry-nurse, Mrs. Iealousie, and others her gossips. / By Mercurius Melancholicus.
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| dc.contributor.author | Mercurius Melancholicus, fl. 1648. |
| dc.coverage.placeName | London |
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| dc.date.available | 2022-08-27T07:47:52Z |
| dc.date.created | 1648 |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12 |
| dc.identifier | ota:A89188 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/A89188 |
| dc.description.abstract | A satire in the form of a play. "Mercurius Melancholius" was a pseudonym used by a number of Royalist writers including Martin Parker and John Crouch. A variant edition has corrected the spelling of "weeek" to "weeke". Place of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 10th London". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Political satire, English -- 17th century. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | Mistris Parliament presented in her bed, after the sore travaile and hard labour which she endured last weeek, in the birth of her monstrous off-spring, the childe of deformation. The hopefull fruit of her seven yeers teeming, and a most precious babe of grace. With the severall discourses between Mrs. Sedition, Mrs. Schisme, Mrs. Synod her dry-nurse, Mrs. Iealousie, and others her gossips. / By Mercurius Melancholicus. |
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| identifier.stc | Wing M2284 |
| identifier.stc | Thomason E441_21 |
| identifier.stc | ESTC R14014 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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