Poor Robins hue and cry after Good House-Keeping. Or, A dialogue betwixt Good House-Keeping, Christmas, and Pride. Shewing how Good House-Keeping is grown out of date both in city and country, and Christmas become only a meer name and not to be found by feasting in gentlemens houses, but only by red-letters in almanacks. And how the money that should go to feast the poor at Christmas is spent upon the maintenance of Pride, with how many trades are maintained by Pride, and how many undone for want of Good House Keeping. Good house-Keeping is banished, and price is come up in its stead. This may be printed, Dec. 17. 1687. R.P

All titles

• Poor Robins hue and cry after Good House-Keeping. Or, A dialogue betwixt Good House-Keeping, Christmas, and Pride. Shewing how Good House-Keeping is grown out of date both in city and country, and Christmas become only a meer name and not to be found by feasting in gentlemens houses, but only by red-letters in almanacks. And how the money that should go to feast the poor at Christmas is spent upon the maintenance of Pride, with how many trades are maintained by Pride, and how many undone for want of Good House Keeping. Good house-Keeping is banished, and price is come up in its stead. This may be printed, Dec. 17. 1687. R.P
• Dialogue betwixt Good House-Keeping, Christmas, and Pride

People / Organizations

• Poor Robin. (Author)
• Randal Taylor ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Randal Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1687.

Added name

Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.

Publication year

1687

ESTC No.

R12812

Grub Street ID

60963

Description

8 p. ; 4°.

Note

Attributed to William Winstanley. (Cf. DNB.); Signatures: A]4.

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