The poor mans comfort. Being an excellent new composed dialogue, between a man and his wife, drawn up in a coppy of verses according to the time, in which ditty is contained four special matters to be taken notice of, which is as followeth: a despairing husband and comfortable wife, the deadness of trading, and a way to thrive in hardness of trading, and a way to thrive in hard times. The tune is, Fair angel of England

People / Organizations

• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London]: Printed for J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger, [between 1684 and 1686

Publication year

1684-1686

ESTC No.

R187316

Grub Street ID

75619

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1°.

Note

Verse - "My heart is oppressed with sorrow sweet wife,"

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing

Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 4, p. 92

Wing reports title as "The poore mans comfort".

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