The dubd knight of the forked order: or, The old wanton lady as I will recite, and Sen John the serving-man her hearts delight, their doings and actions, if you will attend, in meeter, they are by a poet pend. The subtilty of women either old or young, and what cunning excuses they have with their tongue, that will play with their husbands and laugh them to scorn, stroke up their brows, and there place a horn. The tune is, I am fallen away

All titles

• The dubd knight of the forked order: or, The old wanton lady as I will recite, and Sen John the serving-man her hearts delight, their doings and actions, if you will attend, in meeter, they are by a poet pend. The subtilty of women either old or young, and what cunning excuses they have with their tongue, that will play with their husbands and laugh them to scorn, stroke up their brows, and there place a horn. The tune is, I am fallen away
• Dubbed knight of the forked order; Old wanton lady as I will recite, and Sen John the serving-man her heart's delight

People / Organizations

• Abraham Miles (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for W[illiam]. Thackeray T[homas]. Passenger, and W[illiam]. Whitwood, [1664-1688]

Added name

Thackeray, William, active 1664-1693, bookseller.; Passinger, Thomas, -1688, bookseller.; Whitwood, William, bookseller.

Publication year

1664-1688

ESTC No.

R236074

Grub Street ID

106921

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1/2°.

Note

Signed at end: By Abraham Miles

Verse - "Twas a lady born"

Horizontal chainlines

Printed in black letter in five columns

According to Plomer, William Thackeray worked in London between 1664 and 1693; Thomas Passinger between 1664 and 1688 and William Whitwood between 1666 and 1699

Not in Wing.