Printed for J. Back, at the Black-Boy on London-Bridge, near the Draw-Bridge.
The contented cuckold: or, The fortunate fumbler. Being a brief relation of a young spark, who marryed with a beautiful maiden, and on the wedding-day, received the sum of 500l. as her portion, with promise of as much more at the birth of her first child, but he being insuffieient [sic] to perform, resolved to hire his neighbour Robin the milker, to help him out at a dead lift. Tune of, Ladies of London. This may be printed. R.P.
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- The contented cuckold: or, The fortunate fumbler. Being a brief relation of a young spark, who marryed with a beautiful maiden, and on the wedding-day, received the sum of 500l. as her portion, with promise of as much more at the birth of her first child, but he being insuffieient [sic] to perform, resolved to hire his neighbour Robin the milker, to help him out at a dead lift. Tune of, Ladies of London. This may be printed. R.P.
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- [London] :: Printed for J[ohn]. Back, at the Black-Boy on London-Bridge, near the draw-bridge.,
- [1686]
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"The contented cuckold: or, The fortunate fumbler. Being a brief relation of a young spark, who marryed with a beautiful maiden, and on the wedding-day, received the sum of 500l. as her portion, with promise of as much more at the birth of her first child, but he being insuffieient [sic] to perform, resolved to hire his neighbour Robin the milker, to help him out at a dead lift. Tune of, Ladies of London. This may be printed. R.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B02365.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2025.