An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

Title

An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

Author

J. P.

Publication

London :: printed for John Playford at his shop in the Temple,

1669.

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Subject terms

English wit and humor

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Contents

• title page
• To the Reader.
• The Stationer to the Reader.
• The Table of the Ballads, Poems, Songs and Catches in this Book.
• text
  • In the Praise or Ex-Ale-tation of ALE.
  • The Ballad Of Arthur of Bradley.
  • A Ballad of the Gelding of the Devil.
  • A Ballad call'd the Green-Gown.
  • A Ballad of Sir Egle More.
  • A Ballad call'd Blew-Cap for me.
  • The Ballad Of the CAPS
  • A Ballad Of the NOSE.
  • A Ballad of the Black-Smith.
  • The BREWER. A Ballad made in the Year, 1657.
  • A Ballad, or Parly, between two West-Countrymen on sight of a WEDDING.
  • The Ballad Of Saint GEORGE for England.
  • The Ballad of The BULLS FEATHER
  • A Ballad. Old England turn'd New.
  • The Ballad On the North-Countrymans Song on his View of London Sights.
  • A Ballad News and no News.
  • A Ballad: Or the Old Song of an Old Courtier and a New.
  • A Ballad.
  • The Ballad of the Beard.
  • A Ballad In Praise of a Red Nose.
  • The Ballad called The Parson of Rumford, Or the Merry Maying.
  • A Ballad called, The Man in the Moon.
  • A Ballad Or Colins Adventure.
  • A Ballad. Of A Good Wife and a Bad.
  • A Ballad Intituled the Faries Farewel.
  • A Ballad of THE PIGG.
  • A new Ballad: Call'd the Tunbridge Doctors.
  • A Ballad Called the German Doctor, As it was Sung by his man Merry Andrew.
    • part - 1
    • Second Part.
    • Third Part.
  • A Ballad Called the Angler.
  • The Ballad of the two Amorous Swains.
  • A Ballad called The Jovial Bear-ward.
  • A Ballad Ʋpon the New Inn, with the Famous Signe-Post called the White-Heart at Skoal in Norfolk.
  • The Ballad Of Old Simon the King.
  • The Ballad Of the Fryer and the Maid.
  • A Ballad Called the Politick Drinker.
  • A Ballad. Or the Reformed Drinker.
  • A Ballad Of the Courtier, and the Country Clown.
  • A Ballad Called, Cresadays Lamentation.
  • A Ballad Called a medly of Wooers.
  • A Ballad Or The Welfhmans Praise of Wales.
  • A Ballad Called Cooklorrel.
  • The Song, of Tom a Bedlam.
  • A LETANY.
  • A Ballad Ʋpon the downfal of one part of the Mitre-Tavern in Cambridge, or the finking thereof into the Cellar.
  • Ʋpon the Virtue of SACK.
  • ON A Combat of Cocks, the Norfolk, and the Wisbish.
  • On a Fart in the Parliament-House.
  • The Amorous Welshman to his Mistress.
  • On the Choice of a WIFE.
  • A Ballad On the Decay of good HOSPITALITY.
  • Captain Squiers Lettany,
  • A York-shire TRIALOGUE IN York-shire Dialect, Between an Awde Wife, a Lasse, and a Butcher.
• The SECOND PART. Here followeth Merry SONGS and CATCHES.
  • The Tobacco-Takers Song.
  • The Coblers Song.
  • The Needy-man's Song.
  • The Pedlers Song.
  • The Cut-Purse Song.
  • The Hay-makers Song.
  • The Scholar's Song,
  • The Beggers Song.
    • part - 1
    • Second Part.
  • The Tavern Song
  • The Healths.
  • A Glee to Bacchus.
  • A Glee to Bacchus.
  • ON A Pint of SACK.
  • In the Praise of WINE.
  • A Glee in praise of Sack.
  • A Song, Forsaken Phillis, her Lamentation.
  • On a Cold Chyne of BEEF.
  • On a Chine of BEEF.
  • Councel to a Batchellor.
  • Advice to a Friend upon his Marriage.
  • The Married mans Diet.
  • A Song, Caelia's Complaint.
  • A Song, The Mad Lover.
  • A Song, An Old Knight to a Young Lad
  • A Song, Colin and his Love.
  • A Song, A Lady to a young Courtier.
  • The Bashful Lover. A Song in the Play of the Mock Astrologer.
  • A Song, Fredome in Love.
  • A Song, Advice to Cloris.
  • A Song, Counsel to a Maid.
  • A Song, The doubtful lover Resolv'd.
  • A Song, The Merry Lover.
  • A Song, Liberty in Love.
  • A Song, A Clown to his Mistress.
  • On a Wife.
  • On Tobacco.
  • Upon a Welshman.
  • A Song, The Jovial Tinker.
  • CATCHES.
    • catch
    • 2 Catch.
    • 3 Catch.
    • 4 Catch.
    • 5 Catch.
    • 6 Catch.
    • 7 Catch.
    • 8 Catch.
    • 9 Catch.
    • 10 Catch.
    • 11 Catch.
    • 12 Catch.
    • 13 Catch.
    • 14 Catch.
    • 15 Cath.
    • 16 Catch.
    • 17 Catch.
    • 18 Catch.
    • 19 Catch.
    • 20 Catch.
    • 21 Catch.
    • 22 The Answer.
    • 23 Catch.
    • 24 Catch.
    • 25 Catch.
    • 26 Catch.
    • 27 Catch.
    • 28 Catch.
    • 29 Catch.
    • 30 Catch.
    • 31 Catch.
    • 32 Catch.
    • 33 Catch.
    • 34 Catch.
    • 35 Catch.
    • 36 Catch.
    • 37. Catch.
    • 38 Catch.
    • 40 Catch.
    • 41 Catch.
    • 42 Catch.
    • 43 Catch.
    • 44 Catch.
    • 45 Catch.
    • 46 Catch.
    • 47 Catch.
    • 48 Catch.
    • 49 Out of Anacreon.
• postscript
• Advertisement.
• Books newly printed for John Playford at his Shop in the Temple.