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

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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
Cite this Item: "An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A82147.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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7 Catch.

Come let us cast Dice who shall drink,
Mine is twelve and his fice sink,
Six and Four is thine, and he threw Nine,
Come away Sink tray, Size ace fair play;
Quator duce is your throw Sir,
Quator ace, they run low Sir;
Two Duces I see, Duce ace is but three:
Oh were is the wine, come fill up his glass,
For here is the man has thrown Ams ace.