Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century / With Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction

A poor innocent Stork happened to be taken in a net that was laid for geese and cranes. The Storks plea was simplicity and the love of mankind, together with the service she did in picking up venemous creatures—It is all true says the husbandman, but they that keep ill company, if they are catched with them, must suffer with them.

Fable 6.
The Wasp and the Partridges.

A Flight of Wasps and a covey of Partridges being hard put to it for water, went to a farmer to beg some. The partridges offered to dig his vineyard for it, and the Wasps to secure it from thieves. Pray hold your peace says the farmer, I have oxen and dogs to perform those offices already, and I am resolved to provide for them first.

Fable 7.
A Daw and Pigeons.

A Daw took particular notice that the Pigeons in the Dove House were well provided for, so went and painted himself of a dove colour and fed among the Pigeons. So long as he kept silence, it passed very well, but forgetting himself he fell a chattering—On which discovery they beat him out of the house, and on his returning to his own companions, they also rejected him.

Fable 8.
The Fox and Snake.

A Fox and Snake meeting, she began to entertain the Fox with a long story concerning the beauties and colours of her skin. The Fox, weary of the discourse, interrupted her, and said, The beauties of the mind were better than those of a painted outside.

Fable 9.
The Chough and Swallow.

The Chough and the Swallow fell into a warm dispute about beauty, and the Swallow insisted mightily on hers, and claimed the advantage. Nay says the Chough, you forget that your beauty decays with the Spring, whereas mine lasts all the year.

Fable 10.
A Father and his Sons.

An honest man who had the misfortune to have contentious children, endeavoured to reconcile them; and one day having them before him, he bought a bundle of sticks, then desired each of them to break it, which they strove to do, but could not. Well, said he, unbind it, and take every one a single stick, and try what you can do that way. They did so, and with ease they snapped all the sticks. The father said to them, Children, your condition is exactly like unto that bundle of sticks; for if you hold together you are safe, but if you divide you are undone.

Fable 11.
The Fox and Huntsmen.

A Fox that had been run hard, begged of a countryman, whom he saw hard at work in a wood, to help him to a hiding place. The man directed him to a cottage, and thither he went. He was no sooner got in, but the Huntsmen were at his heels, and asked the cottager, If he did not see the Fox that way? No, said he, I saw none; but pointed with his finger to the place. Though the Huntsmen did not understand, yet the Fox saw him; and after they were gone, out steals the Fox; How now, said the countryman, have you not the manners to take leave of your host? Yes, said the Fox, if you had been as honest with your fingers, as with your tongue, I should not have gone without bidding you farewell.

Fable 12.
The Fox and Bramble.

A Fox being closely pursued, took to a hedge, the bushes gave way and in catching hold of a Bramble to break his fall, he laid himself down, and fell to licking his paws, making great complaint against the Bramble. Good words, Reynard, said the Bramble, you should never expect any kindness from an enemy.

A  CHOICE

COLLECTION

OF

COOKERY RECEIPTS

New Castle: Printed in this present year.

This is really a useful book of recipes, although some of them are scarcely in use now. A few examples may be acceptable.

"To Broil Pidgeons Whole.

Cut off the Wings and Neck close, leave the Skin at the Neck to tie close, then having some grated Bread, two Pidgeons Livers, one Anchovy, a Quarter of a Pound of Butter, half a Nutmeg grated, a little Pepper and Salt, a very little Thyme and Sweet Marjoram shred; mix all together, put a piece as big as a Walnut into each Pidgeon, sew up their Rumps and Necks, strew a little Pepper Salt and Nutmeg on the Out side, broil them on a very slow Charcoal Fire on the Hearth; baste and turn them very often. Sauce is melted Butter; or rich Gravy, if you like it higher tasted.

A pretty Sauce for Woodcocks or any wild Fowl.

Take a Quarter of a Pint of Claret, and as much Water, some grated Bread, two or three heads of Rocumbile, or a Shallot, a little whole Pepper, Mace, sliced Nutmeg, and Salt; Let this stew very well over the Fire, then beat it up with butter, and pour it under the Wild Fowl, which being under roasted, will afford Gravy to mix with this Sauce.

A whipt Sillibub extraordinary.

Take a Quart of Cream and boil it, let it stand till it is cold; then take a Pint of White Wine, pare a Lemon thin, and steep the peel in the Wine two Hours before you use it; to this add the Juice of a Lemon, and as much Sugar as will make it very sweet: Put all this together into a Bason, and whisk it all one way till it is pretty thick. Fill your Glasses, and keep it a Day before you use it; it will keep three or four Days. Let your Cream be full Measure, and your Wine rather less. If you like it perfumed, put in a Grain or two of Amber-grease.

Egg Minced Pies.

Take six Eggs, boil them very hard, and shred them small; shred double the Quantity of good Suet very fine; put Currants neatly wash'd and pick'd, one Pound or more, if your Eggs were large; the Peel of one Lemon very fine shred, half the juice, and five or six Spoonfuls of Sack, Mace, Nutmeg, Sugar, and a little Salt; and candied Citron or Orange peel, if you would have them rich."

There are recipes for making "Raisin Elder wine; Sage wine, very good; Raspberry wine, very good; Cowslip or Marigold, Gooseberry and Elder-flower wines"; besides strong Mead and Cinnamon Water, as well as a curious compound—

"Birch Wine, as made in Sussex.

Take the Sap of Birch fresh drawn, boil it as long as any Scum arises; to every Gallon of Liquor put two Pounds of good Sugar; boil it Half an Hour, and scum it very clean; when 'tis almost cold, set it with a little Yeast spread on a Toast; let it stand five or six days in an open Vessel, stirring it often: then take such a Cask as the Liquor will be sure to fill, and fire a large Match dipt in Brimstone, and put it into the Cask, and stop in the Smoak till the Match is extinguished, always keeping it shook; then shake out the Ashes, and, as quick as possible, pour in a Pint of Sack or Rhenish wine, which Taste you like best, for the Liquor retains it; rainge the Cask well with this, and pour it out; pour in your Wine, and stop it close for Six Months, then, if it is perfectly fine, you may boil it."

The Pleasant History of TAFFY'S
Progress to London; with the
WELSHMAN'S Catechism.

London Printed for F. Thorn near Fleet Street.

This octavo is principally taken up with "Taffy's Catechism," which is in a kind of Welsh patois, and is not very interesting. The frontispiece is explained as under.

"Taffy's Progress to London."

"The much renowned Taffy William Morgan having receiv'd a Letter sent by word of Mouth from London, which gave him an Account how Despiseable the poor Welshmen alias Britains were made in England on Saint Tafy's day, by the Rabbles hanging out of a Bundle of Rags in representation of a Welshman mounted on a red Herring with a Leek in his Hat, truly poor Morgan's Blood was up, he Fretted and Fum'd till he Foam'd at Mouth agen, and being exasperated as much as the French King was Joyful when he first heard of the great Victory obtain'd by Marshal Tallard over the Duke of Marlborough at Hochstet, he in a great Passion Swore by the Glory and Renown of all his Ancestors, famous in the Books of Rates for their being ever chargeable to the Parish, that he wou'd be Reveng'd on those that thus presum'd to affront Goatlandshire, and in order thereto he prepar'd for his Journey, taking Coach in a Wheel Barrow, Drove along by his Wife, who with a Child at her Back went Barefooted all the way, and by Taffy were compell'd to take this tedious Journey that they might be Witnesses to his Prowess and Valour; in case it was questioned by any after his return to Wales; so accordingly poor William Morgan ap Renald et Cetera, for his Name would take an hour to tell it at length, set out for his great Adventures about One in the Morning, it being the 33th of January last in the year 1890 after the Welsh Account, making it Six days before he Arriv'd in the abovesaid Pomp to Leominster, where he and his Wife and Children were charitably entertain'd in a Barn; the next Day he came to Worcester, where begging Charity to bear their Charges forwards, poor Taffy and his Wife were Whipt out of Town; but however this harsh Usage daunted not his Heart, which all Wales knew for certain to be bigger than a Pea, for resolv'd he was to be reveng'd still on those that Affronted his Countrey, and by Cruising all the way he came, he at length reacht London, just the Eve before the Welshmen's great Festival of Saint David, which is Solemnis'd with so much Devotion, as to get every Welshman Drunk by Night, now being Arriv'd in this great City, he fortunately lit upon some of his Acquaintance who in Commiseration of his and his Wifes great Poverty made him pretty Boosie, and being Pot valiant he fell like Fury to breaking of Windows where a Taffy was hung out, but being first well Beaten by the Mob, he was then sent to Bridewell for an idle drunken Vagabond, and being well Flaug'd and put to hard Labour for a while, he and his tatter'd Family were pass'd down to their Countrey, to his great Grief in that he could not Vindicate Saint Taffy; and Swearing hur would never see England again."

The Whole Life

Character and Conversation
of that Foolish Creature called
GRANNY

Licensed according to Order.

Printed by A. Hinde in Fleet Street 1711.

A

YORK DIALOGUE

BETWEEN

Ned and Harry

OR

Ned giving Harry an Account of his Courtship
and Marriage State

TO WHICH IS ADDED—

TWO EXCELLENT NEW SONGS.

A very mild description of the particularly uninteresting courtship and marriage of a small tradesman and a chambermaid, with the details of the subsequent hen-pecking the husband underwent, and of his wife's taste for gossiping, ending up with advice from Ned, and a determination of Harry's never to marry a chambermaid.

The French King's Wedding

OR  THE

ROYAL FROLICK

Being a Pleasant Account

London
Printed for J. Smith near Fleet Street 1708.

APPENDIX.

List of Chap-Books published in Aldermary and Bow
Churchyards.

• Academy of Courtship.
• Arimathea, The History of that Holy Disciple Joseph of.
• Argalus and Parthenia, The History of, being a Choice Flower gathered out of Sir Phillip Sidney's Rare Garden.
• Art of Courtship.
• Armstrong, History of Johnny (of Westmoreland).
• Bacon, History of the Learned Friar.
• Barleycorn, The Arraigning and Indicting of Sir John.
• Barnwell, The Tragical History of George.
• Bateman's Tragedy.
• Bellianis, Don, of Greece, The History of.
• Bethnal Green, The History of the Blind Beggar of.
• Bevis, Sir, of Southampton, The History of the Life and Death of that most Noble Knight.
• Bloody Tragedy, The, or a Dreadful Warning to Disobedient Children.
• Bowman, Life and Death of Christian.
• Bunch: Mother B.'s Closet newly broke open.
• Bunch: The History of Mother B. of the West (Part II.).
• Cabinet, The Golden.
• Cambridge Jests, being Wit's Recreation.
• Canterbury Tales, by J. Chaucer, Junr.
• Card Fortune-Book.
• Champions, The History of the Seven (Parts I. and II.).
• Charles XII., The History of the Remarkable Life of the Brave and Renowned.
• Chevy Chase, The Famous and Memorable History of.
• Children in the Wood, The History of.
• Coachman and Footman's Catechism, The.
• Countries, A Brief Character of the Low.
• Courtier: The History of the Frolicksome C. and the Jovial Tinker.
• Crusoe, The Life of Robinson.
• Cupboard Door opened, The, or Joyful News for Apprentices and Servant-Maids.
• Cupid's Decoy, The Lover's Magazine, or.
• Delights for Young Men and Maids.
• Dialogue, A, between a Blind Man and Death.
• Dialogue, A Choice and Diverting, between Hughson the Cobler and Margery his Wife.
• Dialogue between John and Loving Kate (Parts I. and II.).
• Dialogue, A New and Diverting, between a Shoemaker and his Wife.
• Divine Songs.
• Dorastus and Faunia.
• Drake, Voyages and Travels of that Renowned Captain Sir Francis.
• Dreams and Moles, with their Interpretation and Signification.
• Drunkard's Legacy, The.
• Edward the Black Prince, The History of.
• Egyptian Fortune-Teller's Legacy, The Old.
• Elizabeth, History of Queen, and her Great Favourite the Earl of Essex (Parts I. and II.).
• England, Antient History of, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Roman Conquest.
• England, The History of, from the Norman Conquest to the Union of the Houses of York and Lancaster.
• England, The Present State of; to which is added an Account of the New Style.
• Erra Pater.
• Fairy Stories (Blue Bird and Florinda and the King of the Peacocks).
• Faustus, History of Dr. John.
• Figure of Seven, The.
• Flanders, Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll.
• Fortunatus, History of.
• Fortune-Book, Partridge and Flamsted's New and Well-experienced.
• Fortune-Teller, The High German.
• Franks, Birth, Life, and Death of John.
• Friar and Boy, The (Parts I. and II.).
• George, The Life and Death of Saint.
• Ghost, The Portsmouth.
• Gotham, Merry Tales, or the Wise Men of.
• Grissel, History of the Marquis of Salus and Patient.
• Gulliver, The Travels and Adventures of Captain Lemuel.
• Guy, Earl of Warwick, History of.
• Hector, Prince of Troy, History of.
• Hercules of Greece, History of the Life and Glorious Actions of the Mighty.
• Hero and Leander, Famous History of.
• Hero's Garland, The.
• Hickathrift, History of Thomas (Parts I. and II.).
• Hind, Merry Life and Mad Exploits of Captain James.
• Hippolito and Dorinda, Loves of.
• Hocus Pocus, or a New Book of Legerdemain.
• Hood, A True Tale of Robin.
• Horner, History of Jack.
• Jack and the Giants, History of (Parts I. and II.).
• Jack of Newbury, History of.
• Jew, The Wandering, or the Shoemaker of Jerusalem.
• Joak upon Joaks.
• Joseph and his Brethren, History of.
• Kings, History of Four, their Queens and Daughters.
• Lady, The Whimsical.
• Laurence, Lazy, The History of.
• Legerdemain, The Whole Art of.
• Long Meg of Westminster, Whole Life and Death of.
• Long, History of Tom, the Carrier.
• Maiden's Prize, The, or Bachelor's Puzzle.
• Mandeville, The Foreign Travels of Sir John.
• Martyr, History of the Royal, King Charles the First.
• Matrimony, The Whole Pleasures of.
• Merryman, Doctor, or Nothing but Mirth.
• Montellion, The History of.
• Mournful Tragedy, The.
• Nimble and Quick.
• Nixon's Cheshire Prophecy.
• Parismus, Prince of Bohemia, The History of.
• Poets' Jests, or Mirth in Abundance.
• Prentice, The Famous History of the Valiant London.
• Puss in Boots.
• Rarities of Richmond.
• Reading, Directions for, with Elegance and Propriety.
• Reading, History of Thomas of.
• Reynard the Fox, History of.
• Rich Man's Warning-Piece, The, or the Oppressed Infants in Glory.
• Rome, The Famous History of the Seven Wise Masters of.
• Rome, The Famous and Renowned History of the Seven Wise Mistresses of.
• Rosamond, Life and Death of Fair.
• Shipton, History of Mother.
• Shoemaker's Glory, The, or the Princely History of the Gentle Craft.
• Shore, Life and Death of Mrs. Jane.
• Simple Simon's Misfortunes.
• Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.
• Swalpo, Merry Frolics, or the Comical Cheats of.
• Tom Thumb, The Famous History of (Parts I., II., and III.).
• Tomb Thumb, The Mad Pranks of (Parts I., II., and III.).
• Unfortunate Son, The, or a Kind Wife is worth Gold.
• Valentine and Orson, History of.
• Wanton Tom, or the Merry History of Tom Stitch the Taylor (Parts I. and II.).
• Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, History of.
• Welsh Traveller, The, or the Unfortunate Welshman.
• West Country Garland, The New.
• Whetstone for Dull Wits.
• Whittington, History of Sir Richard.
• Wit, a Groat's worth for a Penny, or the Interpretation of Dreams.
• Witch of the Woodlands, or the Cobler's New Translation.
• Witches, The Famous History of the Lancashire.
• World turned Upside Down, The.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.