1650. There was published a broadside and cut, with a “Description of Bartholomew Fair:”—
“Whether this be wit or nonsence, who need care,
’Tis like the subject, which is Bartholomew Fair:
A mess of altogether, well enough,
To get good money, which will make us huff,
And swagger bravely, drink a glass or so,
With some kind she-acquaintance which you know,
Are pretty tempting things, so much for that,
I must now come and tell you plain and flat:
That in this song the whole Fair you may view,