| CONTENTS. | |
The Comical History of the | PAGE |
| KING AND THE COBBLER | |
Containing the Entertaining and Merry Tricks and Droll Frolicsplayed by the Cobbler, how he got acquainted with the King,became a Great Man and lived at Court ever after, | [13] |
The Merry Tales of the | |
| WISE MEN OF GOTHAM, | [23] |
The History of | |
| THOMAS HICKATHRIFT, | [35] |
The History of | |
| JACK THE GIANT-KILLER | |
Containing his Birth and Parentage; His Meeting with theKing's Son; His Noble Conquests over many MonstrousGiants; and his rescuing a Beautiful Lady, whom he afterwardsmarried, | [53] |
SIMPLE SIMON'S MISFORTUNES | |
| AND HIS | |
| WIFE MARGERY'S CRUELTY | |
Which began the very next Morning after their Marriage, | [69] |
The Adventures of | |
| BAMFYLDE MOORE CAREW, | |
Who was for more than forty years King of the Beggars, | [78] |
The Comical Sayings of | |
| PADDY FROM CORK | |
With his Coat Buttoned behind, being an Elegant Conferencebetween English Tom and Irish Teague; with Paddy'sCatechism, and his Supplication when a Mountain Sailor, | [95] |
The History of | |
| DICK WHITTINGTON | |
| AND HIS CAT, | [117] |
The Mad Pranks of | |
| TOM TRAM, | |
Son in Law to Mother Winter; to which are added his MerryJests and Pleasant Tales, | [127] |
A York Dialogue Between | |
| NED AND HARRY: | |
Or Ned giving Harry an Account of his Courtship and MarriageState, | [141] |
DANIEL O'ROURKE'S WONDERFUL | |
| VOYAGE TO THE MOON. | [150] |
MOTHER BUNCH'S CLOSET | |
| NEWLY BROKE OPEN; | |
Containing Rare Secrets of Nature and Art, tried and experiencedby Learned Philosophers, and recommended to all ingeniousyoung men and maids, teaching them, in a natural way, howto get good wives and husbands. Approved by several thathave made trial of them; it being the product of forty-nineyears' study. By our loving Friend Poor Tom, for the King,a lover of Mirth but a hater of Treason. In Two Parts, | [159] |
The Comical History of the | |
| COURTIER AND TINKER, | [178] |
The History of the | |
| FOUR KINGS | |
Of Canterbury, Colchester, Cornwall, and Cumberland, theirQueens and Daughters; being the Merry Tales of TomHodge and his School-Fellows, | [187] |
THE PENNY | |
| BUDGET OF WIT | |
| AND PACKAGE OF DROLLERY, | [200] |
The Merry Conceits of | |
| TOM LONG THE CARRIER, | |
Being many Pleasant Passages and Mad Pranks which he observedin his Travels. Full of Honest Mirth and Delight, | [219] |
The Story of | |
| BLUE BEARD | |
Or the Effects of Female Curiosity, | [230] |
The Life of | |
| MANSIE WAUCH | |
Tailor in Dalkeith, | [236] |
The Life and Astonishing Adventures of | |
| Peter Williamson | |
Who was carried off when a Child from Aberdeen and sold for aSlave, | [254] |
The Famous Exploits of | |
| ROBIN HOOD, | |
| LITTLE JOHN, AND HIS MERRY MEN ALL, | |
Including an Account of his Birth, Education, and Death, | [269] |
History of | |
| DR. FAUSTUS | |
Showing his wicked Life and horrid Death, and how he sold himselfto the Devil, to have power for twenty-four years to dowhat he pleased, also many strange things done by him withthe assistance of | |
| MEPHISTOPHELES, | |
With an account how the Devil came for him at the end oftwenty-four years, and tore him to pieces, | [286] |
The Whole Life and Death of | |
| LONG MEG | |
Of Westminster, | [299] |
The Famous History of the Learned | |
| FRIAR BACON | |
Giving a Particular Account of his Birth, Parentage, with themany Wonderful Things he did in his Lifetime, to theamazement of all the World, | [309] |
The History of | |
| THE BLIND BEGGAR | |
| OF BETHNAL GREEN, | |
Containing his Birth and Parentage; how he went to the Warsand Lost his Sight, and turned Beggar at Bethnal Green;how he got Riches, and educated his Daughter; of her beingCourted by a rich, young Knight; how the Blind Beggardropt Gold with the Knight's Uncle; of the Knight and theBeggar's Daughter being Married; and, lastly, how thefamous Pedigree of the Beggar was discovered, and otherThings worthy of Note, | [324] |
The Pleasant History of | |
| POOR ROBIN | |
| THE MERRY SADDLER OF WALDEN | |
Showing the Merry Pranks he played during his Apprenticeship,and how he Tricked a Rich Miser, etc. Very diverting fora Winter Evening Fireside, | [337] |
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