THE
PAIN AND SORROW
OF
EVIL MARRIAGE.
FROM AN UNIQUE COPY
Printed by Wynkyn de Worde.
LONDON:
REPRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY,
BY C. RICHARDS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.
MDCCCXL.
COUNCIL
OF
The Percy Society.
- J. A. CAHUSAC, Esq. F.S.A.
- WILLIAM CHAPPELL, Esq. F.S.A.
- JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.
- T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.S.A.
- REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.
- RICHARD HALLIWELL, Esq. F.S.A.
- JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S. Treasurer
- WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. F.S.A.
- SAMUEL LOVER, Esq.
- CHARLES MACKAY, Esq.
- E. F. RIMBAULT, Esq. Secretary.
- THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A. F.S.A.
INTRODUCTION.
There are three early humorous tracts in verse upon the subject of marriage, all printed by Wynkyn de Worde: only one of them has a date, 1535, but we can have little difficulty in assigning the two others to about the same period. They have the following titles.