Two-penny-worth of wit for a penny. Or, The bad husband turn'd thrifty this man that wrought his own decay, and spent his money night and day; is turn'd to saving I do swear, there's few that with him can compare: and lives so civil in his ways, that all his neighbours give him praise, and does repent his wicked crime, and desires good fellows to turn in time; there's many a man runs himself clear out, when ale's in his head, then wit is out. To the tune of, Packingtons pound.
[London] : Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street,
[1685?]
Verse - "All company-keepers come hear what I say".
Place and date of publication from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.
Wing says 2 settings for the British Library. In this setting the final word of the first line is 'wit'; the 'y' in 'penny' in under the 'o' of 'worth'; the text is in 3 columns, with 3 woodcuts above the first 2.
Tempnote L copy trimmed.
Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set Women Advising Women: Part 5: Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, reel 3, Douce Ballads 2[186], stained, affecting text.
Adamnote Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
Tempnote Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog. Shelfmark: Crawford Coll.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
ESTC
Microfilm.
Microfilm.
Broadsides
Drinking customs in literature
Compulsive behavior
Attitude change