title: Mistress Parliament, Her Gossiping
title_page_title: Mistris PARLIAMENT <i>Her Gossiping</i>. FULL OF MIRTH, MERRY TALES, chat, and other Pleasant Discourse, <i>Between</i>, [in quadruple columns, joined by pointed brackets; column 1] Mrs. [column 2] <i>Statute</i>. | <i>Iustice</i>. | <i>Truth</i>. [column 3] <i>And</i> Mrs. [column 4] <i>Parliamnt</i>. | <i>Ordinance</i>. | <i>Synod</i>. [in single column, centered below] Mrs. ENGLAND being Moderator. | Mistris PARLIAMENT, that late lay in, | Invites you now unto her <i>Gossipping</i>; | And as the Order is unto this day, | For what you eate, shee'l make you <i>Roundly</i> pay; | Pray Commons eat; Her's Chat and Laughter, | And <i>Committee-Fruit</i> in dishes after: | Fall too and welcome; I have still in store | To prove Her <i>Bawd, Murderer, Witch</i>, and <i>Whore</i>. | Her Tryall's past; shee is condem'd to die, | Her Execution Day drawes nie; | Come Help to guard her to the Gallow-tree, | ENGLAND is freed of all her <i>Miserie</i>.
title_page_author: <i>BY Mercurius Melancholicus</i>:
title_page_imprint: Printed in the yeer of the Downfall of the Sectaries. 1648.
transcript_modern_spelling: Mistress parliament her gossiping full of mirth merry tales chat and other pleasant discourse between Mrs Statute Mrs Justice Mrs truth and Mrs parliament mrs ordinance mrs synod mrs England being moderator mistress parliament that late lay in invites you now unto her gossiping and as the order is unto this day for what you eat she'll make you roundly pay pray commons eat here's chat and laughter and committee fruit in dishes after fall to and welcome I have still in store to prove her bawd murderer witch and whore her trial's past she is condemned to die her execution day draws nigh come help to guard her to the gallow tree England is freed of all her misery by mercurius melancholicus printed in the year of the downfall of the sectaries 1648