The muse of New-market, or, Mirth and drollery
Subtitle: being three farces acted before the King and court at New-market : viz. The merry milkmaid of Islington, or the rambling gallants defeated : Love lost in the dark, or the drunken couple : The politick whore or the conceited cuckhold
Contributors: Major, Daniel, bookseller; Vade, James, active 17th century, bookseller; Francis Longe Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Dan. Browne at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, Dan. Major at the Hand and Scepter over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and James Vade at the Cock and Sugar Loaf near S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet
Published: 1680
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Other titles: Muse of New-market; Mirth and drollery; Plays.; Merry milkmaid of Islinton.; Love lost in the dark.
Notes: "Three drolls based on Thomas Nabbes' "Tottenham court"; Massinger's "Guardian" and Davenport's "City night-cap" cf. A. Nicoll, Hist. of restoration drama, p. 350, etc."--Cf. NUC pre-1956.

"The merry milkmaid of Islington", "Love lost in the dark", and "The politick whore" each have separate dated title pages; pagination and register are continuous.

Signatures: [A]² B-E⁴ F² G-I⁴ K².

LC copy closely trimmed with partial loss of imprint date on t.p. and some signatures throughout. First title in volume with spine title: Plays, no. 209.

ESTC R13320

NUC pre-1956 NM 0904716 (vol. 403, p. 6)

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LC copy has engraved bookplate of Francis Longe, Spixworth Park, Norfolk with motto: "Sine-Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" on front paste down. Engraving signed: "Hixon sc.". Contemporary handwritten list of volume contents at front.