A quip for an vpstart courtier, or, A quaint dispute betweene velvet-breeches and cloth-breeches
Subtitle: wherein is plainely set downe the disorders in all estates and trades
By: by Robert Greene
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1380:22
Publisher: Printed by E. Purslow ...
Published: 1635
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Social life and customs; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Quip for an upstart courtier; Quaint dispute betweene velvet-breeches and cloth-breeches; Quip for an vpstart covrtier; The debate between Pride and Lowliness.
Notes: Based in great part upon The debate between Pride and Lowliness, a poem supposed to have been written about 1580 by F. Thynne. Originally included an attack on G. Harvey and brothers. Harvey replied in Foure letters, and certaine sonnets, 1592, and T. Nash defended Greene in Strange news, of the intercepting certaine letters, 1592.

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