The praise of York-shire ale wherein is enumerated several sorts of drinks, with a discription [sic] of the humors of most sorts of drunckards. To vvhich is added, a York-shire dialogue, in its pure natural dialect, as it is now commonly spoken in the north parts of York-shire. Being a miscellanious discourse or hotch-potch of several country affairs, begun by a daughter and her mother, and continued by the faeher [sic], son, uncle, neece, and land-lord: after which follows a scold between Nell and Bess, two York-shire women. Corrected and amended, with large additions in many places throughout the whole book, by the author, and after all, a clavis explaining the meaning of all the York-shire words in the dialogue. By G.M. gent.

People / Organizations

• George Meriton (Author)

Imprint

York: printed by J. White, for Francis Hildyard, at the signe of the Bible in Stonegate, 1685.

Publication year

1685-1685

ESTC No.

R16279

Grub Street ID

64148

Description

[6], 113, 112-113, [5] p. ; 8⁰

Note

G.M. = George Meriton.

In verse.

"A York-shire dialogue" has separate title page dated 1684 on leaf D1r; pagination and register are continuous.

With 2 final advertisement leaves.