A warning for all lewd livers: by the example of a disobedient child, who rioutously wasted and consumed his father and mother's goods, and also his own, amongst vile strumpets, and other lewd livers, and died most miserably on a dunghil. To the tune of, Sir Andrew Barton, &c

People / Organizations

• L. P. (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by and for W[illiam]. O[nley]. for A[lexander]. M[ilbourn]. and sold by J[onah]. Deacon, at the Angel in Guil-spur-street [sic], [1695]

Added name

M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?, attributed name.; Onley, W. (William), active 1697-1709, printer, bookseller.; Milbourn, A., -1708, bookseller.; Deacon, Jonah, bookseller.

Publication year

1695

ESTC No.

R227459

Grub Street ID

100361

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; obl. 1°.

Note

Verse - "My bleeding heart with grief and care,"

Anonymous. An earlier edition of this balled conjecturally dated to 1633 (STC 20324) is signed "L.P." and attributed to Laurence Price by STC. Wing attributes later editions to Martin Parker based on ESTC R216199 (formerly Wing P85) which is signed "M.P." and printed for Francis Grove. Susan Newman suggests "M.P." is a misprint. See Newman, S.A. (1976). Thesis (Ph.D). The Broadside Ballads of Martin Parker. University of Birmingham. Vol.1, p.360. The ODNB entry for Martin Parker suggests that "his initials may have been fostered upon other men's labours by a canny bookseller particularly Francis Coles or Francis Grove who saw the commercial value of Parker's name"

Printer's name and suggested publication date from Wing.