The wife and the nurse: or, a contest between E----d and H---r, for a certain great hero near St. James's. A new ballad.

People / Organizations

• A. Whitacre ("printed for")
• Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Author)

Imprint

[London?]: Printed for A. Whitacre in Bishopsgate-Street, [1743?]

Publication year

1743-1743

ESTC No.

T223946

Grub Street ID

246346

Description

1 sheet ; 1/2⁰

Note

Verse in three columns.

"Vice once with virtue did engage,".

Attributed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (cf. Foxon).

Satire on George II and John, Lord Cartaret.

Uncontrolled note

This issue not in Foxon. Two editions of this ballad were published by Webb in 1743