The law-suit: or, The farmer and fisherman. A poem in hudibrastick verse. Containing, I. The tryal between the farmer and fisherman at a country quarter session. II. The chairman's charge to the jury. III. Their removal to the assizes. IV. The opinion of their council, who advises them to bring it to Westminster. V. Proceedings at Westminster. VI. And the various artifices made use of in the several courts of Judicature. Wrote for the benefit of unhappy clients; and humbly inscrib'd to the gentlemen of the long robe
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London : Printed for G. Spavan, over against St. Clement's Church in the Strand, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
The second edition corrected.; ..
- Publication year
- 1739
- ESTC No.
- T87096
- Grub Street ID
- 307179
- Description
- [6],46,[2]p.,plate ; 8°.
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- Anonymous. By James Barber
A re-issue of the first edition of 1738 with a different titlepage
Also issued as part of: 'The poetical works of the Reverend Mr. James Barber,' London, 1739
With a final advertisement leaf
Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.)