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This is purposely to acknowledge the Obligations I owe to several Gentlemen, who have shewn their Esteem
of the Merry Thought, in the large Collections they have communicated before the Holidays: For who knows,
but many of their Pieces might have been lost, by the Effects of Wine, Punch, and strong Beer, in the
Christmas Time; or by a Game at Ramps, or Blind-Manâ——s-Buff; or unlucky Boys; or the sticking the
Windows with Holley and Ivy: All these Hazards did we run of having many curious Pieces destroyâ——d,
and buryâ——d in Oblivion. And then again, the Cleaning the Windows against the Holidays might have
endangerâ——d the Loss of many of these brittle Leaves of Wit and Learning. But now, we may sing Old
Rose, since a large Cargoe is already arrivâ——d safe at the Press. In order for a third Part, I have myself
taken Care to visit most of the Glasiers in Town where I just came Time enough to save some few Scraps of
Wit; and have bribed a great Number of Football-Players, not to use that Diversion near some particular
Places about this Great City, where many curious Epigrams, Sonnets, and Whims, are at present
uncopyâ——d; and if they should escape a few Days longer, will make a fourth Volume, with the kind
Assistance of those Correspondents who have sent me promissory Notes for the Delivery of certain Parcels of
such Wit, on or about the Twenty-fifth of this Instant January. I remain, Gentlemen, after hoping you are in
good Health, as I am at this present Writing, and wishing you all many happy Years,
Hurlo Thrumbo.
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THE
MERRY-THOUGHT.
PART III.
Mr. BOG,
The following Miscellanea Curiosa you may either insert in your third Part, or use them for your latter Part;
which you please.
PREFACE. 1
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Written on the Wall at the George in Sandy-Lane, in the Bath Road, a Place famous for Puddings.
Underwritten.
Dec. 1722.
3 B2
Her Mother kissâ——d with every one, and Moll does plainly shew her;
For Molly kind is kissâ——d by none, but only all that know her.
I. S. 1718.
T. B.
Underwritten.
Reader,
Underwritten.
Underwritten.
This was wrote by some Beau, the Fop you may know,
Oxon, on a Window.
Underwritten.
D——n your Knowledge, says Captain Blunt, swear, drink, and smoke, and youâ——re an
honest Fellow.
L. T.
Oxon, on a Window. 5
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Underwritten.
R. S.
Witney, on a Window.
I think; ——
Anne S——te.
Underwritten. 6
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Underwritten.
A young Lady, who hangâ——d herself, left the following Lines upon the Table.
On Miss J——s.
R. G——ll.
Woodstock, in a Window.
A new Reading about the three Children in the Fiery Furnace. From the Hebrew.
R. F.
Star, at Coventry.
What Lacing,
What Dressing,
What Moulding,
What Scolding,
What Painting,
What Fainting,
What Loving,
What Shoving,
What Cooing,
What Wooing,
What Crosses,
What Tosses,
What Actions,
Woodstock, in a Window. 8
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What Fractions,
Salisbury, on a Window.
As she lost nothing by it, she may still remain a Light to the World.
Anagram.
Or what is most
9C
To be in Drink.
Star, at Coventry. 9
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One wishâ——d for a thick one, and swore â——twas the best,
Hold, quoth the sick Sister, you are all in the Wrong,
Written on the pillory in a certain Market-Town in Shropshire; on two Millers, named Bone and Skin,
who exacted extravagant Toll.
10
But be it known
The Motto upon a Sign of a Gardinerâ——s Window, who kept a Publick House in the Road to
Cambridge; inserted for the Benefit of bad Spellers.
The Learned have examinâ——d the above Inscription: Some took it for Gibberish; others for Welch; and
some for one of the Eastern Languages; but a Gentlewoman of extraordinary Knowledge in this cramp Way of
Writing, tells us, it must be read thus, in English:
And so we believe it was meant; for it is allowâ——d by all, that some few of the fair Sex can explain bad
Sense and bad Spelling, even better than most of the Heads of the Universities.
11 C2
Rue de Boucharie.
Amasser en Saison,
The Motto upon a Sign of a Gardinerâ——s Window, who kept a Publick House in the Road toCambridge; inserted
11 for
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12
Captain R. T. 1718.
Underwritten.
R. T. 1718.
N. B. This is not renderâ——d into English, but â——tis Ingratitude enough for two Servants, that have been
well entertained a long while by their Master, should dance about a Prison Door, while their Master is in it.
13
Her Answer.
Bog-House at Epsom-Wells.
Rain-Deer, Bishop-Stafford.
14
Her Answer.
Pancras-Wells.
By a sad Mishap;
Bog-House at Epsom-Wells. 14
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Peacock, Northampton.
Underwritten.
Boarâ——s-Head, Smithfield.
15
May the French P--x, and the D--vil take â——em all,
Lambeth-Wells Bog-House.
A good Wife is like a Turtle that bills and cooes, and turns up her T——l to her Husband.
Kings-Head, Beaconsfield.
Pancras-Wells. 15
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Le H——p.
Probatum est, W. T.
16
At Rumford, in a Window.
Le Mond est plein de fous, & qui nâ——en veut point voir,
Oxon, in a Bog-House.
On a Drinking-Glass.
At York, in a Window.
And so it provâ——d.
17 D
That he kissâ——d all our Wives, and made all our Heads ake.
our Friends.
On a Drinking-Glass. 17
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At Epping, in a Window.
18
On Miss Hatt-on.
Miss Willson.
At Epping, in a Window. 18
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Miss Hutch-in-son.
Miss Shuttle-worth.
Miss Weathers.
19 D2
Crown at Harlow.
Miss Hutch-in-son. 19
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R. T. 1721.
York, on a Window.
Captain J. F. 1729.
Uxbridge, 1719.
20
Underwritten.
Crown at Harlow. 20
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Recruiting Officer.
Devil-Tavern, 1721.
21
Underwritten. 21
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Underwritten.
22
E. K.
Underwritten.
D——n your conscientious Rascals; thereâ——s so few of them in this Age, that a Man appears
singular who is governâ——d thereby.
Capt. T. R. 1730.
Rumford, on a Window.
Underwritten.
23
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The â——Eâ—— in â——hold thy Handâ—— has been rendered as E natural rather than E flat, and a few
durations were adjusted to fit the meter.
25
C. M.
R. L.
26
W. Overb--ry.
Bog-House at Ludlow.
For the Cheat lovâ——d his Money, and so did the Peer.
Underwritten.
You Rogue, Taylor shanâ——t catch me, while your Legs they are crossâ——d.
Donâ——t cry, my dear Girl, since you have got more than you lost.
FINIS.
THE
MERRY-THOUGHT:
OR, THE
Miscellany.
Taken from
The Original Manuscripts written in Diamond by Persons of the first Rank and Figure in Great Britain;
relating to Love, Matrimony, Drunkenness, Sobriety, Ranting, Scandal, Politicks, Gaming, and many other
Subjects, Serious and Comical.
Faithfully Transcribed from the Drinking-Glasses and Windows in the several noted Taverns, Inns, and other
Publick Places in this Nation.
Bethleham-Wall, Moor-Fields.
PART IV.
LONDON:
Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country. [Price 6 d.]
N. B. There being a great Number of these Pieces of Wit and Humour at most Places of publick Resort in this
Kingdom, it is hoped that all, who are pleased with, or willing to promote this Design, will be so good as to
collect and send them to the Publisher hereof. The Editor does not care how merry they are, provided they are
not obscene.
FINIS. 27
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THE
MERRY-THOUGHT.
PART IV.
Mr. Bog,
Where Wit and Learning (as at present in this our Isle) so much abound, great Marvel it is to me, That so
worthy a Compiler of other Menâ——s Labours as yourself, should be put to the little mean Shifts of copying
from such Cacascriptores, who have from Hudibras, Tom Brown, and others of the like Rank, their little Bits
and Scraps, basely purloined, whereby you run a Risque of being deemâ——d yourself a Plagiary: Nor is it
less unbecoming the Dignity and Fidelity of your Undertaking, to supply the Want of Application and
Diligence, by filling up your lifeless Pages with Musical Punctations, as vile and unrelishing as ever
echoâ——d from your own natural Bagpipe. Therefore, that you may the better be enabled these Indecencies
equally to avoid, I send you the following Collectanea Nasutula: If you honour them, I shall honour your next
Performance; if not, Non cuicunque datum est habere nasum.
The WISH.
Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country. [Price 6 d.] 28
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The WISH. 29
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Good Folks, sh--t and write, and mend honest Bogâ——s Trade,
Underwritten.
Written on the Wall of one of the Summer-Houses in Grayâ——s-Inn Walks, under a curious Piece
of Drawing.
Underwritten. 31
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Under-written.
But I see her —— plain, and I see his bare A--se.
With that I still might live, and still her Charms adore.
Under-written.
Written on the Wall of one of the Summer-Houses in Grayâ——s-Inn Walks, under a curious Pieceof Drawing.
32
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An Encomium on a Fart.
9B
An Encomium on a Fart. 34
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10
Over the Gate of Redgrave Hall, on a Visit made by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Bacon, then
Lord Keeper.
11 B2
Over the Gate of Redgrave Hall, on a Visit made by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Bacon, then Lord Keeper.
36
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On a Tomb.
12
In the Vaults belonging to Trinity College, Cambridge, there is cut the Form of a Tobacco-Box, with
this Inscription:
Pandoraâ——s Treasure.
Underneath,
An Epitaph on a Wicked Manâ——s Tomb. Written by Doctor Wild the famous Non-Conformist
Minister.
When the Devil was sick, the Devil a Monk would be,
When the Devil was well, the Devil a Monk was he.
Sir Walter Raleigh on the Snuff of a Candle the Night before he died.
13
An Epitaph on a Wicked Manâ——s Tomb. Written by Doctor Wild the famous Non-ConformistMinister. 38
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By my Lordâ——s Gentleman.
14
At the Red Lyon at Egham, and in the Windows at many other Places.
Underneath it.
On Marriage. By a Batchelor.
In a Window at Bath.
On a Gentlemanâ——s saying he had calculated his Sonâ——s Nativity, the Boy being then about nine Days
old.
15
Written in the Window of a Ladyâ——s Chamber, who on a slight Indisposition sent for S. J. S.
On Miss Green.
In a Window at Bath. 40
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16
17 D
Underneath.
18
Charming Molly,
When in Season:
To improve
In happy Love.
Therefore, Molly,
Rhiming Billy,
Muse rehearses,
Youâ——re obtaining
Her Assistance
â——Gainst Resistance,
Made by Mistress
To your Distress.
Therefore early
19 D2
20
Underneath.
As if to me she brought
Underneath. 46
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21
In a Window. At Lebeckâ——s-Head.
To go to Law
I have no Maw,
Cloaths to my Back,
22
On two old Maids: Written with a Pencil in the Pump Room at Bath.
In a Bog-House at Putney.
23
Written at the Request of a Lady who on her Wedding Day entreated an old Lover to write
something upon her in the Window.
24
In a Window at Parsonâ——s-Green.
Wouâ——d you know the true Road that to Pleasure doth lead,
And then for the Piece which this Pleasure doth cost,
25 E
Written in the Window of the Bar of the White-Swan-Tavern of the City of Norwich.
Mcccmixixx.
26
Underneath.
Underneath. By another.
In English. By another.
27 E2
28
In English. By another. 53
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At Tunbridge.
To Jenny I owe
At first in my Heart;
29
At Tunbridge. 54
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This was wrote somewhere; and means something, if you can find it out.
Vain are all their Endeavours, for still the coy Maid,
FINIS.
1. THE MERRY-THOUGHT: Or, The Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Containing such Pieces of
Wit and Humour as have been writ with Diamonds, &c. by Persons of the First Quality in Great Britain, on
Glass-Windows, Drinking-Glasses, Bog-Houses, &c. at the most publick Places of Resort in this Kingdom. In
four Parts. Price 6 d. each.
2. Round about Our Coal-Fire: Or, Christmas Entertainments. Treating of Mirth and Jollity, Eating,
Drinking, Kissing, &c. Of Hobgoblins, Raw-Heads and Bloody-Bones, Tom-Pokers, Bull-Beggars, Witches,
Wizards, Conjurers, and such like horrible Bodies. Adornâ——d with many diverting Cuts. Price 6 d.
3. A View of the BEAU MONDE: Or, Memoirs of the Celebrated COQUETILLA. In which is interspersed the
Amours of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. To which is added, The Masque of Life: A Ballad.
Price 1 s.
4. Love-Alamode: Or, The Amours of Florella and Phillis. Being the Memoirs of two Celebrated Ladies under
those Names: In which the whole Circle of Modern Gallantry is displayâ——d. Price 1 s.
5. The BEAUâ——s MISCELLANY. Being a Curious Collection of amorous Tales, diverting Songs, and
entertaining Poems: particularly, The Curious Maid; The Peeper; The Leaky Vessel; The Bauble; The
Longitude; The Parson and his Maid; The Hoop-Petticoat; The Tickler; The Maidenâ——s and
Batchelorâ——s Dreams; cum multis aliis.
6. A PROPOSAL humbly offered to the Parliament, for the more effectual preventing the farther Growth of
Popery. By Dean Sw‑‑ft. To which is added, Two Poems, Helter-Skelter, on the Hue and
Cry after the Country Attornies, on their Riding the Circuit; and, The Place of the Damnâ——d. The Second
Edition. Price 6 d.
7. The Behaviour of the Clergy, as well as their Traditions destructive of Religion. Or, A Succinct History of
Priestcraft throughout all Ages. To which is added, Parson Bow‑‑nâ——s Confession: A
Poem. The Third Edition. Price 1 s.
8. WAR WITH PRIESTCRAFT, Or, The Freethinkerâ——s Iliad. A Burlesque Poem. In Three Cantoâ——s.
With Notes explaining the Sentiments, &c. of them and their Followers. Price 1 s.
FINIS. 56
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9. The HONEY-SUCKLE: A Curious Collection of POEMS. Consisting chiefly of Originals; and interspersed
with Translations from the best Greek and Latin Poets. To which is added, The DUEL: A Poem. The Second
Edition. Price 1 s.
10. The whole Case and Proceedings in relation to BRIDGET READING, an Heiress, and Daniel Kimberley
and others. To which is added, The Trial of the said Kimberley; with his last dying Words, and an Original
Letter sent by him to Mr. READING a few Days before his Execution. Price 1 s.
11. A View of the TOWN: Or, Memoirs of LONDON. In which the Humours, Follies, Vices, &c. of that Great
Metropolis, are merrily displayâ——d. Interspersed with several new and witty Songs.
12. A Sketch of the Miseries of POVERTY. Dedicated to the Honourable Sir Griffith Boynton Bart.
Price 6 d.
13. A T——d is as good for a Sow, as a Pancake: Or, The Story of a COCK and a BULL.
Calculated for the Improvement of the Modern Wits. Written by Myself Esq; Professor of Dulness and
Bombast. Price 6 d.
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