02070nam 2200433Ia 450 99638574560331620200824132122.0(CKB)4940000000078450(EEBO)2240952844(OCoLC)ocm12680199e(OCoLC)12680199(EXLCZ)99494000000007845019851016d1642 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The high and mightie commendation of the vertue of a pot of good ale[electronic resource] full of wit without offence, of mirth without obscenities of pleasure without scurrilitie, and of good content without distaste : whereunto is added the valiant battell fought between the Norfolk Cock and the Wisbich Cock /written by Thomas RandallLondon Printed for F. Cowles, T. Bates, and J. Wright1642[8] pIllustrated t.p.In verse.Hazlitt considers Randall and Thomas Randolph the same person but B. M. lists them as two separate people."This facetious piece was more probably by Taylor, the water poet" Cf. Hazlitt.Entered in Wing under Thomas Randolph. See, however, Randolph, Thomas, Poems ... ed. by G. Thorn-Drury, p. xxii. Where "The high and mightie" is not included as a poem of Randolph's."The valiant battell ..." is by Robert Wild. Cf. Games and gamesters of the restoration (1930) pp. 112-114.Wing entry imprint reads "F. Coules."Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.eebo-0158Great BritainSocial life and customs17th centuryRandolph Thomas1605-1635.1001621Taylor John1580-1653.1000995Wild Robert1609-1679.1001445EAAEAAm/cWaOLNBOOK996385745603316The high and mightie commendation of the vertue of a pot of good ale2310575UNISA