01995nam 2200469 n 450 99638870700331620200824121538.0(CKB)1000000000638487(EEBO)2240947497(UnM)99866249e(UnM)99866249(EXLCZ)99100000000063848719851016d1642 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 obscenitie, of pleasure without scurrilitie, and of good content without distaste. Whereunto is added the valiant battell fought betweene the Norfolk cock and the Wisbich cock. written by Thomas RandallLondon Printed for F. Cowles, T. Bates, and J. WrightMDCXLII. [1642][8] p. illThomas Randall = Thomas Randolph, though they are occasionally identified as two different people. Sometimes also attributed to John Taylor."The valiant battell" is attributed to Robert Wild by Charles Cotton in "The compleat gamester", 1674, p. 229.In verse.With a title-page woodcut.Signatures: A⁴.Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0018Drinking customsEnglandEarly works to 1800AlePoetryEarly works to 1800CockfightingEnglandPoetryEarly works to 1800Drinking customsAleCockfightingRandolph Thomas1605-1635.1001621Wild Robert1609-1679.1001445Taylor John1580-1653,Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996388707003316The high and mightie commendation of the vertue of a pot of good ale2392652UNISA