01908nam 2200421 n 450 99639099730331620200824121835.0(CKB)4940000000106417(EEBO)2248519198(UnM)99859595e(UnM)99859595(EXLCZ)99494000000010641719871005d1648 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Mistris Parliament presented in her bed[electronic resource] after the sore travaile and hard labour which she endured last weeek, in the birth of her monstrous off-spring, the childe of deformation. The hopefull fruit of her seven yeers teeming, and a most precious babe of grace. With the severall discourses between Mrs. Sedition, Mrs. Schisme, Mrs. Synod her dry-nurse, Mrs. Iealousie, and others her gossips. /By Mercurius Melancholicus[London s.n.]Printed in the yeer of the saints fear. 16488 pA satire in the form of a play."Mercurius Melancholius" was a pseudonym used by a number of Royalist writers including Martin Parker and John Crouch.A variant edition has corrected the spelling of "weeek" to "weeke".Place of publication from Wing.Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 10th London".Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0018Political satire, English17th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1642-1649HumorEarly works to 1800Political satire, EnglishMercurius Melancholicusfl. 1648.1003542Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINCu-RivESWaOLNBOOK996390997303316Mistris Parliament presented in her bed2396746UNISA