An out-cry of poets; or, a catalogue of wits to be sold by inch of can.dle [sic], or otherways The sale begining next Tuesday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about nine of the clock in the morning, and will last till seven at night.

An out-cry of poets; or, a catalogue of wits to be sold by inch of can.dle [sic], or otherways The sale begining next Tuesday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about nine of the clock in the morning, and will last till seven at night.

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AN Out-Cry of POETS; OR, A CATALOGUE of Wits to be Sold by Inch of Candle, or otherways. The Sale begining next Tueſday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about Nine of the Clock in the Morning, and will laſt till ſeven at Night.

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AN Out-Cry of POETS;
OR, A CATALOGUE of Wits to be Sold by Inch of Candle, or otherways.
The Sale begining next Tueſday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about Nine of the Clock in the Morning, and will laſt till ſeven at Night.

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1.

AN Excellent Stuttering Poet, fraught with Great Learning, Good Notions, Quick Conceptions, and N [...]at Comedy, being an exquiſite little Fellow at a Melancholly Dirge, of a Merry Roundelay, and will be Swopt with any Bookſeller for Waſte Paper.

2.

Two Modern Parabliſts, highly Skill'd in the eſtimable Art of Puzzling, having an extraordinary Faculty of Metamorphiſing M a into Cuckoes, whales, Bears, Bulls, or Dragons, &c. and are great Abh [...] rers of that Monſtrous Prodigallity, Topknots: will be Sold for little or nothing.

3.

A Brawny Fat Poet, very nimble of Tongue, quick of Apprehenſion, High ſlown in Tragedy, and a moſt Dexterous Fellow at a Bartholomew-pair Droll; but being under the Diſtemper of a C [...]s Apetitus, will be Sold ſo much the Cheaper.

4.

A Gentleman of a VVeak Stomach, and of Daniſh Complexion, Profoundly Read in all Arts and Sciences, having a curious Method of Epitomizing; being the Author of a [...] Hundred Bound Books, c [...]mmo [...]ly diſplay'd, upon the Railes in Moor Fields, where they may be Read at any hour in the day, for your further Inſtruction of his Genius [...] ſides, Nature having beſtow'd her Secret Bleſſings very plentifully upon him, makes him Covet to be Sold to ſome Rich Widdow, who if [...]e pleaſe to Lay out her Mony upon ſuch a Commodity, may be furniſhed upon a good Conſideration.

5.

Two of the Athenian Reſpondents, having broke their Brains, in ſtudying to Anſwer, which is the upper part of the Globe, are willing to be Sold to the Book-Sellers in Pye-Corner, to Regain the Loſt Credit of the Antient and Renowned Art of Ballad Making.

6.

An Illaborate News-Monger, well Read in the Gazette, and in Feltham's Obſervation on the Low Countries, being now Servant in Ordinary to the Sham Maſter General, and Chief Leader of the Lying pamphleteers, is now ready to Reſign his Commiſſion, and will be Sold to any other Printer that has furthor Occaſion.

7.

Mr. Multum in Parvo, A Gentleman of Low Stature, but of High Learning, whoſe Guts lying too near his Brains, by reaſon of his Deformity, are apt to throw up Excrementitious Vapours into the tranſparent Current of Conception, that his Good Thoughts can ſeldom [...] ſeen for his Ill Managements but for this Fault we ſhall make Abatement; He will be Sold by the Pound, that we may have a Price according to his; Bulk.

If we find theſe go off well, our next Auction ſhall furniſh you with more Variety.

FINIS.

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LONDON: Printed for J. Harlow, 1691.

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An out-cry of poets; or, a catalogue of wits to be sold by inch of can.dle [sic], or otherways The sale begining next Tuesday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about nine of the clock in the morning, and will last till seven at night.

Ouldman, Thomas.

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1691

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2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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A53563

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Wing O596

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ESTC R216602

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99828328

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99828328

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32755

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— An out-cry of poets; or, a catalogue of wits to be sold by inch of can.dle [sic], or otherways The sale begining next Tuesday in the Piazza in Covent Garden, about nine of the clock in the morning, and will last till seven at night., Ouldman, Thomas..

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printed for J. Harlow,. London :: 1691.. (Attributed to Thomas Ouldman by Wing.) (Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.)

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