The Catholick gamesters, or, A dubble match of bowleing [graphic] : with an account of a sharp conference held on the eve of St. Jago, between His Holiness and the Mahometan dons in St. Katherines Bastile ... : to the tune of The plot in the meal-tub; or, Tan-ta-ra-ra-ra, make shift / (published by a by-stander, to prevent false reports).
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The Catholick gamesters, or, A dubble match of bowleing [graphic] : with an account of a sharp conference held on the eve of St. Jago, between His Holiness and the Mahometan dons in St. Katherines Bastile ... : to the tune of The plot in the meal-tub; or, Tan-ta-ra-ra-ra, make shift / (published by a by-stander, to prevent false reports).
Created/published
[London] : Printed at the half-way house that stood betwixt Bothwel-Bridge and Holy Rood-House [i.e. for William Marshall in London], February 14, 1680.
Description
1 print : engraving, with text in letterpress ; engraved area 307 x 371 mm, on sheet 553 x 371 mm
Associated name
Marshall, William, active 1676-1725, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Top half of broadside is engraved plate with nine scenes. In the top left-hand corner, Charles II seated on the throne within a walled enclosure surrounded by Protestant peers and members of parliament; in an opening at the bottom right of the enclosure lies the body of Edmund Berry Godfrey, to which a man with a lantern draws the attention of three "Popish Misses" (unidentified). In the centre at the top stands a group of men labelled "The Kings Evidence" consisting of Oates, Tonge (both in clerical robes), Bedloe, Kirby, Everard, Dugdale, Prance, Bolron, Mowbray, Dangerfield, Jenison and Smith. In the top right-hand corner is a view of London in flames and beneath that six Jesuits (Simons, Strange, Whitbread, Kemish, Blundell, Harcourt (i.e. Barrow)) with fire bombs and torches. In the lower right-hand corner, the Pope and the Devil encourage a group of Catholic peers playing at skittles (Belasyse, Stafford, Aston, Arundell, Petre, Powis) foremost among whom is Lord Belasyse whose bowl veers diagonally across the print to strike Godfrey; Lord Danbysis (Danby), standing in the centre, indicates the target; further to the left, stands the group accused of Godfrey's murder (Green, Berry, Hill, Gerald, Kelly) and in the lower left-hand corner are shown their executions.
Note
Title from item.
"Published by a by-stander, to prevent false reports" in title is in square brackets.
Bottom half is letterpress verse in four columns. First line: Who likes to read, may judg what's coming on us.
False imprint; place of publication and publisher from Wing.
"Published by a by-stander, to prevent false reports" in title is in square brackets.
Bottom half is letterpress verse in four columns. First line: Who likes to read, may judg what's coming on us.
False imprint; place of publication and publisher from Wing.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1985. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1611:26).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1986. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 1683:7).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1986. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 1683:7).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004. Voices for Tolerance in an Age of Persecution (catalog entry 103)
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R37537
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C1493A
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum (1870-1954) (George) 1077
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C1493A
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum (1870-1954) (George) 1077
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 249- 540 (size L)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
ART 249- 540 (size L)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed to printed area; losses (repaired) along fold lines; "James Da[cres?]" on verso
Folger accession
249540