"Mercurius Melancholius" was a pseudonym used by a number of Royalist writers including martin Parker and John Crouch. --ESTC

A variant edition has uncorrected spelling of "weeek" in title.

Signatures: Áþ.

Title page vignette; headpiece.

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II, 677

English short title catalogue, R14014

Boston Public Library. Barton Catalogue, Misc., p. 377

Cataloged 20171012 gangulo

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy inscribed on title page in lower margin: "1536." In lower margin of A4 verso: "W55 ap 189."

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the sixth of eleven items bound together into a single volume titled Dramatick satires. This volume contains: 1. A new play called Canterburie his change of diot (ESTC R17847) -- 2. Canterburies amazement, or, The ghost of the yong fellow Thomas Bensted who was drawne, hangd, and quartered by the meanes of the Bishop of Canterburie (ESTC R7838) -- 3. The devill, and the parliament, or the parliament and the Devill: a contestation between them for the precedencie (ESTC R7780) -- 4. Mrs. Parliament, her invitation of Mrs. London, to a thanksgiving dinner (ESTC R14149) -- 5. Mistris Parliament brought to bed of a monstrous childe of reformation (ESTC R14013) -- 6. Mistris Parliament presented in her bed after the sore travaile and hard labour which she endured last week, in the birth of her monstrous off-spring, the childe of deformation (ESTC R14014) -- 7. The second part of Crafty Crumwell, or, Oliver in his glory as king (ESTC R10370) -- 8. A tragi-comedy, called New-Market-Fayre, or A Parliament out-cry (ESTC R219725) -- 9. The second part of the tragi-comedy, called New-Market-fayre, or, Mrs. Parliaments new figaryes, written by the man in the moon (ESTC R204705) -- 10. Phanatick play. The first part (ESTC R207965) -- 11. Lamberts last game plaid, set out in a mock-comedy, betwixt John Lambert, Esq. Col. Cobbet. (ESTC R208596). Each item cataloged separately.