The harlot's progress

Publication Date1753
Remainderbeing the life of the noted Moll Hackabout, in six hudibrastick canto's, Containing I. Her coming to Town in the York Waggon; and being betray'd by an old Bawd into the Arms of Colonel Ch-----s; with several comical Dialogues, &c. II. Her being kept by a Jew; with her Intrigues in his House. III. Her living in a Bawdy-House in Drury-Lane. A diverting List of the Decorations of her Lodging. Her being detected by Sir J---n G-----n, &c. IV. Her Usage at Tothil-Fields Bridewell; and the Humours of the Place. V. Her Sickness and Death. Dispute between two noted Quacks. Her last Will. VI. Burial. Characters of the principal Assistants at the Funeral Pomp, &c. Viii. A curious and entertaining Riddle, which Moll learned of the Jew, while in his Keeping, and which Colonel Ch-----s could: never answer to her Satisfaction. Wherein is prefix'd, never before printed, a most excellent ballad (sent from Scotland presently after the Burial of Col. Ch-s) intitl'd Satan's defeat; or Jack Presbyter triumphant
Extent80p.,plate
LocationLondon
Publisherprinted for J. Dourse, opposite Fountain Court, in the Strand

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