Fortunes Tennis-ball, or, A proviso for all those that are elevated to take heed of falling for fortune spights more the mightie then the poore, according to the poet microform

Format
Book, Microform
Language
English
Published/​Created
[S.l. : s.n.] 1640.
Description
[2], 6 p.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E.160, no. 5. [More in this series]
Notes
  • In verse.
  • Illustrated t.p.
  • Contains an attack upon William Laud, Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
  • Reel 253:E.160, no. 5.
  • "A warning to all that are nurses of pride, for justice is knowne to the eagle-ey'd ; those that will climb must look to have a fall, for fortune will pat down her tennis-ball an let no man frown, for ile have all have known it, this wicked age must have a biting poet."
  • Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1967. 1 microfilm reel : 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E.160, no. 5)
Other title(s)
  • Fortunes Tennis-ball.
  • A proviso for all those that are elevated to take heed of falling.
OCLC
12758489
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