Mercurius matrimonialis: or, Chapmen for the ladies lately offered to sale by way of auction Procured by one of their own sex. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B26773 of text R217789 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B26773 Wing M1766A 99829432

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 eng Marriage -- Early works to 1800. eebo Mercurius matrimonialis: or, Chapmen for the ladies lately offered to sale by way of auction : Procured by one of their own sex. n/a 1691 1 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-06 Sampled and proofread 2014-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Mercurius Matrimonialis : OR , CHAPMEN for the LADIES Lately Offered to Sale by Way of AUCTION . Procured by one of their own Sex . 1 A Country Gentleman , who has a very delicate Seat between 20 and 30 Miles off London , and a very considerable Estate , a very Proper Comely Person , but not very Witty . 2 A Linnen Draper near the Stocks Market , a very handsome Genteel Man 3 A Miliner on the Royal Exchange , much admired for his Handsomness and Gentility . 4 A Clergy-man near Exeter , but now in Town , a pretty Black Man , a very good Scholar , proposes for a Joynture 200 l. per Ann. in Free-land . 5 A Bookseller near the Exchange , a very Sober Man , a Man of a Good Trade , besides some Estate . 6 A Linnen Drapers Son in Cornhill , a very pretty genteel Man , his Father a Man of a very good Estate . 7 A Goldsmith behind the Exchange , so , so . 8 A Miliner in Cheapside , near the End of Breadstreet , very genteel , but no Conjurer . 9 For the Brewers Daughter , a Lace-man in Pater-noster Row , who loves the smell of Malt and good Ale , of good heighth and Stature , and Stomach answerable . 10 A Coffee-man , well lin'd with Broad Peices of Gold , and has a good Trade , a Widdower , wants a Bar-keeper . 11 A lusty , stout proportion'd Man , had a good Estate before the Fire , and is still fit for Womans Service . 12 A Booksellers Son in Pauls Church-yard , an extream Genteel Man , and of the same Kidney as the Mercer in Covent Garden . 13 A Commission Officer , full of Courage , brim full of Honour , a well proportion'd Man , and very beautiful , and yet wants Money . 14 An Apothecary near Bread-street Hill , a very genteel Man , a Widdower . 15 A Young Gentleman now learning to Dance , wants a Wife to guide him , his Estate 150 l. per Ann. 16 A Haberdasher's Son in Cheapside , makes a great Figure in the World , his Education good , only wants a Wife , or Place . 17 A diminutive Bookseller , very difficult in his Choice , 5000 l. proves a Temptation to him . 18 A Mercer upon Ludgate-Hill , kin to a good Estate , his Trade indifferent . 19 A Young Merchant , whose Estate lyes on the Carriby Islands , if his Cargo misses the French Fleet , he makes a good Joynture . 20 An Ancient Gentleman now purchasing an Estate , wants a rich a Wife to stand by him . 21 A Goldsmith near the Royal Exchange , a Widdower , of a very considerable Estate , besides a great Trade , will make a good Joynture , and perhaps keep a Coach , he 's a very brisk Man .

These with several more will bid fair upon the Day of Sale , in Case the Ladies prove clear Limb'd , and Members entire upon due Examination .