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  The life and death of Mother Shipton being not only a true account of her strange birth and most important passages of her life, but also all her prophesies, now newly collected and historically experienced from the time of her birth, in the reign of King Henry the Seventh until this present year 1667, containing the most important passages of state during the reign of these kings and queens of England ... : strangely preserved amongst other writings belonging to an old monastary in York-shire, and now published for the information of posterity.
  Date of publication:
  1677
  

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  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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  Illustrated t.p. Signed on p. [4]: R. Head. Mother Shipton, reputed prophetess, is in all likelihood a wholly mythical personage, and the work an "imaginary biography". Cf. DNB. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  The western wonder, or, O Brazeel, an inchanted island discovered with a relation of two ship-wracks in a dreadful sea-storm in that discovery : to which is added, a description of a place, called, Montecapernia, relating the nature of the people, their qualities, humours, fashions, religions, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1674
  

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  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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  Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library. Attributed to Richard Head. cf. NUC pre-1956. A satire on Ireland and Wales.
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  Proteus redivivus, or, The art of wheedling or insinuation obtain'd by general conversation and extracted from the several humours, inclinations, and passions of both sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation / collected and methodized by the author of the first part of the English rogue.
  Date of publication:
  1675
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  "The author's epistle" signed: R.H. [i.e. Richard Head]. Cf. BM. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  Jackson's recantation, or, The life & death of the notorious high-way-man, now hanging in chains at Hampstead delivered to a friend a little before execution : wherein is truly discovered the whole mystery of that wicked and fatal profession of padding on the road.
  Date of publication:
  1674
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  Postscript signed: Samuel Swiftnicks. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  The miss display'd, with all her wheedling arts and circumventions in which historical narration are detected, her selfish contrivances, modest pretences, and subtil stratagems / by the author of the first part of The English rogue.
  Date of publication:
  1675
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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  "The epistle to the reader" signed: R.H. Written by Richard Head. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in Harvard University Libraries.
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  Nugæ venales, or, Complaisant companion being new jests, domestick and forreign, bulls, rhodomontados, pleasant novels and miscellanies.
  Date of publication:
  1675
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  In ms. on fly leaf: "By Richard Head." Illustrated frontispiece. Imperfect: pages creased with print show-through and some loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
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  The floating island, or, A new discovery relating the strange adventure on a late voyage from Lambethana to Villa Franca, alias Ramallia, to the eastward of Terra del Templo, by three ships, viz. the Pay-naught, the Excuse, the Least-in-sight, under the conduct of Captain Robert Owe-much, describing the nature of the inhabitants, their religion, laws and customs / published by Franck Careless, one of the discoverers.
  Date of publication:
  1673
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  Pseudonyms of Richard Head: Franck Careless and Samuel Swiftnicks. Cf. BM. Attributed to Richard Head. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.). Place of publication from Wing. Reproduction of original in Library of Congress. "Mimic ...
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  The canting academy, or, The devils cabinet opened wherein is shewn the mysterious and villanous practices of that wicked crew, commonly known by the names of hectors, trapanners, gilts, &c. : to which is added a compleat canting-dictionary, both of old words, and such as are now most in use : with several new catches and songs, compos'd by the choisest wits of the age ...
  Date of publication:
  1673
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  Dedication signed: R. Head. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  The English rogue described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant Being a compleat discovery of the most eminent cheats of both sexes. Licensed, January 5. 1666.
  Date of publication:
  1668
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  By Richard Head, who signs the epistle to the reader. Running title reads: The English rogue: or, witty extravagant. Part I only of a work of fiction based upon the author's early life. Text continuous, in spite of the ...
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  The English rogue continued in the life of Meriton Latroon, and other extravangants comprehending the most eminent cheats of most trades professions. The second part. Licensed Feb. 22. 1669
  Date of publication:
  1680
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
  Description:
  By Richard Head. A work of fiction based upon his early life. Text is continuous despite pagination. Running title reads: The English rogue, and other extravagants. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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