London Spy in London, Middlesex

A Night of Music and Merriment in Inferious Liquors

A narrator describes a boisterous evening at Inferious Liquors with wine, drums, fiddlers, and a two part ballad sung for a mixed audience. The report mocks the performers with sharp wit, comparing songs to cat-catch tunes and criticizing the instruments and dancers as chaotic and discordant. The scene shifts to theatrical mimicry of a street robbery as performers entertain, ending with a vivid description of a large, voluptuous woman and her rounded hips observed in the crowd.