Sighs for the Pitchers: Breathed out in a Personal Contribution to the National Humiliation the last of May, 1666

[London]: np, 1666. First edition. [2], 50 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century calf by Riviere, first 4 pages repaired at the inner margin affecting text on title-page. First edition. [2], 50 pp. 8vo. A fine example of Wither's political writing, this is a sequel to his 1664 Tuba-pacifica, warning against Anglo-Dutch hostilities. With the advent of the Second Anglo-Dutch war, he took up the cause again - speciically in the wake of the Four Day's Battle in May 1666, one of the longest naval battles in history that resulted in the loss of ten English ships. Wing W 3190. Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron; Robert S. Pirie