![A dialogue between Tom and Dick, over a dish of coffee, concerning matters of religion and government ([London], n.p., 1680), [2], 14, 17–35, [1]pp.; 4°. BL: E.2090.(2). ESTCR27858](https://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/crclarge/978131509/9781315094649.jpg "A dialogue between Tom and Dick, over a dish of coffee, concerning matters of religion and government ([London], n.p., 1680), [2], 14, 17–35, [1]pp.; 4°. BL: E.2090.(2). ESTCR27858")
ABSTRACT
A prose dialogue between two citizens discussing political events in the form of a parody of Roger L’Estrange’s Citt and Bumpkin, published the previous month. It presents itself as an ironic dramatic dialogue, and is arguably readable as an example of coffee-house conversation, albeit couched in a satire. In this estimation, such coffee-house discussions are colloquial yet informed; based on covert intelligence but speculative and inquiring; conspiratorial yet revelatory; knowledgeable yet vulgar.
