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Poems on Affairs of State

I.

[Volume I.] From the time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second.

II.

Vol. II. From The Reign of K. James the First, To this Present Year 1703.

III.

VOL. III. From the Year 1640. to the Year 1704.

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IV.

VOL. IV. From 1620. to this present Year 1707.

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POEMS ON State-Affairs.

The Oxfordshire NINE. April 1705.

A Health to the Northamptonshire SNEAKERS, 1705.

Jure Divino toss'd in a Blanket:

Victory upon Victory:

Horace, Lib III. Ode III. Imitated.

The Comparison, 1705.

On the K. of Sp---'s Present to the D. of M.

On the Lords and Commons Vote concerning the Danger of the Church, 1705.

Suppos'd to be writ by a Dignify'd Clergyman.

A Declaration without Doors, 1705.

On the Duke of B---'s House. Sic siti lætantur Lares.

The doleful Complaint of Sir H. M. on the Loss of his Election at Oxford, 1705.

An ODE on the D. of Marlborough, 1706.

The Seven Wise Men.

An Allusion to the Bishop of Cambray's Supplement of Homer, 1706.

An Elegy on the burning of the Church Memorial, 1705.

Fire and Faggot, or the City Bon-Fire.

Mully of Mountown.

A Letter to Mareschal Tallard.

An ODE occasion'd by the Battel of Ramellies.

The Benefits of a Theatre.

The Jubilee Necklace; or a Present from C. III. to the D. of M. a Satyr.

Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Mountfort at the Theater Royal in Drury Lane, 1705.

A Dialogue between Pasquin and Morforio,

The Nine K---s.

The Prophecy, 1703.

The Country Parson's Advice to those little Scriblers, who pretend to write better Sense than Great Secretaries: Or, Mr. Stephens's Triumph over the Pillory, 1706.

A New Prologue spoken at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, on Saturday, July the 8th, 1704. in Praise of the Wells.

Upon the first fit of the Gout.

Upon Dr. B's Suit to the E. of N. for a Bishoprick.

The Address, 1704.

To his Grace the Duke of Marlborough on his late Successes in Flanders, 1706.

Faction display'd, a Poem, 1704.

To the unknown Author of the incomparable Poem, Faction Display'd.

Faction Display'd.

Moderation Display'd, A Poem, 1705.

The French King's Lamentation for the Loss of the Occasional Bill, 1705.

On the Sea Fight between Sir G. R. and Tolouse, 1704.

A Song on the same.

On the Colours in Westminster-Hall, 1704.

The Down-Cast, 1705.

Sir S. G's Petition to the good People of Ag---sham.

The Lamentation of High-Church, 1704.

The Royal Gamesters, or the old Cards new shuffled for the Conquering Game.

Advice to a Painter, 1701.

On K. Charles's Voyage to Spain, 1704.

Britannia's Prayer for the Queen, 1706.

The Miseries of England, from the Growing Power of her Domestick Enemies, 1701.

The Rape of Lucrece.

VENUS and ADONIS

The first Anniversary of the Government under his Highness the Lord Protector

ΓΙΓΑΝΤΟΜΑΧΙΑ,

A POEM, occasion'd by the late Discontents and Disturbances in the State, 1691. With Reflections upon the Rise and Progress of Priest-Craft.

A pleasant Battel between two Lap-Dogs of the Utopian Court. Or a Dialogue between Sleep and Awake, Jest and Earnest, Reality and Fancy: Being fought upon the new erected Dog-Pit, lately contriv'd purposely upon this Occasion as aforesaid in the Anti-Chamber of the said Court, where it was fought with great Applause, Satisfaction and Content of the Company there present: But by reason of the Author's Drowzy Disposition, being late at Night, and he inclin'd to sleep, he would crave your favourable Censure of this his Pains, and judg of them as you find occasion. Printed in 1681.

Marvel's Ghost: Being a true Copy of a Letter sent to the A. Bp. of Cant. upon his sudden Sickness, at the Prince of Orange's first Arrival into London, 1688/9.

A Congratulatory Poem to the Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, upon his Promotion to the Arch-Episcopal See of Canterbury, 1691.

The Earth-quake of Jamaica, describ'd in a Pindarick Poem, 1692.

Midsummer-Moon: or the Livery-Man's Complaint, 1682.

A SATYR against Brandy.

A Pindarick Ode, occasioned by the Death of the late Lord Chief Justice Treby, 1701.

The Triumph of Peace.

To my Lord Chancellor Hyde. Presented on New-Years-Day, 1662.

Upon the stately Structure of Bow-Church and Steeple, Burnt Ann. 1666. Rebuilt 1679.

A Paradox against Liberty.

A DIALOGUE between the Dutchess of Clevel--- and the Dutchess of Portsmouth, at their Meeting in Paris. With the Ghost of Jane Shore.

A Satyr against Persecution, 1682.

An Elegy on his Excellency Lieutenant-General Talmash, 1694.

Greenwich-Hill.

Prince Butler's Tale: Representing the State of the Wool-Case, or the East-India Case truly stated, 1691.

Grace before Meat at a Christning.

Grace after Meat.

The Dog in the Wheel.

On the Death of Serjeant Darnell, 1706.

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A Collection of some Satyrical Prints, publish'd beyond Sea, relating to the Affairs of Europe, since the French King plac'd his Grandson on the Throne of Spain. With their Explanations in English.

[When Anjou stept into the Spanish Throne]

[The Conquests Anna by her Chiefs has won]

[Hast thou surpriz'd me, Britain! I defy]

[The Sun, and that's my Crime I'm told]

[What shall we do, dear Maintenon? my Son]

[Ye Heers and Hogans all, We greet you well!]

[In vain the French before Turin prepare]

[The Royal Almanack]

A New Dialogue between Joseph the Just, and Lewis the False.

[My Husband me, and I my Court have left]

[When Anjou by Ruvigny was compel'd]

[This Paper-King, who knows his Right]

The Tunbridge Prodigy.

To the Author of The Tunbridge Prodigy.

On the French Subjects.

On the Duke of Marlborough.

The Royal Ramble, 1697.

On his Grace the Duke of Marlborough Going for Holland, March 1707. In Imitation of the third Ode of the first Book of Horace.

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A Match, between the keen Rasor, and the dull Ax,

1683.

Occasioned by the death of the Lord Russel and the E. of Essex.

[I.]

Ten Pounds to a Crown, (who will make the match)
On Bomini's head, against Squire Catch;
Whose Instrument shall make most quick dispatch.
The Noble Rasor, or the Ax
In Bulk, (perhaps) not Virtue, lacks;
Which, by rare slight of hand, can do
More at one stroke, than that at two:
So Gems are precious, which unite
In little Orbs, great Rays of Light:
More subtle than th'Inchanted Sword,
Which slew twice o'er
The Knight, once slain before;
For thou cou'dst kill,
Against thy will,
And his, and ours, a Noble Lord.

II.

Dead doing Tool! surely just Fate
Will dub thee now the Ax of State;
If first the grateful Heav'ns shall not Translate
The thither, to maintain
The Regiment of C--- his VVain.
But gentle Muse, I pray thee tell,
What made that Hack, this Shave so well:
And why the dapper Monsieur can
Out-do the heavy Englishman?

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Did the old Ax, on that great day,
It went away
To Rome, to be Enshrin'd,
Steal all the Steel; and only Iron leave behind?
Or did the Hone
Sharpen the Rasor, to the Ax give none?

III.

VVou'd you this Riddle understand;
Distinguish 'twixt the Butcher's clumsy Hand,
And the invisible Command,
Divines allow, the unseen Powers
May wonders work; and why not ours,
VVhether on Scaffolds, or in Towers?
All you, whose Lot
It once may be to go to Pot,
VVhen e'er the State shall hit your Blot;
And you whose Heads by sullen Fates
Are doom'd to fall at these hard rates:
Pray use your Barbers cheaper Art,
And let your bungling Butchers bear no Part.
Now, for a curious Youth to cut your Throats,
VVho (on occasion fine, and neat)
VVill do the clever Feat;
Let trusty Monsieur preingage your ready Votes.