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Poems on Affairs of State

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I.

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

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1.

[The First Part.]

A Panegyrick on O. Cromwell, and his Victories.

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Three POEMS on the Death of the late Protector, Oliver Cromwell.

Heroick Stanza's, on the late Usurper Oliver Cromwell:

To the happy Memory of the late Usurper. Oliver Cromwell.

Upon the late Storm, and Death of the late Usurper Oliver Cromwell ensuing the same,

Directions to a Painter.

Directions to a Painter.

Direstions to a Painter.

Directions to a Painter.

The last Instructions to a Painter, About the Dutch Wars 1667.

The Loyal Scot.

Britannia and Raleigh.

Advice to a Painter,

Nostradamus's Prophecy.

Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Ghost.

An Historical Poem by A Marvell Esq;.

Hodges Vision, from the Monument.

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A Dialogue Between two Horses.

The Introduction.

On the Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman, presenting the late King and Duke of York each with a Copy of their Freedoms,

On Blood's Stealing the Crown.

Farther Instructions to a Painter,

Oceana. & Britannia.

On his Excellent Friend Mr. Anth. Marvell,

An Epitaph on the Lord Fairfax.

An Essay upon the Earl of Shaftsbury's Death.

A Satyr in Answer to a Friend.

A Character of the English.

Cullen with his Flock of Misses,

Sir Tho. Armstrong's Ghost.

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The Royal Game:

The Dream of the Caball:

On the Three Dukes killing the Beadle on Sunday Morning, Febr. the 26th, 1670–1.

The History of Insipids;

ROCHESTER's Farewell, 1680.

Marvil's Ghost.

The true Englishman,

On the Young Statesmen.

Portsmouth's Looking-Glass.

The Impartial Trimmer.

Brajazet to Gloriana,

On King CHARLES, by the Earl of Rochester,

Cato's Answer to Libanius,

The Lord Lucas's Ghost, 1687.

The Brazen Head.

Upon the Execrable Murther of the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Essex.

An Essay upon Satyr

Upon an undeserving and ungratefull Mistress, whom he could not help loving.

A Satyr on the modern Translators.

The Parliament House to be Lett,

Advice to Apollo,

The Duel of the Crabs

Instructions to his Mistress how to behave her self at Supper with her Husband,

The Session of the Poets,

On the Prince's going to England, with an Army to Restore the Government,

On his Royall Highness's Voyage beyond Sea.

A New Song of the Times.

The Battle-Royall:

An Epitaph upon Felton, who was hanged in Chains for Murdering the Old Duke of Buckingham

An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death; called the Storm

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2.

The Second Part. Written during the Reign of K. James the II. against Popery and Slavery, and his Arbitrary Proceedings.

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Miscellany POEMS, &c.

The Man of HONOUR.

The Man of no Honour.

The humble Address of your Majesty's Poet Laureat, and others your Catholick and Protestant dissenting Rhymers, with the rest of the Fraternity of Minor Poets, Inferiour Versifiers and Sonnetteers of Your Majesty's Ancient Corporation of Parnassus.

The Vision of Toleration.

On the Bishops Confinement.

The Last Will and Testament of Father Peters.

The Pope's WISH.

The Protestant Litany.

Advice to the Prince of Orange, and the Packet-Boat returned.

The Hieroglyphick.

To the ten Dispensing Judges.

Religious Relicks:

Private Occurrences:

A Stanza lately put upon Tyburn.

Harry Care's last Will and Testament.

A new Catch in praise of the Reverend Bishops.

A New Song of the Mayor being tossed in a Blanket, in the North.

To the Haters of Popery,

Protestantism Reviv'd:

A View of the Religion of the Town: or a Sunday Mornings Ramble.

The Papists Exaltation, on His Highness the Prince of Orange, His Arrival in London.

The Explanation.

A New Song on the Prince and Princess of Orange.

Tyrconnel's distracted Readings upon his Irish Forces in England.

A New Litany for the Holy Time of LENT.

The States-Man's Almanack:

The State-Holder:

An Epistle to Mr. Dryden.

A Sale of Old State Houshold-Stuff.

The Paradox on the Confinement of the Lords.

Over the Lord D***rs Door.

Over the Lord S---s Door.

To the Speaking-Head.

A Dialogue between a Loyal Addressor, and a Blunt Whiggish Clown.

A new Song of the misfortunes of an Old Whore and her Brats.

A new Song of an Orange.

A New Song on the Calling of a Feee Parliament,

The Second part of Lilli—li burlero Bullen a-la.

The Chancellour turn'd Tarpaulin.

Stafford's Ghost,

On the D---ss of P---th's Picture,

Essay written over his Door upon an Institution and Induction.

A Heroick Scene.

The True Way to Honour.

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

A New Litany in the Year, 1684.

The Fable of the Pot and Kettle,

Epitaph on Harry Care.

A New Way to Honour.

A Lenten Prologue refus'd by the Players,

Dangerfield's Ghost to J---

The Troop at Beaconsfield and their March.

A true and full Account of a late Conference between the wonderful Speaking-Head and Father Pulton,

A new Address to Mr. Bays, on his late Conversion to the Church of Rome.

A Short Letany.

Popish Politicks Unmaskt.

On Easter-day 87. this was found fixed on the King's Chappel Door.

Vpon K. J. Pistolling a Mastiff Dog at Banbury, in his last Progress.

To the Observator.

Old Gammer Cook.

The Drinking Song.

A Dialogue between Father Petre and the Devil.

The Metamorphosis.

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Cæsar's Ghost.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

6.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

The Fourth Satyr of Boileau to W. K.

A Cawdle for a Sick Jesuit.

A Congratulatory Poem on his Highness the Prince of Orange, his coming into England.

A Congratulatory Poem to the most Illustrious Queen Mary, upon her Arrival in England.

Ode on the Anniversary of the King's Birth.

An Ode on the Queens Birth-Day, Sang before their Majesties at Whitehal.

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The SCAMPERERS.

An Excellent new Ballad, call'd, the Prince of Darkness;

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II.

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

THE FOREIGNERS.

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The True-born Englishman:

The Introduction.

I.

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II.

His Fine Speech, &c.

The Conclusion.

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ÆSOP at Tunbridge;

I.

Fab. I. Fair Warning.

II.

Fab. II. The Cock and Pearl.

III.

Fab. III. Of the Horse and the Ass.

IV.

Fab. IV. Of the Iudgment of the Ape.

V.

Fab. V. Of the Horse and Man.

VI.

Fab. VI. The Bargain.

VII.

Fab. VII. The Frogs Concern.

VIII.

Fab. VIII. Of a Man and his Ass.

IX.

Fab. IX. Of a Wolf.

X.

Fab. X. The Plaintiff and Defendant.

XI.

Fab. XI. Of the Pigeons.

XII.

Fab. XII. The Farmer and the Hare.

XIII.

Fab. XIII. Poetry its Cure.

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Several other Fables on State-Affairs.

I.

Fab. I. The Fox and the Poultry.

II.

Fab. II. The Poor Man and the Devil.

III.

Fab. III. The Farmer and the Badger.

IV.

Fab. IV. The Ravens and Crows.

V.

Fab. V. The Summons.

VI.

Fab. VI. The Interview.

VII.

Fab. VII. The Frogs Concern.

VIII.

Fab. VIII. The Lion and Fox.

IX.

Fab. IX. The Weesil, Rats and Mice.

X.

Fab. X. Lubberland.

XI.

Fab. XI. The Hawk and Birds.

XII.

Fab. XII. The Asylum.

XIII.

Fab. XIII. Of the other Members conspiring against the Belly.

XIV.

Fab. XIV. The Fable of the Spunge.

XV.

Fab. XV. Esop sent to Bedlam.

XVI.

Fab. XVI. The Priest and Pears.

XVII.

Fab. XVII. The Owl and the Bat.

XVIII.

Fab. XVIII. The Sharpers and Cullies.

XIX.

Fab. XIX. The Wolf and Dog.

XX.

Fab. XX. Of the Apple and the Horse-Turd.

XXI.

Fab. XXI. The Pump.

XXII.

Fab. XXII. Of the Bear and the Bees.

XXIII.

Fab. XXIII. The Devil and the Priest.

XXIV.

Fab. XXIV. The Courtier.

XXV.

Fab. XXV. The Pilgrims.

XXVI.

Fab. XXVI. The Confederacy.

XXVII.

Fab. XXVII. The Lions Treaty of Partition.

XXVIII.

Fab. XXVIII. The Blind Woman and her Doctors.

XXIX.

Fab. XXIX. The Satyrs Address.

XXX.

Fab. XXX. The Farmer and his Dog.

A Copy of Verses written in the Year 1623.

Another Copy of Verses by the same Author, written in 1628.

A Panegyrick upon Oates.

[In Parem imperium habet Par]

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The last Will and Testament of Anthony K. of Poland.

Epitaph upon his Bowels.

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Rochester's Ghost addressing it self to the Secretary of the Muses.

A Consolatory Epistle to Julian in his Confinement.

A Satyr upon the Poets, being a Translation out of the 7th Satyr of Juvenal.

Letter to C---W.

The Female Laureat.

Advice to the Painter,

The Lover's Session.

Doctor Wild's Ghost, on his Majesty's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience.

The Renegado Poet.

The Tribe of Levi.

Some Verses sent by a Friend to one who twice ventur'd his Carcase in Marriage.

The Encouragement

[In all Humility we crave]

A Satyr by the Lord Rochester, which King Charles took out of his Pocket.

An Epitaph upon a Stumbling-Horse.

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Ad Populum Phaleræ:

I.

II.

A Satyr written when the K--- went to Flanders, and left nine Lords Justices.

A Prophecy which hath been in a Manuscript in the Lord Powis's Family above sixty Years.

An Epitaph upon the E. of Ro---ster's being dismist from the Treasury in 1687,

King James to himself,

On the Duke of Bucks,

Prologue for Sir John Falstaff, rising slowly to soft Musick.

To the Lords assembled in Council; The Petition of Tho. Brown.

To Mr. Dryden, upon his declaring himself a Roman Catholick.

Upon Mr. Neal's projecting new Taxes.

Doctor Hannes Dissected, in a Familiar Epistle, by way of Nosce Teipsum.

A Poem on the Death of his Highness the Duke of Gloucester.

A Description of Mr. Dryden's Funeral.

A Melancholy Theme on a dismal Disaster, In a Grubstreet Poem, by Grubstreet Poetaster.

A Comparison betwixt Lewis XIV. and Prince Eugene.

An Epitaph on the Late King of Spain.

On Squire Neal's Projects.

On some Votes against the Lord S.

The Confederates:

A Dialogue between Poet Motteux and Patron Henningham.

A Letter from J. P. to Colonel H. occasion'd by the Colonel's two late Letters.

A Satyr upon the French King.

On Madam Mohun and Mr. Congreve's Sickness.

Engrav'd on a Medal of the French King's.

A Song on the Taxes,

Regulus's Death by Carthage two VVays.

To King WILLIAM.

Martial. Lib 1. Epig. 58.

Cure for Green Sickness,

Found on the Church-Door at Whitehall, January 30. 1696.

Epitaph on King WILLIAM,

On the Lord Lovelace's coming to Oxford from Glocester Gaol in Decem. 1688.

On the Divorces by Parliament,

Some Verses found in the Ruins of the Privy Garden, which were carried to the Gentleman Usher, written in a Scroll of Parchment.

The Life and Actions of that Valiant Hero Robert Blake Esq;

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THE Mock Mourners.

On the Descent of the Germans from the Alps to Verona, and their Ascent from the Aqueduct into Cremona.

A Prologue design'd for Tamerlane, but never spoke.

To the French King.

On King William.

The Ghost of K. C*****ll.

On Sir John Fenwick.

An Allusion to the 7th Epode of Horace,

The House of NASSAU.

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Reformation of Manners,

I.

II.

The Play-House:

The British Muse:

On the Promoted Bishops.

A Ballad on the Confederates;

Answer to the Prophecy, As when the Knight, &c.

On the Exchequer Bills.

A Ballad on the Poll-Act.

On the Earl of Castlemain's Embassy to Rome in King James II. Reign.

On King William's Statue at Dublin in Memory of the Victory at the Boyne, July 1st, 1690.

On the Countess of Dor******r Mistress to King J***** II.

A Psalm sung the 30th of January, 1696. At the C****s* H***d Club.

An Answer to a Jacobite Panegyrick upon Sorrel.

On the Expedition to Cales under the D. of Ormond.

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Several Copys of Verses on her Majesty's and the Prince's going to Oxford.

To the QUEEN at Her coming to Christ-Church.

To the PRINCE, at his coming to Christ-Church.

To the QUEEN at Supper.

To the QUEEN going to Bed.

On the Duke of Ormond's Success at Vigo,

On the Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 12. 1702. for the Success of her Majesty and her Allies by Sea and Land.

On the Recovery of his Royal Highness the Prince, Lord High Admiral of England.

On the French Protestants extolling their Prince, notwithstanding his forcing them to abandon their Native Country.

On her Majesty's Birth-day, Feb. 6. 1702.

The Golden Age Restor'd.

The Fourth Pastoral of Virgil,

Advice to a Painter,

An Answer to the Earl of Rochester's Satyr against Man.

The Golden Age Revers'd.

The Golden Age, from the Fourth Eclog of Virgil, &c.

A Poem, in defence of the Church of England;

Quintus Arbelius to Charles Lord H---.

On King William the III.

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III.

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

Satire upon Romish Confessors.

The Robber robb'd.

ODE. In Answer to the former.

A Preparative to Study:

A Dialogue between two Zealots, upon the Et cætera in the Oath.

Smectymnuus, or the Club-Divines.

Epitaph on the Earl of Strafford.

On the Death of K. Charles the First.

A Lenten Litany.

Satire on the Scots.

Satire upon the Dutch.

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Vox & Lachrymæ Anglorum.

To the Parliament.

Vox & Lachrymæ Anglorum.

Upon the Proroguing of the Parliament; or, The Club of Unanimous Voters.

A New Ballad, call'd, The Chequer-Inn.

On King Charles the First's Statue.

A Ballad, call'd, The Hay-market Hectors.

A new Ballad, to an old Tune, call'd, I am the Duke of Norfolk, &c.

The Queen's Ball.

The D. of B's Litany.

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Controversial Letters between a suppos'd Atheist, and J. D. Minister of --- in Surrey.

The Fourth LETTER.

The Fifth LETTER.

On the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Orange.

The Lord Chancellor's Speech to the Parliament.

Satire on old Rowley.

D***by's Farewel.

To be written under the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

To the Tune of Joan Sanderson:

A Letter from the Duke of M---th to the King.

The King's Answer.

The Ghost of honest Tom Ross, to his Pupil the Duke of M***mouth.

A Poem on the Bishops throwing out the Bill of Exclusion.

A Familiar Epistle to Mr. Julian, Secretary to the Muses.

The Statesman's Almanack.

The Dissolution.

An Ironical Encomium on the unparallel'd Proceedings of the Incomparable Couple of Whiggish Walloons.

The Assembly of the Moderate Divines.

On Wi. Williams.

On my Lord Lin******n's Brother turning Roman Catholick.

On Sir Will. Jones, an Epitaph.

On the E. of D***by's Impeachment by the House of Commons, 1678.

Truth brought to Light:

Justice in Masquerade:

The Pope's Advice and Benediction to his Judg and Jury in Eutopia.

The Wolf-Justice.

A Caution to King Charles the Second from Forty One.

England's Court-Strumpets.

On the Monument upon Fish-street Hill.

A Westminster Wedding:

A Bill on the House of Commons Door, April the 15th, 1680.

The Respondent:

Elegy on Coleman.

News from Westminster.

The Downfal of the French Bitch, England's Metropolitan Strumpet, The three Nation's Grievance, The pickled pocky Whore, Rowley's Dalilah; all in a word, The damn'd dirty Dutchess.

The Obscure Prince,

Upon the Dispute in the Choice of Sheriffs, this Paper following was spread abroad, directed to the Worthy Citizens of London.

On Dr. Stil****fleet Dean of St. Paul's.

An Advertisement to a Protestant Grand-Jury.

Utrum horum mavis accipe.

The City's Advice to the King.

On Mun Doyly and Fleet Shepherd, Esquires.

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A Stanza put on Westminster-Hall-Gate.

Enter Oliver's Porter, Fidler and Poet in Bedlam.

A Farewel to the Church of England.

To the Haters of Popery, by what Names or Titles soever dignify'd or distinguish'd.

To make a Catholick Pudding.

An Irish Prophecy.

A new Song upon the Hogen-Mogen.

A new Song on the Calling of a Free Parliament, Jan. 15, 1688/9.

Packington's Pound.

A Congratulatory Poem to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange.

The Prince's Welcome to London.

A new Song of the French King's fear of an Orange.

Religious Relicks:

A new Protestant Litany.

The Hieroglyphick.

A Dialogue between Father Petre and the Devil.

The Rise and Fall of the Lord Chancellor.

A Letter to the Lord Chancellor.

Sir Thomas Jenner's Speech to his Wife and Children.

Popery pickled:

Tarquin and Tullia.

On the Promotion of Dr. T--- to the See of Ca---ry.

A Congratulatory Poem to King William, on his Return from Ireland, 1690, after the Battel of the Boyne.

The Pensioners.

Death and the Cobler:

Epitaphium in Vice-Comitem Dundee.

O Raree Show! O Pretty Show! Or, The City-Feast.

Answer to a Poem intitled, A Panegyrick, written in the Year 1691/2,

Upon a Medal, whereon two Names were interwoven.

P. of O's Atchievements in Flanders, in the Years 91 and 92.

On the Death of the Late Queen.

On the Death of the Queen.

The Weasel uncas'd, or the In and Outside of a Priest drawn to the Life.

England's late Jury.

A new Ballad, call'd, The Brawny Bishop's Complaint.

On the Death of the Queen and Marshal Luxemburgh.

On the Report of King James's sending a Plenipotentiary to the Treaty of Ryswick.

To the Earl of Portland, on his Embassy to France.

Upon the burning of White-hall, Jan. 4. 1697/8.

Another Version of the same.

A new Answer to an Argument against a Standing-Army.

On the Death of Mr. Dryden.

On the Death of the Duke of Glocester.

Dialogue between the Ghost of Capt. Kidd, and a Kid-napper.

A Congratulatory Poem to the Right Honourable Sir E. S. &c.

The Negative Prophecy, found under the Ruins of Whitehall.

Occasional Conformity.

A Consultation of the Bishops.

Prologue to the Musick-meeting in York-buildings.

Verses written last Summer at Althrop by the Lord Hallifax,

Upon the same Subject;

On the Duke of Savoy's declaring against France.

The Witchcraft.

Orpheus and Margarita.

The Austrian Eagle.

The Prologue, by way of Dialogue, between Heraclitus Ridens, the Observator, and his Country-man.

The Epilogue upon the Observator.

A Prologue sent to Mr. Row, to his new Play, call'd, The Fair Penitent.

Epilogue to the Ladies,

Spoken by the Genius of England.

Prologue spoken at Court before the Queen, on Her Majesty's Birth-day, 1703/4.

The History and Fall of the Conformity-Bill.

Lackworth's Lively Character.

The Old Man's Wish.

On the Countess of Dorch***er.

The Petition of the distress'd Merchants of London, to the Lord High Treasurer, against the Commissioners of the Customs.

The Way to Heaven in a String:

Tofts and Margarita.

The Rising Sun:

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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.

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Mully of Mountown.

I.

II.

III.

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.

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

1.

The First Game, 1702.

2.

The Second Game, 1703.

3.

The Third Game, 1704.

4.

The Fourth Game, 1705.

[5].

The Conquering Game, 1706.

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,

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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.

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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.

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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]

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[The Royal Almanack]

Aquarius, the Water-bearer.

Pisces, Fishes.

Aries, the Ram.

Taurus, the Bull.

Cancer, the Crab.

Virgo, the Maid.

Libra, the Ballance.

Scorpio, the Scorpion.

Sagittarius, the Archer.

Capricorn, the Goat.

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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To the Observator.

Hast thou no Friend so kind, to let thee know
(But thou (lost Wretch) hast neither Friend nor Foe)
That thy insipid Libel's nauseous grown,
No Man will read, or any Party own:

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Despis'd by all, who have the least pretence
To Wit, to Business, Learning, or good Sense;
That every little Fool does thee deride,
And ev'n the Clergy have forsook their Guide.
Canst thou no new, no fresh Diversion bring,
But ever fiddle on the self-same string?
A solemn Blockhead, or brisk old Buffoon,
After the Rates of Influence from the Moon.
Tho Mischief dwells in thy felonious VVill,
The Pow'r is wanting, and thou'rt harmless still:
Thou art an impotent, well-wishing Slave,
But Nature made the Fool outweigh the Knave.
Thou shift'st thy Sails, and changest every side,
Art ever labouring to save thy Tide.
In vain thy dulness throws thee still behind,
VVhile nimbler Knaves laugh, and thy Prizes find:
Contemn'd by all, of all Recourse bereft,
Thou leav'st old Friends, and by the new are left.
But since 'twere vain th'abandon'd to advise,
And bid a positive old Fool be wise:
VVere I to answer the Fop Observator,
I'd wipe—with his Works, piss on their Author.