Poems on Affairs of State

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

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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.

IV.

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

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XI.

Among this Drunken Club was Beau Sir Tom,
Dub'd for his Brother's Merits, not his own;
From drudging City Prig advanc'd to be
Right Worshipful, in Place of High Degree,
But knew not how to manage Quality.
And thought the nearest way was to be lewd,
While all Degrees the Debochee pursu'd;
But like true Cit did always over-do,
As well in Lewdness as in Fashions too;
Drinking's his leading Vice, his Darling Sin,
That pumps his duller Inclination in;

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Then loud as Storms, incourag'd for all evil,
Swears and invokes by Healths his Guardian Devil.

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