Poems on Affairs of State

[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.

IV.

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

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The Argument.

Nan and Frank, two quondam Friends,
In which they'd both their private ends;
Fell from Love to sudden Wrath,
Much ado is 'twixt 'em both:
Many a Rogue and Whore is call'd;
But O brave Frank! the Whore is maul'd.

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The Argument.