Poems on Affairs of State

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

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

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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To King WILLIAM.

In Council wise, in War so great a Man,
What Age did e'er produce, or ever can?
Brutus himself this best of Kings would love,
The wise Fabricius would to Court remove;
And Cato too, whom Cæsar could not tame,
Would now a Subject live with greater Fame.

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To King WILLIAM.