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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]

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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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[The Royal Almanack]

There is another Figure call'd the ROYAL ALMANACK, wherein the Course of the Sun is exactly mark'd, viz. The Progression of Lewis XIV. the Gallick Sun, thro the 12 Signs of the Zodiack, and his Course in the 12 Months of the Year. In which Figure the French King is represented sitting on a Throne with a lighted Torch in his Hand, and round him come these Sayings, to show to the World the great wicked Actions he has done, Viz.

Aquarius, the Water-bearer.

He makes Kings; declares the pretended Prince of Wales King of England, 1701.

January.]

He entertains abdicated Kings, as James II. King of England, A. D. 1689.

Pisces, Fishes.

Sells Offices, with a false Promise of the next Heir's enjoying them.

February.]

Plunders the Enemies Ships, tho he has granted them Passes.

Aries, the Ram.

Sets up a Bank of Credit without a Fund, 1702.

March.]

Erects Idols, and would have his Subjects worship his Statue on Horse-back.

Taurus, the Bull.

Commits Incest with the Dauphin's Wife, 1680.

April.]

Gives a false Coat of Arms, three Flower de Luces, instead of three Toads the true Arms of France.

Gemini, Twins.

Breaks Treaties, as the Partition-Treaty, 1700.

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May.]

Steals Towns; Old Brisac taken by Treason, 1703.

Cancer, the Crab.

Promises the King of Portugal 40 Ships, sends him but Four.

June.]

Leud Generals taken out of a Baudy-house.

Leo, the Lion.

Poisons the Duke of Bavaria's Son, Heir to the Crown of Spain.

July.]

Makes Women Privy Counsellors, as Madam Maintenon.

Virgo, the Maid.

Makes a Whore of La Valiere, 1667.

August.]

He burns the Palatinate, 1689, 1690.

Libra, the Ballance.

He Legitimates his Bastards, particularly the Duke de Main his Son by Madam de Montespan, 1673.

September.]

His Hypocrisy in oppressing the Cevennois, and assisting the Hungarian Rebels.

Scorpio, the Scorpion.

His Sacrilege in Germany, Italy, &c. 1705, &c.

October.]

He forces the Cevennois to turn Papists, 1702, &c.

Sagittarius, the Archer.

He commits Adultery with Madam de Montespan, 1670.

November.]

His Massacres in Holland, 1673. at Bodegrave, Swammerdam, &c.

Capricorn, the Goat.

Highers and lowers the Coin as he pleases, and calls it in, and intends never to restore it.

December.]

He is the Christian Turk; enters into an Alliance with the Great Turk against the Christians, 1688.