Anti-Achitophel (1682) - Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Elkanah Settle;Samuel Pordage
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Who joyful shouts return'd almost as loud:
Then _Amazia_ was once more restor'd, He lov'd his People, they obey'd their Lord. _FINIS._ [Errata: an Author, whose Wit has deservedly / gained the Bays; _"Bays" unclear_ the Horny or Ivory Port _so in original: "Part"?_ 'Twas fear'd they'd fall at last from Words to Blows. _invisible apostrophe_ He fears your Wisdom, may his Hindrance prove, _text reads "Hndrance"_ Religion to o'rethrow and Government. _text reads "Governmenr"_ And _Azaria_, tho they us'd his name, _text reads "tehy"_ From you by art they have debauch'd your Son; _text reads "debauch,d"_ Full ripe with Age, in peace, may he'yield to Fate. _so in original: "he yield" or (metrical) "h'yield"?_ The force remov'd, flies swifty back agen. _see Editor's Introduction, References, for "swifty"_ ] |
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