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BC MS Lt 81, f. 6r:
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Collection of topical poems, mostly political satires, concerning the reign of Queen Anne.

c.1704

Comprises 12 English satirical poems and 2 prose pieces concerning Queen Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and other public figures.

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BC MS Lt 87, f. 7r: The opening of Thomas Sprat's panegyric
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Poetical miscellany mainly of contemporary satires, by various authors, chiefly anonymous.

c.1680

Comprises 36 English verse satires on the behaviour of persons in high society during the reign of Charles II, including that of the king himself, many of them somewhat obscene.

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