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Boyle, Roger; Earl of Orrery ?1

Title: The foregoing ode burlesqu'd

Author: Boyle, Roger; Earl of Orrery ?

Attribution: E. of Orrery

Date(s): 166- or 167- ?

Manuscript: Lt 11

Contents: Obscene burlesque parody of the preceding poem by Roscommon (BCMSV 842),

praising the value of a contraceptive condom as protection against disease.

The offensive words have been largely erased.

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