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Anne, Duchess of Monmouth, the daughter and sole heir of Francis, Earl of Buccleugh.

Sir William Waller.

A character drawn by Tate for Dryden, in the Second Part of this Roem.

Earl of Huntingdon.
Barnet.

Duke of Ormond.

Duchess of Portsmouth.

General Sackville.

Rev. Samuel Johnson.

Duke of Beaufort.

Ford, Lord Grey of Werk.

Dr. Titus Oates.

King Charles II.

Elkanah Settle, the City poet. France.

Sir Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington.

The Popish-plot.

The Land of Exile, more particularly Brussels, where King Charles II. long resided. Scotland.

The Church of England Clergy-
Earl of Feversham, a French-
man by birth, and nephew to
Marshall Turenne.

Hyde, Earl of Rochester.
Papists.

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ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.

PART I.

-Si propius stes,

Te capiet magis

HOR.

Ix pious times, ere priestcraft did begin,
Before polygamy was made a sin;

When man on many multiplied his kind,
Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd,
When Nature prompted, and no law denied
Promiscuous use of concubine and bride;

Then Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart,
His vigorous warmth did variously impart
To wives and slaves; and, wide as his command,
Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Michal, of royal blood, the crown did wear,
A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care:
Not so the rest; for several mothers bore
To godlike David several sons before:
But since like slaves his bed they did ascend,
No true succession could their seed attend.
Of all the numerous progeny was none
So beautiful, so brave, as Absalom:
Whether, inspir'd by some diviner lust,
His father got him with a greater gust,

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