Commendatory verses or a step towards a poetical war [N2250]
- DMI number:
- 232
- Publication Date:
- 1702
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N2250
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3311926111
- Shelfmark:
- BOD G. Pamph. 1671 (5)
- Full Title:
- Commendatory VERSES: | Or, A STEP towards | A POETICAL WAR, | BETWIXT | [i]COVENT-GARDEN[/i] and [i]CHEAP-SIDE[/i]. | [rule] | [i]By several Hands.[/i] | [rule] | Together with | An EPITOME of that Immortal POEM, | Truly call'd, | [g]A Satyr against Wit.[/g] | [rule] | [g]The Second Edition.[/g] | [rule] | To which is added, | A Lent-Entertainment: or, A Merry Interview | by Moon-light, between the Ghost of [i]Mae- | vius[/i] of ancient Renown and the City-Bard. | [rule] | [i]Humbly Dedicated to all the honourable Citizens within the Bills of | Mortality[/i], | By Mr. [i]O.[/i] [ornament] | [rule] | [i]London[/i]: Printed in the Year 1702.
- Epigraph:
- n/a
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Topical miscellany, Collection of poems about subject/person, and Collection of satirical verse
- Format:
- Folio
- Price:
- n/a
- Pagination:
- [4], 1-30 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Mispagination: In some versions e.g. ECCO copy, 18 mispaginated as 14, 19 as 15. Bibliographical Details: Imprint partially missing from BOD G. Pamph. 1671 (5); details supplied from ECCO copy. Reissue of R29312 with cancel title page and added final leaf.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Address 'to all the honourable citizens within the bills of mortality, below the dignity of common-council-men' signed 'O. S.' [2pp.] End matter: Advertisement bottom p. 28; Books lately printed bottom p. 30.
- References:
- Case 217 (b) Richard C. Boys, 'Sir Richard Blackmore and the Wits: A Study of 'Commendatory Verses on the Author of the Two Arthurs and the Satyr against Wit' (University of Michigan Press, 1949). Attributions taken from here.
- Title:
- Commendatory verses on the author of the two arthurs and the satyr against wit [R29312]
- Publication Date:
- 1700
- ESTC No:
- R29312
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Discommendatory verses on those which are truly commendatory on the author of the two Arthurs [R29732]
- Publication Date:
- 1700
- ESTC No:
- R29732
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ESTC identifies 'O. S.' as Thomas Brown.
- First Line:
- By nature meant by want a pedant made
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- A Short and True History of the Author of the Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A grave physician used to write for fees
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Author of the Satyr against Wit.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Henceforth no more in thy poetic rage
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- To that Incomparable Panegyrist, the Author of the Satyr upon Wit.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let Blackmore still in good King Arthur's vein
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- The Quack Corrected: or, Advice to the Knight of the Ill-favour'd Muse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A monument of dullness to erect
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- An Equal Match: or, A Drawn Battle
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Must I then passive stand and can I hear
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- To the Mirrour of British Knighthood, the Worthy Author of the Satyr against Wit; Occasion'd by the Hemystick, P. 8. - Heav'ns Guard poor A---n.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- To the Merry Poetaster at Sadlers-Hall, in Cheapside.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some scribbling fops so little value fame
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- To the Cheapside Knight, on his Satyr against Wit.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O S--rs T---t D---ett M---gue
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- To the Indefatigable Rhimer
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- A modest Request to the Poetical Knight
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou fund of nonsense was it not enough
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- To a thrice Illustrious Quack, Pedant, and Bard, on his Incomparable Poem call'd, a Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- By a Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- We bid thee not give over the killing trade
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Wholesome Advice to a City Knight, over-run with Rhimes and Hypocrisie: Occasion'd by his Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once more take pen in hand obsequious knight
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- To Sir R--- Bl---re, on the Report of the Two Arthurs being condemn'd to be hang'd
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Job contending with the devil I saw
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- Occasion'd by the News that Sir R--- Bl---'s Paraphrase upon Job was in the Press
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Poems and prose of different force lay claim
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- A Tale
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How kind is malice managed by a sot
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Charater of Codron, as 'tis drawn by the Bungling Knight in his Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Poor Job lost all the comforts of his life
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram on Job Travesty'd by the City Bard
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What frenzy has possessed thy desperate brain
- Page No:
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- To the Adventurous Knight of Cheapside, upon his Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Knighting of Sir R--- Bl---re, for his Incomparable Poem call'd King Arthur.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In coffee house begot the short lived brat
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Upon seeing a Man light a Pipe of Tobacco in a Coffee-house, with a Leaf of King Arthur
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let the malicious critics snarl and rail
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Upon King Arthur, partly written in the Doctor's Coach, and partly in a Coffee-house
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rail on discourteous knight if modest Tate
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- Epigram, Occasion'd by the Passage in the Satyr against Wit, that Reflects upon Mr. Tate, and ends thus, He's Honest, and, as Wit comes in, will Pay.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When fired by glory Philip's godlike son
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- A Story of a Greek Chevalier, Predecessor in a direct Line to the British Knight
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bl----re strove long with holy crafts to please
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- To the Pious and Worthy Author of the Satyr against Wit.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Short are our powers though infinite our will
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- Melancholy Reflections on the Deficiency of Useful Learning. To Sir R-- Bl--re.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Knighthood to heroes only once was due
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Friendly Advice to Dr. Bl---.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The preacher Maurus cries all wit is vain
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- To the Canting Author of the Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wilt thou then passive see the sacred bays
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- To Elkanah Settle, the City Poet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- He that in Arthur's trash has penance done
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- To the Author of the Satyr against Wit, upon concealing his Name
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Near Lethe's banks where the forgetful stream
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- On Job newly Travestied by Sir R--- Bl----.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thine is the only muse in British ground
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- To Sir R--- Bl--- upon his Unhappy Talent at Praising and Railing
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bold thy attempt in these hard times to raise
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- To Dr. Garth, on the Fourth Edition of his incomparable Poem, The Dispensary; Occasion'd by some Lines in the Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The thought was great and worthy of a cit
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- On Sir R--- Bl---re's Noble Project to Erect a Bank of Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As trusty broom staff midnight witch bestrides
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- To Sir R--- Bl---re, on the two Wooden Horses before Sadlers-hall
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How durst thy railing muse vain wretch pretend
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- To the Cheapside Quack: occasion'd by this Verse in the Satyr against Wit, "Who with more ease can cure that C---ch kill.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman whom Dr. C--lb--ch had cur'd of the Gout
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If wit as we are told be a disease
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- To a Famous Doctor and Poet at Sadlers-Hall
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I charge thee knight in great Apollo's name
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- To that most incomparable Bard and Quack, the Author of the Satyr against Wit
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In London city near Cheapside
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- A merry Ballad on the City Bard. To a New Play-house Tune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The British Arthur as historians tell
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Epigram upon King Arthur
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who can forbear and tamely silent sit
- Page No:
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- An Epitome of a Poem, truly call'd, A Satyr against Wit; done for the Undeceiving of some Readers, who have mistaken the Panegyrick in that Immortal Work for the Satyr, and the Satyr for the Panegyrick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phoebus the witty gay and bright
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- A Lent-Entertainment: Or, A Merry Interview by Moon-light, betwixt a Ghost and the City-Bard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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