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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.
Related Miscellanies
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:
Related People
Editor:
Thomas Brown
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
ESTC identifies 'O. S.' as Thomas Brown.
Content/Publication
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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Not attributed
First Line:
A monument of dullness to erect
Page No:
p.4
Poem Title:
An Equal Match: or, A Drawn Battle
Attribution:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Not attributed
First Line:
O S--rs T---t D---ett M---gue
Page No:
p.6
Poem Title:
To the Indefatigable Rhimer
Attribution:
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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:
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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
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Poems and prose of different force lay claim
Page No:
pp.9-10
Poem Title:
A Tale
Attribution:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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First Line:
Knighthood to heroes only once was due
Page No:
pp.16-17
Poem Title:
Friendly Advice to Dr. Bl---.
Attribution:
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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:
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First Line:
Wilt thou then passive see the sacred bays
Page No:
p.17
Poem Title:
To Elkanah Settle, the City Poet.
Attribution:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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
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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:
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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:
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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.
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First Line:
The British Arthur as historians tell
Page No:
p.25
Poem Title:
Epigram upon King Arthur
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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:
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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.
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