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Discommendatory verses on those which are truly commendatory on the author of the two Arthurs [R29732]

DMI number:
117
Publication Date:
1700
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
R29732
EEBO/ECCO link:
n/a
Shelfmark:
BOD 2799 c. 30
Full Title:
[i]Discommendatory VERSES,[/i] | ON THOSE | Which are Truly Commendatory, | ON THE | AUTHOR | OF THE | Two ARTHURS, | AND THE | Satyr against WIT. | [rule] | [epigraph | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the Year, MDCC.
Epigraph:
[i]Laudat, amat, cantat nostros mea Roma Libellos, | Meq; sinus omnes, me manus omnis habet. | Ecce! rubet quidam, pallet, stupet, oscitat, odit, | Hoc volo, nunc nobis Carmina nostra placent. | Mart.
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], 1-28 pp.
Comments:
Many of the poems in this miscellany are direct replies to poems in Commendatory Verses.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: Preface [2pp.]
References:
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). Includes a description of the background to this miscellany, and reproduces the poems in it. Boys gives attributions for many of the poems in Commendatory Verses, but not for Discommendatory Verses; however he states 'although some scholars attribute DV entirely to Blackmore himself, it seems certain that it...was the fruit of several poets' labors' (p.43; see pp. 43-46, and esp. n.14 p. 46).
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:
Commendatory verses or a step towards a poetical war [N2250]
Publication Date:
1702
ESTC No:
N2250
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Related People
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
ESTC: 'Anonymous. By Sir Richard Blackmore'.
Content/Publication
First Line:
B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest
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n.p.
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
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First Line:
By nature small and of a dwarfish breed
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pp.1-3
Poem Title:
A Short and True History of a certain Captain-General
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First Line:
A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried
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p.3
Poem Title:
To the Poetical Knight, who would have no Body spoil Paper but Himself
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First Line:
Tis plain that wit at Will's is very scarce
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pp.3-4
Poem Title:
To the Prosaick Poet, occasion'd by the two following Lines: Thy Satyrs Bite not, but like Aesop's Ass, / Thou kick'st the Darling whom thou would'st caress.
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First Line:
Let B-----le write on and styled a man of letters
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p.4
Poem Title:
The Noble Corrected; or Advice to a Quality Commentator, who Writes in Defence of Greek Epistles as if he understood 'em.
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First Line:
If bards would have a shortlived poem writ
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p.5
Poem Title:
An Equal Match, or the Drawn Battle
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First Line:
Prithee dear scribbling doctor why so short
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p.5
Poem Title:
To the Sorry Poetaster at Will's Coffee-House
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First Line:
Bold man of war the drift of thy designs
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p.6
Poem Title:
To the Noble Captain, who was in a Damn'd Confounded Pet, because the Author of the Satyr against Wit, was pleas'd to Pray for his Friend, occasion'd by this Distich: His Mercy, not his Justice, made thee Knight, Which P---r may demand with equal Right.
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First Line:
Some scribbling fops as D----is is by name
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pp.6-7
Poem Title:
To the Inviolably Dull Critick, on his Heroical Strains upon the Satyr against Wit.
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First Line:
Whoever thou art to me and sense unknown
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p.7
Poem Title:
To a Rhimer, who if he takes pains, Writes as if he did not
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First Line:
Advice to P----rs the adviser's zeal may prove
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p.8
Poem Title:
To a L---d who would be a Saint, if he was as free from all other Sins, as he is from Hypocrisie
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First Line:
Believe me madam that your muse has shown
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pp.8-9
Poem Title:
To a Lady dignified and distinguish'd by the Name of Critick and Poet, on Her incomprehensible Raileries on the Satyr against Wit.
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First Line:
Since you to poetry will make pretence
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p.8
Poem Title:
A Modest Request to the Poetical Squire
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First Line:
You bid me take my pen again tis true
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p.9
Poem Title:
To an author, who never wrote but two Distichs and an half, and those could not pass Muster
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First Line:
If shallow critics as you're pleased to say
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pp.10-11
Poem Title:
A Tale taken to pieces
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First Line:
When B---- contending I with R----r spied
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p.10
Poem Title:
Occasion'd by the News that Tom B----n had the Courage to Engage with Sir Richard Blackmore, after his Bookseller had Defeated him
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First Line:
Not that I blame your flattery or your spleen
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p.11
Poem Title:
To Codron's and the Lady's humble servant
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First Line:
Codron may please the ladies as he writes
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p.12
Poem Title:
To the same, on the same Subject
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First Line:
Friend by my soul the devil's in thy quill
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p.12
Poem Title:
To the same, occasion'd by the verse which reflects on Dr. Gibbons, (viz.) He will his health to Mirmil's care resign
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First Line:
Poor Job was plagued of holy men the best
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p.12
Poem Title:
An Epigram on Dr. Ch----ood.
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First Line:
Be not puffed up with punning friend of mine
Page No:
p.13
Poem Title:
To the Quibling, Drib'ling, Scribling Poetaster, who has let himself out for Scandal to the Wits at Will's Coffee-House.
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First Line:
If coffee does awake the senses keep
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p.13
Poem Title:
To the same upon his calling Sir R---- B-----re's Composures, Coffee Rhimes.
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First Line:
Methinks you take too much upon you sir
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p.13
Poem Title:
An Answer to a great many Impertinent Questions
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First Line:
Dame Fortune's just malicious fool I see
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p.14
Poem Title:
To the same Trifling Fellow, T---- B----n
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First Line:
If shitten lines should wipe a shitten a-se
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p.14
Poem Title:
Upon seeing a Man wipe his A--se with T-- B---'s Satyr against the French King
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First Line:
Prithee my gentle man of crape and prayer
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p.14
Poem Title:
An Epigram, occasion'd by Mr. Brady's, about his Friend Mr. Tate
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First Line:
If B----re labours as he writes to please
Page No:
p.15
Poem Title:
To the Unworthy Author of the verses on the Satyr against Wit
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First Line:
If monarch's as you'll have't on trust reward
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p.15
Poem Title:
A Reply to the Story of the Greek Chevalier
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First Line:
If you're a l---d as whispering fame reports
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p.15
Poem Title:
To the same
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First Line:
That B----d raves both friends and foes conclude
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p.15
Poem Title:
Merry Thoughts on Dr. B---d's Melancholy Reflections on the Deficiency of Useful Learning
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First Line:
B----d with noisy cures may make us smile
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p.16
Poem Title:
On the same Eternal Talent
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First Line:
If knighthood only be the hero's right
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p.16
Poem Title:
The Adviser taken to Task
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First Line:
That C--- drinks hard and late in taverns sits
Page No:
p.16
Poem Title:
To a midnight Author who does not Cant I'll be Sworn
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First Line:
Will thou dost much mistake the doctor's parts
Page No:
p.16
Poem Title:
On the same, to a Friend who said Dr. B---d Talk'd like an Apothecary
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First Line:
The parliament who cried down squibs and rockets
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p.17
Poem Title:
To the same
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First Line:
Were I to turn physician and prescribe
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p.17
Poem Title:
To a Great Man who makes himself Little
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First Line:
Job as thou sayst being willing to forget
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p.18
Poem Title:
To the same
Attribution:
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First Line:
Some folks may write and writing be concealed
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p.18
Poem Title:
To T. B-- upon His concealing his Name, when He made the Author of the Satyr against Wit, the subject of his harmless Satyr for concealing His.
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First Line:
Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face
Page No:
p.19
Poem Title:
To an Epigrammatic Parson
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First Line:
Tom take my word thou'st done like man of skill
Page No:
p.19
Poem Title:
To the same
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First Line:
Bold thy attempt let truth and friendship speak
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pp.20-21
Poem Title:
A Consolatory Paper of Verses to Dr. D--ke, upon the News that He commended the 4th edition of Dr. Garth's Dispensary, and could not get His own Translations of Herodotus to bear One
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First Line:
Lawyer and bard believe me for thy friend
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p.22
Poem Title:
To the same, on his Poem, call'd Greenwich-Hill
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By another Lady
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Not attributed
First Line:
Thy thoughts were never great it's very plain
Page No:
p.22
Poem Title:
To Mr. F. M. on his Incomprehensible Farce, which goes by the Name of the Generous Choice.
Attribution:
By a Lady
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Not attributed
First Line:
By all the puns that D---l ever made
Page No:
p.23
Poem Title:
A Pun...To T--- B--- upon his Witches Trusty Broomstaff.
Attribution:
by Mr. D--- P---
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First Line:
If wit as thou art told is a disease
Page No:
p.23
Poem Title:
To the Infamous Poetastor at Will's Coffee-House.
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First Line:
That we have wooden horses at our doors
Page No:
p.23
Poem Title:
To the same, by one who is Free of the Sadler's Company.
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First Line:
I tell thee man thy charges I defy
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p.24
Poem Title:
To a Blustering Poet, who never Spoke or Wrote any thing that was taken notice of before
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First Line:
Sir if you'd show the doctor's worth and skill
Page No:
p.24
Poem Title:
To the Gentleman whom Dr. C--lb--ch Cur'd of the Gout
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First Line:
Sir we rejoice to hear that you are sound
Page No:
p.24
Poem Title:
To the same
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First Line:
By nature meant by want a pedant made
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pp.25-28
Poem Title:
Notes on the two Celebrated Copies in the Commendatory Verses, to let the Reader know the difference between the faithfulness of their Epitome and our Copies, without the omission of one Line.
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First Line:
How B---n was born in garret or in cell
Page No:
p.25
Poem Title:
An Epigram on T--m B--n
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First Line:
If Arthur from a ravished parent came
Page No:
p.25
Poem Title:
On the Same
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First Line:
Where N---n lives I cannot tell
Page No:
p.25
Poem Title:
An Epigram flung away on a certain Ballad-making Senator.
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