Pecuniae obediunt omnia. money masters all things or satyrical poems shewing the power and influence of money [ESTC R202913]
- DMI number:
- 1708
- Publication Date:
- 1698
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R202913
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2176/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&ID=12351126&SOURCE=config.cfg
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO - BL
- Full Title:
- [i] Pecuniae obediunt Omnia [/i]. | [rule] | MONEY | Masters all Things: | OR, | Satyrical Poems, | SHEWING | The Power and Influence of MONEY | over all Men, of what Profession or | Trade soever they be. | To which are added, | [i] A Lenten Litany [/i], by Mr. [i] C----d [/i], | a [i] Satyr [/i] on Mr. [i] Dryden [/i], and several | other Modern Translators; also a | [i] Satyr [/i] on Women in general: Together | with Mr. [i] Oldham's Character [/i] of a certain | Ugly Old P---- | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of | [i] London [/i] and [i] Westminster [/i], 1698.
- Epigraph:
- [i] Tho' Jews, Turks, Christians, different Tenets hold, | Yet all agree in Idolizing GOLD. [/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection including prose, Collection of poems about subject/person, and Collection of satirical verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [i-viii], 1-132, [i-iv] pp.
- Comments:
- Prose: 'Character of a Certain Ugly Old P---', pp.125-32.
- Other matter:
- End matter: (1) 'The Table'
- References:
- NCBEL 340 (1698)
- Editor:
- Luke Meriton
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Identified as Luke Meriton in 'Anonyma and Pseudonyma', ed. Charles Stonehill (London: Bell, 1926), vol. 3, p.2078.
- First Line:
- Reader a miss I shall present thee here
- Page No:
- p.iii-iv
- Poem Title:
- To the Reader
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir let me tell you what your pen has done
- Page No:
- pp.vii-viii
- Poem Title:
- To the Author, on his Poem call'd Money Masters all Things
- Attribution:
- T.H.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some specious titles fix unto their books
- Page No:
- p.v
- Poem Title:
- To his Honoured Kinsman, on his Poem called Money Masters all Things
- Attribution:
- R.J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who in this book by chance an eye does cast
- Page No:
- p.vi
- Poem Title:
- On the following Poem
- Attribution:
- L.M.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It is not the silver or gold of its self
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- The Proem. A Satyr upon Money
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
- Page No:
- pp.5-111
- Poem Title:
- Money Masters all Things
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From villainy dressed in the doublet of zeal
- Page No:
- pp.112-14
- Poem Title:
- A Lenten Litany
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That if it please thee to assist
- Page No:
- pp.115-16
- Poem Title:
- The Second Part
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since the united cunning of the stage
- Page No:
- pp.117-22
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr on the Modern Translators
- Attribution:
- Mr. P---r
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Woman in the beginning as 'tis said
- Page No:
- pp.123-24
- Poem Title:
- On Women
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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