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As the other night in bed I thinking lay

DMI number:
42336
First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Poem Genre / Form:
Topical satire, Dream vision, Satire, and Couplet
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts, High society / the court, Liberty, Money / wealth, Other countries[France.], Politics, Prophecy, Religion, The law, The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II.], and Visions
Related People
Author:
John Ayloffe
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
George deF. Lord notes that in terms of content and generic conventions the poem 'resembles two satires ascribed to John Ayloffe'. POAS I (1963): 191.
Content/Publication
Title:
A second collection of ... poems, satyrs, songs, &c. against popery and tyranny [ESTC R7993]
Page No(s):
pp.5-8
Poem Title:
The Dream of the Cabal, A Prophetick Satyr, Anno 1672.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
Page No(s):
Poem Title:
The Dream of the Cabal: A Prophetick Satyr. Anno 1672.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed