The history of the Mitre and Purse, in which the first and second parts of The secret history of the White Staff are fully considered, and the hypocrisy and villanies of the staff himself are laid open ...
London : printed for J. Morphew,
1714.
'The secret history of the White Staff' is by Daniel Defoe.
White Staff = Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford.
P.55 omitted in paging; text and register are continuous.
Sometimes attributed to William Pittis and to Francis Atterbury.
Mitre = Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester.
Purse = Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor.
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