The r------r's s----ch explain'd.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745.
Dublin : printed by Edward Waters; and publish'd by Edward Lloyd,
[1711]
"Attributed to Swift by Scott (Works 1814, X. 438); Williams considers it not impossible, but Swift was not at this time in Ireland" (Foxon).
A parody of the speech of John Forster, recorder of Dublin, welcoming the Duke of Ormonde's arrival on 4 July 1711.
Includes on verso: 'The Recorder's speech to the Lord Wharton', given in Dublin 25 April 1709; and 'The Recorder's speech to His Grace the Duke of Ormonde', given in Dublin 4 July 1711.
Verse - "An antient metropolis, famous of late,".
ESTC
Foxon,