The medal revers'd. A satyre against persecution. By the author of Azaria and Hushai.
Pordage, Samuel,1633-1691?
Settle, Elkanah,1648-1724,attributed name.
London : printed for Charles Lee,
anno 1682.
"The author of Azaria and Hushai" is generally assumed to be Samuel Pordage. However, both it and this work are sometimes attributed to Elkanah Settle.
A verse reply to John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" and "The medall", both of which are attacks on the earl of Shaftesbury.
Pages 1-8 (first sequence) = The epistle to the Tories.
The first leaf is blank.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
Quire B in three settings: Setting 1) Leaves B1 and B2 are mis-signed "A" and "A2" and at the end of "The epistle to the Tories" on leaf B4v is "Finis."; Setting 2) Leaf B1 mis-signed "A", leaf B2 correctly signed, and at the end of "The epistle to the Tories" on leaf B4v is "Finis."; Setting 3) Leaves B1 and B2 are correctly signed and lacking "Finis." at the end of "The epistle to the Tories" on leaf B4v.
Wing (2nd ed.),
Pforzheimer,
ESTC
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.