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Document ReferencePw V 45/10 (pp 15-18)
TitleMS verse, being poem by [John Lord Carlyll] entitled 'The Hypocrite, on Satyr on Shaftsbury'; n.d.
Date1678 (c)
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA detailed description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 45.
Text consists of 68 lines, one more than the published version.

Poem dated 1682 on the manuscript.

Satire on the Earl of Shaftesbury who is accused of nourishing the Popish agitation particularly between 23 Oct 1678 and 28 Nov 1678 with his series of anti-Catholic bills.
Title Of WorkThe Hypocrite, on Satyr on Shaftsbury
First Line of PoemThou'rt more inconstant than the Wind or Sea
Last Line of PoemThere's none so much corrupted as his heart
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialCrum, Index, T 2129
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Don. b 8, p 555
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Rawl. poet. 159, f 157v
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State, vol II (1965), pp 103-6

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA28844Cooper; Anthony A. (1621-1683); 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; M.P.; creat. 1672; also 1st Baron Ashley; supporter of Monmouth1621-1683
NA74381Caryll; John (1625-1711); Lord Caryll; diplomatist and poet1625-1711
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