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The free-born English generous and wise

DMI number:
43027
First Line:
The free-born English generous and wise
Last Line:
They scorn your tories' swords and Jesuits' wit
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Encomium
Themes:
Liberty, Politics, Religion, The law, and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II.]
Related People
Author:
Robert Wolseley
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Gillespie and Hopkins (2008) I: cxviii. Variant text, expanded with new conclusion.
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The free born English generous and wise
Last Line:
To have enslaved but made this isle their friend
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Rome rhym'd to death. Being a collection of choice poems: in two parts [ESTC R16454]
Page No(s):
pp.115-116
Poem Title:
The Character Of A True English-Man.
Attribution:
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