The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II.Cibber, Theophilus
History
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II.
Cibber, Theophilus
Poets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Poets, Irish -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Mercurius Aulicus. Communicating the Intelligence, and the Affairs of
the Court at Oxford to the rest of the Kingdom, the first of these was
published on the 1st of January, 1642, and were carried on till about
the end of 1645, after which time they were published but now and
then. They were printed weekly in one sheet, and sometimes in more, in
4to, and contain, says Wood, a great deal of wit and buffoonery.
News from Pembroke and Montgomery, or Oxford Manchestered, &c. printed
in 1648 in one sheet 4to. It is a feigned speech, as spoken by Philip,
earl of Pembroke, in the Convocation House at Oxford, April 12, 1648,
when he came to visit, and undo the University, as Edward, Earl of
Manchester had done that of Cambridge, while he was Chancellor
thereof. It is exceeding waggish, and much imitating his Lordship's
way of speaking.
Paul's Church-yard; Libri Theologici, Politici, Historici, mundinis
Paulinis (una cum Templo) prostant venales, &c. printed in three
several sheets in 4to. Anno 1649. These Pamphlets contain feigned
Titles of Books, and Acts of Parliaments, and several Questions, all
reflecting on the Reformers, and Men in those times.
The Four Legg'd Quaker, a Ballad, to the Tune of the Dog and Elders
Maid, London 1659, in three columns in one side of a sheet of paper.
A New Ballad of a famous German Prince, without date.
The Assembly Man, written 1647, London 1663, in three sheets in 4to.
The copy of it was taken from the author by those that said they could
not rob, because all was theirs; at length after it had slept several
years, the author published it to avoid false copies; it is also
printed in a Book entitled Wit and Loyalty Revived, in a Collection of
some smart Satires in Verse and Prose, on the late times, London 1682,
said to be written by Cowley, our Author, and the famous Butler; he
hath also scattered Copies of Verses and Translations extant, to which
are vocal Compositions, set by Henry Lawes, such as Anacreon's Ode,
called The Lute.
An Anniversary on the Nuptial of John, Earl of Bridgwater. He has also
wrote a Poem on his staying in London, after the Act of Banishment for
Cavaliers, and another called the Jolt, made upon Cromwel's being
thrown off the Coach-box of his own Coach, which he would drive
through Hyde Park, drawn by six German Horses, sent him as a present
by the Count of Oldenburgh, while his Secretary John Thurloe sat in
the Coach, July 1654. Our author died within the Precincts of
Whitehall, in the year 1679, and was buried in the Church-yard of St.
Martin's in the Fields, leaving behind him a collection of Pamphlets,
which came into the hands of his executors, Sir Richard Mason, and Sir
Muddeford Bramston.
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ROGER BOYLE, Earl of ORRERY,
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