THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, NOW FIRST COLLECTED _IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES_. ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY, AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. VOL. IX. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET, BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH. 1808. CONTENTS OF VOLUME NINTH. PAGE. POEMS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL. Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell, 3 Notes, 15 Astrea Redux, 25 Notes, 41 To his Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on his Coronation, 53 Notes, 59 To Lord Chancellor Hyde, presented on New-year's-day, 1662, 63 Satire on the Dutch, 71 To her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, on the Victory gained by the Duke over the Dutch, &c. 73 Notes, 79 Annus Mirabilis, the Year of Wonders, 1666, an Historical Poem, 81 Dedication to the Metropolis of Great Britain, 89 An Account of Annus Mirabilis, in a Letter to the Hon. Sir Robert Howard, 92 Notes, 158 Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. 195 To the Reader, 208 Notes on Part I. 249 Part II. 319 Notes on Part II. 354 The Medal, a Satire against Sedition, 407 Epistle to the Whigs, 417 Notes, 441 POEMS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL. HEROIC STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL.