"Feb. 5th, 1682-3, Erasmus-Henry Dryden, admitted _for his majesty_ (in the room of Orlando Bagnall); aged 14 years, 2d of May next. "Nov. 2d, 1685, Erasmus Dryden and Richard Tubb left the house. "Elected to the University."] [Footnote 212: Of this it would be endless to quote proofs: The following four extracts from the libels of the time are more than sufficient. "A Congratulatory Poem upon the Happy Arrival of his Royal Highness James Duke of York, at London, April 8th, 1682:" And Absalom, thou piece of ill-placed beauty, As happy be as fair, and know thy duty; For somewhat in that noble frame I saw, Which, or a father, or a king can awe. "The Norwich Loyal Litany:" But may the beauteous youth come home, And do the thing that's fit, Or I must tell that Absalom, He has more hair than wit. May he be wise, and soon expell The old fox, th' old fawning elf; The time draws near, Achitophel Shan't need to hang himself. "His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Welcome to London, a congratulatory Poem:" So let it mourn, and Ignoramus find How unsuccessfully it spared its kind, When sneaking, trembling, false Achitophel Hath refuge to the cunning Hangman's spell; And by one fatal tie, those numerous knots Dissolves, of all his rogueries, shams, and plots. "Good News in Bad Times; or Absalom's Return to David's Bosom. 30th Nov. 1683."] [Footnote 213: Mr Malone quotes two instances of sermons upon this topic; one entitled, "Achitophel's Policy Defeated;" preached on the thanksgiving after the Rye-house conspiracy, and another on the same subject, with nearly the same title, Vol. III. p. 293.] [Footnote 214: An address from Liverpool assures Charles, that "the councils of your faithful Hushais shall ever prevail against the united force of all-aspiring Absaloms, and the desperate advice of all pestilent Achitophels." Another, from Morpeth, denounces "all mutinous Corahs, rebellious Absaloms, and perfidious Achitophels."] [Footnote 215: This appears by a note upon Mr Luttrell's copy, "17th November, _ex dono amici Jacobi Tonson_." He has further labelled it "An excellent Poem against the Duke of Monmouth, Earl of Shaftesbury, and that party, and in vindication of the king and his friends."] [Footnote 216: "Towser the second, a bull-dog, or a short reply to Absalom and Achitophel;" In pious times, when poets were well banged For sawcy satire, and for sham plots hanged, A learned bard, that long commanded had The trembling stage in chief, at length ran mad. * * * * *