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CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

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Absalom and Achitophel. Part II.

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The Medal; a Satire against Sedition

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Religio Laici; or, A Layman's Faith

69

Threnodia Augustalis; a Funeral Pindaric Poem

97

Verses to J. Northleigh.

117

The Hind and the Panther. A Poem. In Three Parts. 118

Britannia Rediviva; a Poes on the Birth of the Prince,
born on the 10th of June, 1688

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Mac Flecknoe

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EPISTLES.

I. To my Honoured Friend Sir Robert Howard,

on his Excellent Poems

II. To my Honoured Friend Dr. Charleton, on his

Learned and Useful Works; but more par-

ticularly his Treatise on Stonehenge, by him

restored to the true Founder

III. To the Lady Castlemain, upon her encouraging

his First Play

IV. To Mr Lee, on his Alexander

V. To the Earl of Roscommon, on his Excellent

Essay on Translated Verse .

VI. To the Duchess of York, on her Return from

Scotland in the Year 1682

VII. A Letter to Sir George Etheredge

VIII. To Mr. Southerne, on his Comedy called the

Wives: Excuse

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