Three poems upon the death of the late usurper Oliver Cromwel. Written by Mr. Jo. Drydon. Mr. Sprat, of Oxford. Mr. Edm. Waller

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  • Three poems upon the death of the late usurper Oliver Cromwel. Written by Mr. Jo. Drydon. Mr. Sprat, of Oxford. Mr. Edm. Waller
  • Three poems upon the death of His late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : printed by William Wilson, in the year, 1659. And reprinted for R. Baldwin, 1682.
Added name
Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Publication year
1682
ESTC No.
R9114
Grub Street ID
129223
Description
[4], 26, [2] p. ; 4°.
Note
Originally published in 1659 as "Three poems upon the death of His late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland", with Waller given as the first author

The authors' names are bracketed together on title page

In verse

Leaves A1 and D4 are blank

"This edition was apparently set up from 3a [Macdonald 3a, ESTC R11197], which it resembles. It does not therefore contain the 'Postscript'. It was ... published by some enemy, but probably not by whoever was responsible for 3b [Macdonald 3b, ESTC R13599] as, except for the use of the word 'Usurper', it is not obviously offensive. In ... the first issue [Macdonald 3d i] Dryden's stanzas are very carelessly printed, e.g. in stanza 9 'Monarchs' is misprinted 'Monacrhs'; in 10 'Rewards' is misprinted 'Rewnads', and stanza 23 is mis-numbered 16. ... In [the second issue, Macdonald 3d ii,] 'Memory' in the heading of Sprat's poem has been changed to 'Happy Memory' in large lower-case and the text of the poem corrected.--Macdonald, H. John Dryden

Leaf A3 is mis-signed 'A2'

Signatures: A-D]4.