A web-based edition of early seventeenth-century political poetry from manuscript sources. It brings into the public domain over 350 poems, many of which have never before been published.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

M. Monopolies and Corruption: the 1621 Parliament

Mi. Attacks on Monopolists

Mi1. You Justices & men of myghte (html),   (pdf)

Mi2. The tottering state of transitory things (html),   (pdf)

Mi3. Pervertinge of the lawes makes justice blind (html),   (pdf)

Mi4. Fly not Momperson sins thear is no inn (html),   (pdf)

Mi5. Oyes (html),   (pdf)


Mii. The Fall of Bacon

Mii1. The measled Boare is frankt I tell noe fable (html),   (pdf)

Mii2. Stand fast thou shaking quaking keeper (html),   (pdf)

Mii3. Great Verulam is very lame, the gout of goe-out feeling (html),   (pdf)

Mii4. Why shoulde poore chauncelour be condemned by a cry (html),   (pdf)

Mii5. The greate assemblie of the parliamente (html),   (pdf)

Mii6. Heer is Francis Verulam Lord Chancelour God save him (html),   (pdf)

Mii7. Within this sty heer now doth ly (html),   (pdf)

Mii8. When you awake, dull Brittons, and behould (html),   (pdf)

Mii9. What hatfull fury dipt thy raging Quill (html),   (pdf)

Mii10. Blame not the Poet though he make such moane (html),   (pdf)


Miii: The Aftermath: reflections and assessments

Miii1. One worthy Chancellour rendred up his place (html),   (pdf)

Miii2. When Charles, hath got the Spanish Gearle (html),   (pdf)

Miii3. Thy followers in hope to flatter thee (html),   (pdf)

Miii4. Anagram on John Williams (html),   (pdf)

Miii5. The Kinge & the court desyrous of sport (html),   (pdf)