lad of a famous German Prince, without date.
The Assembly Man, written 1647, London 1663, in three sheets in 4to.
The copy of it was taken from the author by those that said they could
not rob, because all was theirs; at length after it had slept several
years, the author published it to avoid false copies; it is also
printed in a Book entitled Wit and Loyalty Revived, in a Collection of
some smart Satires in Verse and Prose, on the late times, London 1682,
said to be written by Cowley, our Author, and the famous Butler; he
hath also scattered Copies of Verses and Translations extant, to which
are vocal Compositions, set by Henry Lawes, such as Anacreon's Ode,
called The Lute.
An Anniversary on the Nuptial of John, Earl of Bridgwater. He has also
wrote a Poem on his staying in London, after the Act of Banishment for
Cavaliers, and another called the Jolt, made upon Cromwel's being
thrown off the Coach-box of his own Coach, which he would drive
through Hyde Park, drawn by six German Horses, sent him as a present
by the Count of Oldenburgh, while his Secretary John Thurloe sat in
the Coach, July 1654. Our author died within the Precincts of
Whitehall, in the year 1679, and was buried in the Church-yard of St.
Martin's in the Fields, leaving behind him a collection of Pamphlets,
which came into the hands of his executors, Sir Richard Mason, and Sir
Muddeford Bramston.
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ROGER BOYLE, Earl of ORRERY,
Was younger brother of Richard earl of Burlington and Cork, and fifth
son of Richard, stiled the great earl of Cork. He was born April 25,
1621, and independent of the advantage of his birth and titles, was
certainly one of the ablest politicians, as well as most accomplished
noblemen of his age. By the influence of his father with lord deputy
Faulkland, he was raised to the dignity of baron Broghill, in the
kingdom of Ireland in 1628, when only seven years old[1]. He received
his education at the college of Dublin, where he studied with so much
diligence as gave great hopes of his future atchievements, and the
rapid progress he made in erudition, induced his father to send him
about 1636 to make the tour of France and Italy, under the care of one
Mr. Marcomes, and in the company of lord Kynalmeaky, his elder
brother; and this method the earl took to perfect all his sons, after
they had gone through the course of a domestic education; and
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