But the Book is Printed and tho' I see some Faults, 'tis too late to mend them: And this is all I think needful to say to them.Possibly Somebody may take me for a Dutchman in which hey are mistaken: But I am one that would be glad to see Englishmen behave themselves better to Strangers, and to Governors also that one might not be reproach'd in Foreign Countries, for belonging to a Nation that wants Manners.I assure you, Gentlemen, Strangers use us better abroad nd we can give no reason but our Ill Nature for the contray here.Methinks an Englishman, who is so proud of being call'd Goodfellow, shou'd be civil: And it cannot be denied but e are in many Cases, and particularly to Strangers, the hurlishest People alive.As to Vices, who can dispute our Intemperance, while an Honest Drunken Fellow is a Character in a Man's Praise? ll our Reformations are Banters, and will be so, till our Magistrates and Gentry Reform themselves by way of Example 1.Printed in the Year 1708.(Price Three Pence.)THE PREFACE.THE End of Satyr is Reformation: And the Author, tho' he doubts the Work of Conversion is at a general Stop, has put his Hand to the Plow.I expect a Storm of Ill Language from the Fury of the Town, and especially from those whose English Talent it is to Rail: And without being taken for a Conjurer, I may venure to foretel, That I shall be Cavil'd at about my Mean Stile, Rough Verse, and Incorrect Language Things I might indeed have taken more Care in. A SATYR.Statuimus Pacem, & Securitatem, & Concordiam Judicium & Justitiam inter Anglos & Normannos, Francos, & Britones Walliae & Cornubiae, Pictos & Scotos Albaniae, similiter inter Francos & Insulanos Provincias, & Patrìas, quae pertinent ad Coronam nostram, & inter omnes nobis Subjectos, firmiter & inviolabiliter observari.Charta Regis Willielmi Conquisitoris de Pacis Publica, Cap. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1717. In Two Vol's Octavo.LONDON: Printed, and Sold by T. Dryden,Sir John Denham,Lord Roscommon,Earl of Mulgrave,Sir Robert Howard,Mr. A COLLECTION Of the Best English Poetry, BY Several HANDS.ĭuke of Devon,Lord Rochester,Mr.