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The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously 'witty' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor Powell's death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot's 'A sea of the seed's sufferings'.
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, General Introduction, Robert Wild, Iter boreale. Attempting something upon the March of ... General George Monck (1660), Robert Wild, The Tragedy of Christopher Love at Tower-Hill (1660), John Perrot, A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings (1661), Vavasor Powell ‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah in Meeter’ (1661), Vavasor Powell, ‘A True Christians Pilgrimage, or Affl icted State’ (1661), Thomas Grantham, The Prisoner against the Prelate ([c. 1662]), Martin Mason, ‘Love is a Vertue that Endures Forever’ (1662), Robert Wild, A Poem upon the Imprisonment of Mr. Calamy in Newgate (1662), Robert Wild, On the DeaThof Mr Calamy (1667), Katherine Sutton, A Christian Womans Experiences of the Glorious Working of Gods Free Grace (1663), Robert Wild, The Recantation of a Penitent Proteus (1663), Robert Wild, An Essay upon the Late Victory Obtained (1665), Robert Wild, The Grateful Non-Conformist (1665), Robert Wild, The Loyal Nonconformist (1666), Nathaniel Wanley and Robert Wild, An Ingenious Contention, by way of Letter, between Mr. Wanly, a Son of the Church; & Dr. Wild, a Nonconformist (1668), Robert Wild, Upon the Rebuilding the City (1669), Anon., ‘An Achrostick upon his Dear Deceased Friend. Mr. Vavasor Powell’ (1671), Anon., ‘On the DeaThof Mr Vavasor Powell’ (1671), Robert Wild, Dr Wild’s Humble Thanks ... for Liberty of Conscience (1672), Appendix, Editorial Notes
Biography
George Southcombe
