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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-165848
Ireton, Henry, 1611-16514
Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)3
Dryden, John (1631-1700)3
Ingelo, Nathaniel (1621?-1683)3
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax2
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671)2
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1829-1902)2
Great Britain. Parliament2
Harrison, Frederic (1831-1923)2

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Oliver Cromwell : a play

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

1921

First English edition.

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The usurper : a tragedy. As it was acted at the Theatre Royal by his Majesties servants

Howard, Edward (fl. 1669)

1668

Represents Cromwell under the name of Damocles.

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Three poems upon the death of the late usurper Oliver Cromwel

Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1682

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. A3 is signed A2. ...

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A poem upon the death of his late Highness, Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, & Ireland

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1659 [i.e. c. 1691]

Originally published with the title: Heroique stanzas...[etc]. "No separate edition was published in 1659, and this edition was printed by Tonson to complete his made-up sets of Dryden's poems..." c...

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Shufling, cutting, and dealing, in a game at pickquet: being acted from the year, 1653. to 1658

Neville, Henry (1620-1694); Prynne, William (1600-1669)

Printed in the year, 1659

A lampoon on Cromwell in pseudo-dramatic form. Anon., by Henry Neville (Wing(2), OCLC); also attributed to William Prynne. Place of publication from Wing(2).

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Musarum Oxoniensium [elaiophoria]. Sive, Ob fædera, auspiciis serenissimi Oliveri Reipub. Ang. Scot. & Hiber. Domini Protectoris, inter Rempub. Britannicam & ordines fæderatos Belgii fæliciter stabilita, gentis togatæ ad vada Isidis celeusma metricum

Locke, John (1632-1704); University of Oxford

1654

'Epistle dedicatory' by the University's Vice-Chancellor, Dr.John Owen. Mis-paging at pp. 30-35; pp.69-84 mis-paged 89-104.

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A satyr against hypocrites

Phillips, John (1631-1706); Phillips, Edward (1630-1696?)

1680

An attack upon Oliver Cromwell and puritanism by John Phillips, nephew of Milton, originally published in 1655. Published in 1661 under title, "The religion of the hypocritical Presbyterians in meeter...

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Three poems upon the death of his late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713)

1659

First edition. P.14 misnumbered 6. Contents: 'Heroique stanza's, consecrated to the glorious memory of... Oliver late Lord Protector of this Common-wealth', by John Dryden; 'To the happie memory o...

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The world's mistake in Oliver Cromwell, or, A short political discourse : shewing that Cromwell's mal-administration, during his four years and nine moneths pretended protectorship, layed the foundation of our present condition in the decay of trade

Bethel, Slingsby (1617-1697)

1668

One of two editions in this first edition year. The other (Kress 1209; Wing does not distinguish) has 21 numbered pages. Anon., by S. Bethel.

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A copy of a letter concerning the election of a Lord Protector : Written to a Member of Parliament

1654

The last leaf is blank. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb. 11". Anon.

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