THE author of some political letters,
Who took a feigned name,
And under this mask traduces his betters,
Without remorse or shame.
The abbot who filled the pontifical chair
In thirteen seventy-eight;
His adversaries he did not spare,
When fixed on his throne of state.
Also a learned mathematician,
Fair Albion’s boast and pride:
With the fruit of laborious disquisition
Posterity he supplied.
Then think of a queen who boldly addressed
(Uncalled) a king on his throne,
And let her initial be joined with the rest,
Th’ Enigma to make known.
(Elizabeth Hitchener)
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