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190 Cupid’s Proclamation, or a Defence of Women; a Poem from Chaucer.

Dr. Sewel, in his ſtate principles, was inclined to the cauſe of the Tories, and takes every occaſion to combat with the biſhop of Saliſbury, who had ſo eminently appeared in the cauſe of the Whigs.

The following is a liſt of his proſe works, in which there are ſome letters addreſſed to, and animadverſions upon that eminent prelate’s works.

The Clergy, and the Preſent Miniſtry defended; being a Letter to the Biſhop of Saliſbury, occaſioned by his Lordſhip’s new Preface to his Paſtoral Caſe, 8 vo. 1713, third Edition that year. In a fourth Edition (ſame date) this is called Mr. Sewel’s Firſt Letter to the Biſhop of Saliſbury, the Clergy, &c.

A Second Letter to the Biſhop of Saliſbury, upon the Publication of his new Volume of Sermons, wherein his Lordſhip’s Preface concerning the Revolution, and the Caſe of the Lord Ruſſel are examined, &c. 8 vo. 1713.

Remarks upon a Pamphlet entitled Obſervations upon the State of the Nation 1712–13, third Edition; to which is added a Poſtſcript to the Vindicator of the Earl of Nottingham, 8 vo. 1714.

An Introduction to the Life and Writings of G——t Lord Biſhop of S——m, &c. being a Third Letter to the Biſhop of Saliſbury, 8 vo. 1716.

A Vindication of the Engliſh Stage, exemplified in the Cato of Mr. Addiſon. In a Letter to a Nobleman, 8 vo. 1716. Schiſm