The History of the Mitre and Purse. In which the First and Second parts of the Secret History of the White Staff are fully consider d, and the Hypocrisy and Villanies of the Staff himself are Laid Open and Detected.

Published by London Printed: And Reprinted in Dublin, for G. Risk., 1714

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8vo. 48 pp. Small pamphlet in later cloth-backed marbled boards with paper label to front board. Dramatis Personae: Mitre=Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester; Purse=Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor; White Staff=Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. The pamphlet has been attributed to William Pittis and to Francis Atterbury and is an attack on Daniel Defoe's defence of his (former) patron Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. ESTC N17249, Kress S2663. Seller Inventory # PS.562

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Title: The History of the Mitre and Purse. In which...

Publisher: London Printed: And Reprinted in Dublin, for G. Risk.

Publication Date: 1714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition