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15. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Jure divino : a satyr. In twelve books / by the author of The True-Born-Englishman. (London : [s.n.], 1706)

15. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Jure divino : a satyr.

The frontispiece shows an engraving of the author by Van der Gucht. The poem, a satire on the Tory belief in the Divine Right of Kings, was written while Defoe was imprisoned in Newgate, and was published by subscription.

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