It is set "In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, / Before polygamy was made a sin."
It is set "In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, / Before polygamy was made a sin." The second part, through the characters of Doeg and Og, was directed against Elkanah Settle and Thomas Shadwell, though it was mostly written by Nahum Tate. The first part treats an episode in which anti- Catholics tried to make the illegitimate Duke of Monmouth heir to the throne, primarily due to the plotting of Lord Shaftesbury. FTP, identify this verse satire of 1681, based on an incident from II Samuel and written by John Dryden.
It is set "In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, / Before polygamy was made a sin."
{Absalom and Achitophel}