Transcriber's Note: This satire in verse by Daniel Defoe (c. 1659-1731) was first published in 1701 under the title, The True-Born Englishman. A Satyr, and went through numerous editions in Defoe's lifetime. This e-book was prepared from The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe, Volume 5 (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855), in which the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization have apparently been modernized. Page numbers have been omitted from this e-book, and obvious printer errors have been corrected. A [table of contents] has been added for the reader's convenience.
THE
TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN:
A
SATIRE.
Statuimus pacem, et securitatem et concordiam judicum et justiciam inter Anglos et Normannos, Francos et Britanes, Walliæ, et Cornubiæ, Pictos et Scotos, Albaniæ, similiter inter Francos et insulanos provincias et patrias, quæ pertinent ad coronam nostram, et inter omnes nobis subjectos firmiter et inviolabiliter observare.
Charta Regis Gullielmi Conquisitoris de Pacis Publica, cap. i.