Sir,
The most obedient, and most
Faithful of your servants,
John Dryden.
From Charlton, in Wiltshire,
Nov. 10, 1666.
ANNUS MIRABILIS;
THE
YEAR OF WONDERS,
1666.
1.
In thriving arts long time had Holland grown,
Crouching at home and cruel when abroad;
Scarce leaving us the means to claim our own;
Our king they courted, and our merchants awed.[98]