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TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD

WILLIAM,

LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER,

PRINCIPAL OF BRASEN-NOSE COLLEGE, &c.

THIS

SELECTION OF POEMS

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY OFFERED,

AS THE LITERARY FIRST-FRUITS OF THE KING'S-SCHOOL, CHESTER,

BY

HIS DEVOTED

AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

T. BANCROFT.

In Somnum, or Henry the Fourth's Soliloquy on Sleep

Sub mortem Chriftianus, &c. or the Dying Chriftian

Pope 36

Cantilena Hyemalis, or a Winter Piece

Aikin 40