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The Mourning and Mockery After a King’s Death in Oxford
An Oxford audience mocked the late king with music and merriment. poems and verses celebrate William III while threats to discredit Jesuits and Jacobite sympathizers surface. The piece critiques revellers and praises the king’s memory, noting political tensions and royalist sentiment.
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Lewis
Elizabeth
Oxford
Sancroft
Colledges
Boreas
England
William
Wiliam III
Scotland
France
Ireland
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