"Pasquil" Quotes from Famous Books
... was apprehended and sent to the Tower in 1681, the project of an "Association" was discovered amongst his papers. The satire is very mordant here. There is a caustic pasquil entitled Massinello, or a Satyr against the Association and the Guildhall Plot. Dedicated to the Salamanca (No) Doctor, 1683. Cf. Dryden's Prologue to the King and Qucen, spoken at the opening of their Theatre, ... — The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn |