The Birth of the Muse. A Poem. To the Right Honourable Charles Montague, Chancellour of the Exchequer.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1698. First edition. ESTC R29682; Wing C5845; NCBEL II, 751. A nine-page poem that obliquely praises Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who as Congreve's patron, was responsible for getting the poet-playwright cushy government posts such as a commissioner of the malt lottery, licensing hackney.....