"Fancy sits Queen of all; / While the poor under-Faculties resort, / And to her fickle Majesty make Court"
Epistle from Mr. Otway to Mr. Duke [also titled, An Epistle to R.D.]
At least 5 entries in EEBO, ECCO, and ESTC (1684, 1702, 1716, 1717, 1727).<br>
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First published in Tonson's <u>Miscellany Poems</u> (1684) [there titled An Epistle to R.D.]: See <u>Miscellany Poems. Containing a New Translation of Virgil's Eclogues, Ovid's Love Elegies, Odes of Horace, and Other Authors; With Several Original Poems by the Most Eminent Hands</u> (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-street, 1684). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/R297">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from  <u>Poems by the Earl of Roscomon. To which is added, An Essay on Poetry, By the Earl of Mulgrave, now Duke of Buckingham. Together with poems By Mr. Richard Duke</u> (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1717).<br>
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Earliest hit in ECCO is <u>Miscellany Poems</u> (London: Tonson, 1702).  &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111943770&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; 