The True-Born Englishman

A poem by the great 18th-century English novelist, journalist, poet, and government agent, Daniel Defoe, whose literary heritage includes more than 500 books, pamphlets, articles, and poems. This satire was created in defense of William III against the attacks of aristocracy and John Tutchin, and became so popular, that more than 80,000 copies were sold in London streets with lightning speed. It resulted in fines, arrests, imprisonments, and even putting the author in the pillory, where Defoe wa