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This quote also occurs in the poet’s note to the reader, and it is significant because it reflects the intention behind Dryden’s satirical poem. Dryden was an ardent supporter of both King Charles II and his brother James II, and he did not agree with Parliament’s attempts to exclude James from succession and limit Charles’s power. Many of the more politically moderate citizens of England, however, were already falling prey to the anti-Catholic hysteria of the Popish Plot, and they likewise supported the Exclusion Bill. Through satirizing his current political climate, Dryden had hoped to correct the problems he saw…