Poems on several subjects : written by Stephen Duck, some time a poor thresher ... at the wages of four shillings and six pence per week. Which were publickly read by ... Thomas Earl of Macclesfield, ... on Friday the 11th of September, 1730, to Her Majesty. Who was thereupon ... pleased to take the author into her royal protection, ... The ninth edition. To which are added, several poems by the same author, ... Also a copy of verses from a miller in Ireland to Stephen Duck.