, whom we mentioned under the article Edward Ward, as being the real
, whom we mentioned under the
article Edward Ward, as being the real author of the Hudibrastic poem called “England’s Reformation,
” was, according to Dodd, a learned schoolmaster, who becoming a
Roman catholic, in the reign of James II. published several
books concerning religion. Dodd says that in these tc he
was so successful, that, though a layman, he was able to
give diversion to some of the ablest divines of the church
of England. He some time rode in the king’s guards; and
it was no small confusion to his adversaries, when they understood who it was they engaged with; imagining all the
while, they were attacking some learned doctor of the Roman communion.“After the revolution he retired into
Flanders, where he died soon after. He left two children,
a daughter who became a nun, and a son whom Dodd
speaks of as
” now (about