Shown here is an engraving from the original design of William Hogarth, one the foremost artists of the day. Hudibras, originally written by Samuel Butler (1612–80), wrote the mock-heroic poem as a warning against the dangers of religious (Puritanical) fanaticism during the Civil War period of English history Butler’s work is said to have been inspired by the 17th-century Spanish novel Don Quixote, which had been published only 50 years earlier in 1605.
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