Download or read book Le Gouvernement Present, Ou Eloge de Son Eminence, Satyre Ou la Miliade written by Paul Scott and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This satirical poem, known popularly as the Miliade because of its thousand-verse length (in octosyllabic verse), was printed anonymously around 1636. The poem's endurance and plentiful and specific political references make it a lively commentary encompassing discontent with the increasingly centralized government before the outbreak of the civil wars, the Frondes (1648-53).