A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The "Tale" is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into the morals and ethics of the English. Composed between 1694 and 1697, it was eventually published in 1704. It was long regarded as a satire on religion, and has famously been attacked for that, starting with William Wotton.
Richard Pue
The date and place of Richard Pue's birth is unknown. He established Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, Dublin sometime before July 1698. Pue became a freeman of Dublin in 1701 as a member of the Dyers' Guild. On 25 December 1703 he began publishing "Impartial Occurrences" with Edward Lloyd. This paper was delivered by post across the country, with Pue acting as editor until 1706. The paper ceased in February 1706, reappearing in February 1712 as "Pue's Occurences" (sic). In late December 1705, Lloyd and Pue jointly published a satirical attack on protestant dissent by Jonathan Swift called "A tale of a tub". They also printed the "Votes of the Irish house of commons" (nos 1-65) between July and October 1707 and May and June 1709.