Editing William King (poet) (section)

==Works==
In 1688, King published ''Reflections upon Mons Varillas's History of Heresy'', written with [[Edward Hannes]], a confutation of [[Antoine Varillas]]'s account of [[John Wycliffe]].<ref>{{ODNBweb|id=15604|title=King, William|first=Hugh de|last=Quehen}}</ref> He had already made some translations from the [[French language]] and written some humorous and satirical pieces, and in 1694, [[Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth|Molesworth]] published his ''Account of Denmark'', in which he treated the [[Danish people|Danes]] and their monarch with great contempt. This book offended [[Prince George of Denmark]], the consort of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], and the Danish Minister protested.

In 1699, he published ''A Journey to London'', following the method of Dr. [[Martin Lister]], who had published ''A Journey to Paris''.  And in 1700, he satirised the [[Royal Society]]&mdash;or at least, Sir [[Hans Sloane]], their president&mdash;in two dialogues entitled ''The Transactioner''. At Mountown, the home of his friend Mr Justice Upton, he wrote the poem ''Mully of Mountown''.

Back in London, King published some essays called ''Useful Transactions'', including ''Voyage to the Island of Cajamai''. He then wrote the ''Art of Love'', a poem, and in 1709 he imitated [[Horace]] in an ''Art of Cookery'', which he published with some letters to Lister. The same year he published three issues of philosophical parodies under the title ''Useful Transactions in Philosophy and Other Sorts of Learning''. ''The History of the {{linktext|Heathen}} Gods'', a book composed for schools, was written in 1711. The same year, he published ''Rufinus'', a historical essay and a political poem on the [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke of Marlborough]] and his adherents.