▁spite ▁of ▁Slo ane ' s ▁rem on st ran ces ▁Cow ard ▁decl ined ▁to ▁conce al ▁his ▁opinions . ▁Jonathan ▁Swift ▁and ▁other ▁contempor aries ▁frequently ▁rid ic ule ▁Cow ard ▁in ▁company ▁with ▁John ▁Tol and , ▁Collins , ▁and ▁other ▁de ists . ▁ ▁Other ▁works ▁Cow ard ▁published ▁two ▁poet ical ▁works , ▁The ▁L ives ▁of ▁Abraham , ▁Isaac , ▁and ▁Jacob , ▁an ▁hero ic ▁poem ▁( 1 7 0 5 ), ▁which ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁disappeared ; ▁and ▁Lic ent ia ▁Po et ica ▁discussed ▁... ▁to ▁which ▁are ▁added ▁critical ▁observations ▁on ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁H omer , ▁Hor ace , ▁Vir g il , ▁Mil ton , ▁Cow ley , ▁D ry den , ▁& c . ▁( 1 7 0 9 ). ▁Comm end atory ▁vers es ▁by ▁A aron ▁Hill ▁and ▁John ▁Gay ▁are ▁prefix ed . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁did actic ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁taste ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁with ▁an ▁appar atus ▁of ▁pre face , ▁notes , ▁and ▁political ▁append ix . ▁His ▁medical ▁works ▁are ▁: ▁ 1 . ▁De ▁Fer ment o ▁vol at ili ▁nut rit ivo ▁conject ura ▁r ation is , ▁& c . ▁( 1 6 9 5 )). ▁ 2 . ▁Al cal i ▁V ind ic at ium ▁( 1 6 9 8 ). ▁ 3 . ▁Rem ed ior um ▁Medic inal ium ▁Tab ula ▁( 1 7 0 4 ). ▁ 4 . ▁O ph th al mo