It tells the story of the Battle of Hastings; why William felt he had to invade, the preparations made for the crossing and the battle itself, which are part of the Norman conquest of England during the medieval ages. I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!
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The issue showed in this excerpt of A Modern proposal is poverty, and the author deal with it satirizing the economy of the nation and the responsibility of the government to take care of sick and old people that are not able to work and be productive.
These people become a burden to the nation, that does not want to deal with them but hide the poverty, by saying they are concerned about the poor people.
The first one sounds the most correct to me