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AWM.746.007
11-18 Feb 1746:22 (1363)
Among the several rejoicings upon his Majesty's birth day,
there was something so particular drole and comical
transacted at Deptford, that we shall venture to entertain
our readers with an account of it.
The Deptford Procession. . . [26 lines, an anti-popery
pageant-procession]
The procession was preceded and closed by all sorts of
rough music, and after a march round the town, the Pope and
the Pretender were in the evening committed to the flames,
according to custom, but not till they had been first
confessed, absolved, and purged with holy water, by the
Jesuit. The several actors played their parts with great
drollery; and the token of affection to popery which the
spectators gave way to a liberal contribution to the money-
boxes of the two begging friars. The execution was
performed before the door of a gentleman, who has been
several years remarkable for the generous and ingenious
diversions he gives his neighbours upon all loyal occasions.
The whole concluded with illuminations and grand fire-works,
and the song of God Save the King &c.
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