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BEP(F.738.037
18 Sep 1738:11,12 (162)
Verses taken from a paper printed in London, entitled,
THE NEGOTIATORS. Tune of, Packington's Pound,
Our merchants and tars a strange bother have made,
With losses sustain'd in their shipping and trade,
But now they may laugh and quite banish their fears
Nor mourn for lost liberty, riches or ears.
Since Blue string the Great
To better their fate,
Once more has determin'd he will negotiate..
. . . [1 1/3d col. in all +]
In the front of this extraordinary poem is a picture which
those who pretend to skill in hieroglyphycks say, represents
three English sailors drawing a Spanish cart, and a tall
Spaniard whipping the poor fellows along; next to him a
stout lion, with huge club lifted up ready to kill the
Spaniard withal; and lastly, a sturdy fellow holding the
lion, by the tail, and pulling him back to prevent the
destruction of the Spaniard.
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