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BEP(F.765.036
23 Sep 1765:31 (1567)
New-Haven, Sept. 13. Tis reported here that on Tuesday
evening last, appeared at West-Haven, a horrible monster or
male giant, twelve feet high,. . . [6 lines] a number of
stout fellows, who constantly pelted him with stones till he
fled. The assailants pursued and soon took him captive, and
triumphantly drove him about a mile in the town, attended
with the discordant noise of drums, fiddles, and taunting
huzzas. The people then directed their course towards a
hill called Mount Misery. . . [9 lines;]
Behold a giant vile and base
(Ye humane powers deplore my case!)
Has got me under; and keeps me so
That I can hardly creep or go.
. . . [12 more lines, signed] Antonius.
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