Citation - Boston Gazette: 1778.01.26

BG.778.006
26 Jan 1778:41 (1221)
ON THE TRIAL.
In a late paper of Powars & Willis.
  Poor Perez lash'd by lively Polly.
  And doing pennance for his folly,
  Too much exhausted by oration
  To make in wit--retalliation,
. . . [18 more lines]
[N.B.  an essay on the affrontery of the orator (Perez
Morton) towards ladies follows in:  BG 9 Feb 1778:11-12
(1223); cont'd in BG 27 Apr 1777:31-33 (1235); 11 May
1777:21-22 (1237); in last 2 issues Morton also engages in
freeing Negroes]