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CC-H.768.029
5 Sep 1768:21 (193)
From the English papers. To the Printer. It is with
infinite pleasure that I see the various merry concerts of
the honest citizens and traders as to the number 45; forty
five gentlemen meet and eat forty five pounds of beef, drink
forty five-pots of porter, spit forty five times into the
fire, and then--What then? Why then they drink themselves
mighty patriots, men of wit, and champions for Wilkes and
liberty. But, with all [ ]mble submission and deference to
their superior judgements, I beg leave to say, that they
always omit the true joke, which is to collect forty five
guineas and forward to the banker's towards paying his
debts. . . [15 more lines urging people to follow the advice
given above.] and after the society had eat, drank, smoked
danced and fudg all to the tune of forty five, forty five
guineas were collected, and sent to the bankers to wards
extricating Mr. Wilkes from his pecuniary incumbrances.
[signed] A Lover of a True Joke.
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