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FJ.782.026
27 Mar 1782:41 (49)
. . . [11 lines. John Cosins' predictions.]
When a branch of the thistle gets over the Atlantic
And in a new world the root shall be planted,
And when it doth arrive to a degree of perfection
It surely will breed a great insurrection
In the year seventy and four the root will be polish'd,
And eighty and six it will be quite abolished;
The lilly and the thistle in that year will unite,
But the lion and the dun cow will put them to flight,
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. . . [9 lines introduction to next lyrics]
When a certain great King whose initial is G,
Shall force stamps upon paper, and folks to drink tea;
When these folks burn his tea, and stampt papers, like
stubble,
You may guess that this King is then coming to trouble.
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