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MS-W.778.028
12 Nov 1778:41 (393)
PARODY ON A LATE PROCLAMATION AND MANIFESTO
. . . [Intro. 2 lines of Juvenal, translated plus 6 lines of
verse as follows]
To public bodies and to all
That colonies we late did call;
Eden, Sir Harry and my Lord!
(All men of mighty power in word)
Do write unto the world at large,
This long last speech and dying charge!
[main text:]
Whereas we've found, that certain folks
Will neither mind or bribes or jokes;
Nor be persuaded by their betters
How sweet it is to walk in fetters;
. . . [132 lines follow, signed] Aristophanes
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