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NYG(B.730.008
26 Oct-2 Nov 1730:21 (262)
The following lines were put over the door of the General
Court, viz.
Our fathers crost the wide Atlantick Sea,
'nd blest themselves when in the desart free,
And shall their sons, thro' treachery or fear,
Give up that freedom which was [won] so dear!
. . . [8 more lines]
A stranger passing by, and seeing several persons reading
the above lines, caused him to flot, and having perused the
same, he took a piece of calk, and writ under-neath the
lines following, viz.
Their fathers crost the wide Atlantick Sea,
To be in desarts from their deserts free,
And shall their sons with glaring insolence
Support a cause so void of common sense?
. . . [8 more lines] [See also poem in No. 267]
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