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NYG(W.763.070
25 Jul 1763:33 (241)
London, May 14. On Thursday se'nnight peace was proclaimed
at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire in the following whimsical
manner: The stage from whence it was proclaimed, was
constructed by a few loose boards upon four cyder hogsheads,
which were drank empty: The Proclamation was read by a youth
in mourning, upon which joyful occasion the band of music
struck up, which consisted of sow-gelders horns only, and
the populace were regaled with part of a bottle of wine, but
it is asserted by others that the generosity of the officers
extended as far as three, it being fair and market day.
In several market towns where the proclamation of peace was
read, the church bells toll'd, as for a burial, and cyder
and perry were given to the populace to prevent the payment
of the late excise.
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