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NYJ-N.773.140
19 Aug 1773:41 (1598)
[Relating the following to claims for reimbursement of loss,
by merchants during the Stamp Act, a reader submits three
versions of a French "Epigramme": (1) the original; (2)
translation; (3) a parody]
EPIGRAMME.
Blaise voyant a' l'Agonie
Lucas, qui devoit cent Francs
Lui dit, toute Honte bannie,
Ca payez moi mourir a' mon Aise,
. . . [3 more lines]
TRANSLATION.
Sick on his bed, and struggling hard for breath,
Poor Lucas lay in agonies of death;
Blaize, with a countenance and tone severe
Approach'd the bed, and thunder'd in his ear,
. . . [6 more lines]
IMITATION.
On death-bed despairing as G. G--lle lay,
And the D--l stood waiting to take him away;
In rush'd Doctor M--ff--t and Z--y H--d,
And urg'd he their loss, ere he died would make good--
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