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NYM(G.768.122
12 Sep 1768:123 (880)
An epistle from the ghost of a certain pamphlet, entitled, A
Letter to the Bishop of Landaff, which was inhumanly cut to
pieces, and ignominiously lost its life, the second day of
June, A.D. 1768, Aetat. 3 months, 2 weeks, and a day.
To the Tune of Cheevy-Chace. [4 lines of Latin follow,
then:]
The cat breeds a kitten, the serpent a snake,
The son of a sow is a pig;
And who would e'er think a good churchman to make
Of a canting American Whig? [signed:] Anon.
. . . [This is followed by 17 numbered verses.]
I.Lo I, who whilom trod the field,
Equipp'd in borrow'd glory,
With rude-front steel'd, and brazen shield,
On fame's light wings to soar high;---
. . . [16 more verses, signed:] From the Gulph of Tartarus.
Sept. 9, 1768.
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