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NYM(G.769.097
31 Jul 1769:21 (927)
[From the London Chronicle, of April 18.]. . . When Queen
Elizabeth, in her progress through the Kingdom, called at
Coventry, the Mayor, attended by the Aldermen, addressed her
Majesty in rhyme in the following words:
We men of Coventry
Are very glad to see
Your Royal Majesty:
Good Lord, how fair you be!
To which her Majesty returned the following most gracious
answer:
My Royal Majesty
Is very glad to see
Ye men of Coventry:
Good Lord, what f---s ye be!
. . .
[From the London Chronicle of April 22.]. . . When the
Mayor, one Mr. Bell, and corporation, had advice that Queen
Elizabeth intended to honour them with a visit, a hall was
called, and the town clerk, who was temporary poet laureat,
ordered by the court to furnish a copy of verses, which he
manufactured as follows:
Be merry, John Bell, be merry,
Thou mayor of Coventry;
For her Majesty's grace
Is come to this place
To see me.
. . . [ordered to revise it to include the whole
corporation, the following resulted:]
Be merry, John Bell, be merry,
Thou mayor of Coventry;
For her Majesty's grace
Is come to this place
To see we.
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