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NYM(G.770.024
5 Mar 1770:22 (958)
From the London Chronicle, Nov.4. While the theatres are
celebrating, a ridiculous jubilee, in commemoration of a
dead deer-stealer, the patriots have lately enjoyed the
exalted satisfaction of celebrating a nobler Jubilee in
honour of a live patriot. . . [5 more lines] about six
o'clock in the evening, the streets being illuminated, the
bells ringing, bonfires blazing, taps running, with every
other demonstration of joy, the pageant proceeded from the
Suttling-house of the Lumber-Troop, in the ward of
Farringdon-Without, of which John Wilkes, Esq, is the
rightful alderman. . . [29 lines describing participants in
pageant] St. Bride's bells ringing muffled as the hearse
passed. . . [10 more lines] A triumphal car, containing the
best of Mr. Wilkes, drawn by the members of the Beef steak
Club, singing Mr. Wilkes's parody on Veni Creator. . . [13
more lines, signed] Libertas.
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