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SCGCJ.771.002
5 Jan 1771:13 (265 Supplement)
London, November 8. The following anecdote is sent to us as
a fact. When his Royal Highness the D--- of C------ was at
Portsmouth dock, viewing the ruins caused by the late
dreadful fire there, an old fellow, a labourer in the yard,
who had been a sailor, carelessly sung the following verse
of a well known song, at the same time eyeing the D.
askance, and with a tar-like archness:
"As to you, sir, do your duty, --
(Oh! was I but young again!)
I'd not linger after beauty,
But go play my part with Spain."
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