Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1770.02.05

BEP(F.770.005
5 Feb 1770:32 (1793)
[London] On the Earl of Chatham lately declaring, while
lying ill in bed, that if a crutch was not able to support
him at the next meeting of P--l--m-nt, he would be carried
to the House, and speak against the Adm--n in that
horizontal posture.
  Brave patriot speak! nor let thy spirits fail,
  But o'er each tyrant's cursed arts prevail;
  Once more in age redeem a tottering state,
  And save Britannia from the jaws of fate!
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