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CC-H.775.068
7 Aug 1775:41 (554)
By Thomas Gage, whom British Frenzy
Stiled Honourable and Excellency,
O'er Massachusetts sent to stand here
Vice-Admiral and Chief Commander,
Whose power gubernatorial still
Extends as far as Bunker-Hill,
Whose Admiralty reaches clever
Full half a mile up Mystic River;
Let ev'ry clime and ev'ry nation
Attend once more, a proclamation
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Did not your clergy, all as one,
Vile protestants each mother's son,
Tho' miracles have left in lurch,
All men, but out true cath'lic church,
Persuade you Heav'n would help you out,
Till you despised our threats so stout;
While ev'ry sermon spread alarms
And ev'ry pulpit beat to arms!
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