Citation - Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green): 1751.01.16

MG-A(G.751.006
16 Jan 1751:22,31,32 (299)
THE TABLE BATTLE; OR, THE CANONICAL GAMESTERS.  A TRAGI-
COMIC TALE.
Of two battalions set in rank and file,
And of the various plunder and the spoil;
How each th' approaches of the other dreads,
With two sagacious gen'rals at their heads;
How shot the elephantine tooth becomes,
And boxes rattle in the stead of drums;
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I sing:---instruct me to recount the fray;
And give me patience,---more than when I play.
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