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NHG-P.765.062
8 Nov 1765:12 (475)
Boston, November 4. . . [50 lines about opposition to the
enactment of the Stamp Act] The following are copies of the
labels affix'd on the breasts of each of the above mention'd
effigies, viz. On that representing G---ge G--nv--ie,
holding out a Stamp-Act in his left hand,
Your servant sirs, do you like my figure,
You've seen one rogue, but here's a bigger;
Father of mischief ! how I fear,
Where many a rogue has gone before:
Take heed my brother rogues, take heed,
In me your honest portion read;
Dear cousin Peter no excuse,
Come dance with me without your shoes;
'Tis G----le calls, and sink or swim,
You'd go to h--l to follow him.
On the figure representing J---------,
Quest. What, brother -------, why this is bad?
Ans.
Ah indeed! but I'm a wicked lad;
My mother always thought me wild,
The Gallows is thy portion child,
She often said--behold 'tis true;
And now the dog must have his due;
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