Citation - New York Gazette (Weyman): 1765.12.09

NYG(W.765.053
9 Dec 1765:41,42,43 (345)
[Verse at end of speech by Governor Bernard]
HIS EXCELLENCY BERNARDUS FRANCISCO'S SPEECH VERSIFY'D.
Gentlemen of the Council and of the House,
The last part of the session I have been as still as a
mouse:
Not forgetting the old proverb, you may well think,
That the more some people stir the more they stink,
. . . [2 columns of verse]
[signed] B.F.