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PEP.778.073
2 Nov 1778:4051, 4061 (4/547)
From the New York Packet. [Parody on the manifesto of the
British Commissioners]
To public bodies and to all
That colonies we late did call;
Eden, Sir Harry and my Lord!
(All men of mighty power in word)
Do write unto the world at large,
This long last speech and dying charge!.
Whereas we've found that certain folks
Will neither mind our bribes or jokes;
Nor be persuaded with their betters,
How sweet it is to walk in fetters;
. . . [2 more columns of verse]
[signed] Aristophanes
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