Indemnity he now difdains ;
As Scottish bluid flows in their veins,
Who'll vote them foreign troops?

Herries and Sherri' fhall collogue,
To twist their tongues to twang and brogue,
And MONBODD's hopes furpass:

I pledge myself that in fix weeks
An Ouran better English speaks,
Than INNES or DUNDAS.

To check religious zeal and quarrels,-
Let David Hume inculcate morals,
Dalrymple pen their story!
And as their jabbering fmacks of Erfe,
Let them recite MAC-OSSIAN's verfe,
To fire their fouls to glory.

The oppofition kindly offered an 4 of Indemnity to Lord North for employing Heffian troops in the British dominions; but as his lordship thought our colonies were not comprehended within the meaning of the prohibition in the Act of Settlement relative to foreign troops, he thanked his opponents for the offer, but de clined accepting it.

Meffieurs Herries and Sheridan, Scotch and Irish profeffors of oratory, who modeftly undertook to teach us the true enunciation and pronunciation of the English language.

Honours, like fulphur, cure all stains;
Will fine the blood in OURAN's veins,
And dignify difgrace:

Then grant them titles, or a string,
They'll not betray a Brunswick king,
Though of a Scottish race.

To fhine at court with IRWIN's grace,
Or grin with sweet Sir JoHN's + grimace,
A Nova Scotia Baron!

General Charles Lee.

Sir John Dalrymple..

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A CONGRATULATORY ODF, ADDRESSED TO

LORD NORTH.

BY ТНЕ SAME.

Scriberis, Vario fortis, & hoftium
Victor, Maonii carminis alite,

Quam rem cumque ferox navibus, aut equis
Miles, te duce, gefferit.

I.

SAM JOHNSON in the true fublime
Shall chaunt your Acts another time,
Your wisdom in taxation;

HOR,

Though Boston ftill, without remorfe,
Would burn your ships, and starve your horfe,
She'll kiss your Proclamation.

II.

Our power fupreme shall Yankies own,
Since Jacobites before the throne

Lay down their lives and riches:
To raise recruits the Highlands join,
And Birmingham will furnish coin

To buy them-velvet breeches. *

Strong Addreffes were prefented by the inhabitants of Biratingham and Manchester, to urge the continuance of the American

war.

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III. My

III.

My trembling mufe can ne'er aspire
To tune an ode with Whitehead's fire,
Or fing these glorious days:

Befides, your ears, my Lord, are nice,
They fhrink from flattery in a trice,
And scarce bear modest praise.

IV.

Elfe fhould I hail this lucky hour,
LO, SAYRE Committed to the Tower!
Britain fhall Peans fing:

A meal-tub plot young Oates fhall prove,
Since Kate Macaulay bafely ftrove

To ravish George our King * !

V.

Can I defcribe the Atlantick fea,
Green as a leek with India's tea,
Dire caufe of civil rage?

* Mr. Richardfon, (the witness against Sayre, and therefore the Titus Oates of the Court) will produce undoubted evidence to prove this extraordinary faft.-The Lord Mayor elect, Mr. Sawbridge, encouraged his fifter to this atrocious attempt, unparalle!ed even in her own hiftory.--Mr. Wilkes is alfo ftrongly fufpected.

The

The duft and fweat on Putnam's brow,
Who in the battle equals Howe,

But kneels to Madam Gage ?

VI.

Enough for me, if I rehearse
Some Whiggish maxim in my verse,
And prove my patriot zeal :

I've no fond wish to lose an ear

(Or gain a penfion, like Shebbeare,). Though the King's touch might heal.

OCTOBER 27, 1775.

* To prevent malignant constructions, the author thinks himfelf bound in honour to declare, that by Madam Gage he means Mrs. Gage, and not the General. At the fame time he candidly owns a compliment was defigned to the gallant old wood-cutter, for his fingular politenefe to that lady.