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STAT NOMINIS UMBRA.

A NEW EDITION.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY, BOLT COURT;

FOR VERNOR & HOOD, J. WALKER, CUTHELL & MARTIN,
W. J. & J. RICHARDSON, LACKINGTON, ALLEN, & co.
LONGMAN, REES, HURST, & ORME, W. OTRIDGE & SON,
R. FAULDER, OGILVY & SON, W. STEWART, & JORDAN
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On y verra un Roy differement regardè des hommes,
Aimè des uns, hai des autres, estimè de tous,

THE various paltry evasions of your Majesty's ministry will never get rid of the Middlesex election; it is surcingled and buckled upon their backs. Was your Majesty to consider the intestine jars of your kingdoms, and the heartburnings which reign amongst all degrees of people, you would never suffer the ministry to fan the fire and spirit of sedition and contention, by opposing the legal election of Mr. Wilkes to the shire of Middlesex. It is difficult at present to define the intentions of your ministers: but it is easy to discover the power of your mother, who successfully recommends pacific measures, though subversive of your dignity and domestic peace. When the Earl of Bute quitted the Princess in Germany, he repaired to the court of Madrid, to try by pomatum arguments to soften and appease the choler of the haughty Spaniard, so derogatory to your honour. I wish your Majesty would pursue the steps of your forefathers, and continue to make these arrogant Dons even tremble at the

name of England. Ye gods! protectors of my country, shall the monarch of Britain dwindle into a private dispute with the most petty of the petty governors of Spain? Shall he substitute the maternal dictate, and stop his ears against the cries of his people? Shall your mother, my gracious Sovereign, have the power of discharging the officers of state, eminent for their abilities and integrity, and substitute in their rooms the dull venal tools of Scotland? Is it consistent with reason, with that religion and domestic conduct you pursue, to reject every advice that is for the real good and dignity of your crown, and the good of your people? Is it becoming the Sovereign Majesty to divert whole hours and days with the gambols and gibes of an overgrown page, and confide the secrets of government in his hollow head and breast, and permit him to negotiate the sale of peerages? Is it kingly, is it manly, to converse with coachmakers, architects, dentists, and locksmiths, and permit them to see the puerilities of a Prince run up into seed in manhood? Will nothing prompt and stimulate your royal heart to remove those panders of your errors, and once more ride upon the wings of popularity, and dwell on the tongues of your subjects? I now beseech your Majesty to be cautious how you settle this dispute with Spain, and how you finish these intricate negotiations to the honour of yourself and the glory of your country. Firmness and magnanimity are the only arguments

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