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'^  aver  and  above  his  pay  as  King  ;  and  having  thus  purchased  U
^^  at  the  expense  of  Enghtmd^  a£kd  it  to  his  Hanoverian  daminimu
^^  for  his  own  private  profit. — In  fact,  every  nation  that  does  not
*'  govern  itself  is  governed  as  a  job  ;  England  has  been  the  prey
'*  rfj^f^  ever  since  the  Revolution,^^  And  in  another  part  thereof
^^  according  to  the  tenour  and  effect  following :  (that  ib  to  say,)
^  The  fraud,  hypocrisy,  and  imposition  of  Governments^^  (nieaning^
amongst  others,  the  government  of  this  kingdom,)  *^  are  new  hi'
'^  ginning  to  be  too  well  understood  to  promise  them  anv  long  ca*
^'  reer. The  farce  of  monarchy  and  aristocracy  in  aU  countries
**  is  following  that  of  chivalry,  and  Mr,  Burke  is  dressing  for
^^he  fitfuroL  Let  it  then  pass  quietly  to  the  tomb  of  all  e&er
^  follies^  and  the  mourners  be  comforted. The  time  is  not  very
^^  distant  when  Enghmd  will  laugh  at  itself  for  sending  to  Hd-
^^  land,  Hanover,  ZeU,  or  Brunswick,  for  men^  {me^mag  the  Kings
of  these  realms,  bom  out  of  the  same,  nrho  have  acceded  to  Uie
crown  thereof  at  and  since  the  Revolution,)  ^'  at  the  expense  of  a
**'  pUlUon  a  year,  who  understood  neither  her  laws,  her  language^
'^  nor  her  interest ;  and  whose  capacities  would  scarcely  have  ft-
*^  ted  them  for  the  office  of  a  parish  constable. If  government
*^  could  be  trusted  to  such  hands,  it  must  be  some  easy  and  mi*
*^  pie  thing  indeed;  and  materials  fit  for  all  the  purposes  wum  he
^'  found  in  every  town  and  village  in  England/*  In  contempt  clour
saM  Lord  the  King  and  his  laws,  to  the  evil  example  of  all  othen
in  the  like  case  oflfending,  and  against  the  peace  of  our  said  Lord  tiie
King,  his  crown  and  dignity. 