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(Entirely typeset.)

(Engraved by G. Noble from a drawing by J. Hamilton. Engraving published 31 July 1787. For the year see the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, ii. 1308.)

(Engraving published 1 Dec. 1776.)

Lisieux.—The peace of the canton of Livarot has been disturbed by the threats and attacks of Chouans. Several properties have been raided and some republicans have been kidnapped. Encloses a letter from a leader of the Chouans demanding money from two residents of Courson (see f. 17). Asks him to send armed troops to Courson immediately, as the garde nationale is unable to fight.

(Dated 28 Pluviôse, an 4. Certified by Lévêque as a true copy.)

Describes the children of Montagu Montagu (born Wilkinson, c 1794-1797) in birth order giving their nicknames (real names added above) and a few lines on each: Henry (Stilts); Montagu (Mode); Caroline, Mrs Spencer Drummond (Gower); Willoughby (?Cospy), Edward (Boldero) and Horace (Flaccus). Small doodle in pencil on back.

First words, on one side: ‘If God made the earth cultivable’; and on the other: ‘Things termed common’. The sheet bears a sketch of the head of a man wearing an academic cap.

(Handwritten, with an engraved and letterpress heading. Subscribed by Paul Barras and Joseph-Jean Lagarde.)

Consideration, £62. Witnessed by Oakley Gwynn and Jeremiah Prichard. Signed and sealed by A.

Two ballads on same sheet.

Langcliffe near Settle. - Apologises for not being able to comply with her request. His movements.

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[In the margin:] Middlesex to wit

The Information of Margaret Rudd taken before Us this 17th. Day of March 1775

Who being upon Oath says that some few days before Tuesday the 7th. of March Instant Mr. Robert Perreau brought to her in Harley Street Cavendish Square a Bond for seven thousand five hundred Pounds from William Adair Esqr. to Robt. Perreau Esqr. ready filled up but not signed nor with any witnesses Names to it, that at the same time the said Robt. Perreau shewed to this Informant some Paper which seemed to this Informant to be a Letter on which was wrote the Name of William Adair asking this Informant if she could write any thing like that & saying that the Person who was to do it was out of Town or out of the Way & that he had no time to lose for that if he did raise the Money that he wanted upon that Bond he must lose his Life, that she desired him to leave the Paper & Bond with her which he did, that the same Day when Mr. Daniel Perreau came home she shewed the said Bond & Paper to him & told him of the Application Robt. Perreau had made to her, that the said Daniel Perreau begged she would do what Robert Perreau had desired her for that both his Life & his Brother’s Life depended upon having it done that from that time to Monday the 6th. of March Instant both the said Daniel Perreau & Robert Perreau made frequent applications to her to do it & so know whether she had done it, that at last on Monday Evening the 6th. of March Instant the said Daniel Perreau told this Informant that his Brother (meaning the said Robt. Perreau) had Occasion for Money the next day that he was sure Mr. Drummond wou’d advance him Money upon that Bond if it was signed & that if the Money was not obtained a Transaction would come out that would take away his Brother’s Life & might endanger his own, that she answered she would do any thing she could to save his Brother’s Life but begged him & conjured him on her Knees to spare her from doing that, that the said Danl. Perreau drew a Knife out of his Pocket & threatened to kill this Informant if she did not sign the said Bond for that his Brother must inevitably go to the Gallows & his own Life was in danger if that was not done, that under the Threats & Fears from the said Daniel Perreau she did accordingly sign the Name William Adair to the said Bond the said Daniel Perreau holding the said Knife over her Head in a menacing Manner whilst she did it, that she did not write the Names of the Witnesses which now appear to the said Bond, that the next Morning being Tuesday the 7th. of March Instant t[he] {1} said Robert Perreau came to the said House in Harley Street & asked fo[r] {1} the said Bond which was delivered to him & he took it away that she does not know directly or indirectly who wrote the Names of the Witnesses that now appear to the said Bond

Margt C. Rudd

Sworn before Us | March 17th. 1775
J Fielding
Sampn. Wright

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{1} Parts of these words are hidden where the document is pasted to the leaf of the volume.

First line: ‘Lord: what indouments are inherent’. The lines refer satirically to King George II.

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Lord: what indouments {1} are inherent
In King and Queen and Heir apparent
The second George like Magpye walks
And like that bird great C—e talks
Farr greater is the prince’s merritt
Who both these Virtues doos inheritt
Ancient and Modern Witts extoll
The Goose that saved the Capittole
But Magpyes are reservd by Fate
To Save Brittanias Sinking State
which no body can deney

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{1} endowments.

‘Balnea, vina, Venus conservant corpora nostra | Eadem corrumpunt balnea, vina, Venus.’ (The words ‘Eadem’ and ‘corrumpunt’ have been marked to show that their order should be reversed.) Dated at Strasbourg.

Headed ‘2.’ Numbered 13.

(Engraved by Hall senior (John Hall?) from a drawing by John Hamilton Mortimer.)

(Engraving published 22 July 1776.)

(Engraved by Walker from a drawing by Edward Edwards. Engraving published 29 Oct. 1777.)