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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 08, 1772
Page
4
Fragmentary verse from a Middlesex Journal item titled Poets Corwer For the Middlesex Journal. It echoes Horace with Latinized lines about prudent ambition patience under fortune and resisting sudden tides. The passage includes stanzas on temperance, steady mind during adversity, and caution against excessive ambition with references to Phoebus and Muses.
A passionate protest letter denounces the king for violating coronation vows and dispensing with laws. It warns of rebellion, cites Wilkes and others, and condemns favor shown to criminals. It contrasts English liberties with Swedish and Scottish royal conduct and predicts a reckoning.
A historical letter urges reform and uniform change to win back public affection while condemning corruption. It warns the sovereign that supporters of treachery are exposed and invokes Caesar and Brutus as moral touchstones. The note notes the date before Captain Fones's pardon.
A fragmentary item references a commentator’s remark about our correspondents Observator and Paraphrase of an Epitaph in Westminster Abbey. The text alludes to the title The Specimen of an English Dictionary and mentions a Saturday or Tuesday timing.
Fairs from Monday to Saturday spread across September third week. Cornwall Sumer Court cattle. St Udney and Dorsethire entries include bullocks and cheese. Essex Bauldon toys at Witham. Hampshire Wharwell sheep and bullocks. Kent Goodestone cattle. Somerset Congerbury ditto horses. Frome cheese. Staffordshire Wewcattle cattle. Surrey Ryegate bullocks and horses. Wiltshire Northbradley cattle and cheese.
A skeletal ledger of various securities and bonds lists Bank Stock, India, South Sea, old and new S S Ann, and related percent values. Entries include government bonds, Navy and Vittualing Bills, Exchequer Bills, and tickets with multiple 1s and 4s fractions, reflecting a dense, early 18th century market record. The fragment references specific prices and commissions, including red and con figures.
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