North Briton in London, Middlesex

Elegiac Reflections and Political Echoes From A Bygone Era

The piece recalls how an early ruler drew countrymen to serve England, shaping language and court life. It notes an elegy to be delivered by a writer calling himself the Briton and mentions the death of John Bull, an honest Saxon descent man who choked on a thistle. It ends with a sharp Royalist appeal to reinstate confidence in the Hanoverian era and warns against harboring vipers.