The Cork surgeon's antidote, : against the Dublin apothecary's poyson. For the citizens of Dublin. / By Anthony Litten.

Date:
1749
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Credit: The Cork surgeon's antidote, : against the Dublin apothecary's poyson. For the citizens of Dublin. / By Anthony Litten. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sill, to give three Months to the KING of IRELAND, to’ take Pofleflion of his iNDEPENDANT Kingdom, or to declare the REGENT, PROTECTOR and DICTA¬ TOR: And Both Hordes joined in an. Addrefs to the RE¬ GENT to make art Alliance, Offenfive and Defenfive, with the FREEMEN of CORSICA* To this fome one of the Members, I think the TREASURER, (for he was chofen MEMBER for the City-, by the Influence of the HOSI¬ ERS,) objected fomething, which I could not well under- ffand, it was in fuch tragical high Bombaft.-- ] juft diftinguifhed—GRAND MONARCH— CHEVALIER- EARL of CLARE-- IRISH BRIGADE. ---But Head or Tail I could not make of the Difcourfe.-—Be¬ fore they could conclude this Point effeblually, Meflenger upon Meflenger arrived from the Sea Coaft, to acquaint the REGENT, that they obferved a fmall Ship failing gently, on each Side of the Ifland, and flopping every Ship that made for a Port. This.Infult provoked his EXCELLEN¬ CY beyond Meafure, for he concluded thefe were fmall Britijh Ships of War; he took his Battoon in his Hand, which much refembled a Peftle, ftrutted, talked loud, made an ORATION, and concluded, with wifhing the Crews Would land, that they might be pounded in MORTARS. But his talking was vain ; his Bluftering availed not__ Another wrathful Meffage was fent to both Houfes of Par¬ liament. A Bill was immediately brought in, to make it Fe¬ lony without Benefit of Clergy, to fend any Irijh-Linen to Great-Britain ox hex American Plantations, and quickly re-^ ceived the Royal Aflent.-Another A£t pafled, to encourage thefiowing of HEMP, and todifcourage thefiowing of FLAX9 which the Law faid, contributed chiefly, to make this King¬ dom DEPENDANT on GREAT-BRITAIN. « t > By this Time the Tanners begun to complain that they could get no Bark, and the People mu ft go barefoot; for they had not Ships to fend for any, and if they had, they could not ftir, for fear of the two fmall Britifiy Ships of War, that watched the Coaft.-An Aft: immediately pafled in Parlia-. ment, to fiend the Wool of Ireland to France, and to bring hack in Return, wooden Shoes, and a large Quantity of French Patriotifm.-—Now GALLUS was in his Province, he readily undertook this Buftnefs, and prevailed upon a fmall Skiff, to venture for a great Reward, to the nearefl Part of France with aa Account to his Correfpondents of the new Commerce.
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