England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . designated by theof his attachment to the army, Jacobites as the Captain. 1741.] THE GIPSY. 189 Let France damn tlie Germans, and undam the Dutch,And Spain on Old England pish ever so much;Let Russia bang Sweden, or Sweden bang that,— I care not, by Robert! one kick of my hat! ***** * * Or should my chousd owners begin to look sour,I 11 trust to mate Boh to exert his old power,Regit animos dictis, or nummis, with ease,So, spite of your growling, I 11 act as I please I The conduct of the Capt
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . designated by theof his attachment to the army, Jacobites as the Captain. 1741.] THE GIPSY. 189 Let France damn tlie Germans, and undam the Dutch,And Spain on Old England pish ever so much;Let Russia bang Sweden, or Sweden bang that,— I care not, by Robert! one kick of my hat! ***** * * Or should my chousd owners begin to look sour,I 11 trust to mate Boh to exert his old power,Regit animos dictis, or nummis, with ease,So, spite of your growling, I 11 act as I please I The conduct of the Captain is represented as calcu-lated to bring ruin on his owners, unless they lookmore closely into his proceedings :— This secret, however, must out on the dayWhen he meets his poor owners to ask for his pay;And 1 fear, when they come to adjust the account,A zero for balance wdll prove their amount. The caricatures on the affairs of the Queen of Hun-gary were very numerous, both on the Continent andin England; but the majority of the foreign onesappear to have been against her, while the English. A ROYAL GIPSY. caricatures were all in her favour. In one, the back-ground of which shews Prague bombarded, the Queenis represented as a ragged gipsy, (a pun upon theFrench word Bohemienne,) kneeling before the King 190 THE CARDINAL TURNED PHYSICIAN. [1742. of France, to whom she offers her jewels, with theprayer, Sire, ayez pitie d^une pauvre Bohemienne!The King, who thinks them worthy of the acceptanceof his favourite mistress, replies disdainfully, Portezles a Pompadour^ In another print, entitled TheSlough, of which there appeared several copies withslight variations, the Queen of Hungary is driven in acoach, with the King of France as coachman. CountBruhl riding as postilion, and the new King of Polandholding on behind as lackey. They are running headforemost into a slough. The King of Prussia, whostands near in the character of a sentinel, asks,Where are you going, Madame ? The
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