England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . and preparing for their threatened invasion ofEngland, that threat which had so entirely misled theDuke of Newcastle and his colleagues. The Frenchstandard bears the inscription, Vengence et le bon bieret bon beuf de Angletere; and the still existing horrorof Popery represented the invaders as bringing over with them all the instru-ments of persecution. Inthe other print, the alacritywith which recruits joinedthe standard of their coun-try, to resist the invader, ap-pears in a youth apparent
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . and preparing for their threatened invasion ofEngland, that threat which had so entirely misled theDuke of Newcastle and his colleagues. The Frenchstandard bears the inscription, Vengence et le bon bieret bon beuf de Angletere; and the still existing horrorof Popery represented the invaders as bringing over with them all the instru-ments of persecution. Inthe other print, the alacritywith which recruits joinedthe standard of their coun-try, to resist the invader, ap-pears in a youth apparentlyunder age and under height,who is doing his best toprove his qualifications. Thecourage which was believedto animate the nation at thisconjuncture is shewn bythe manner in which theyturned to ridicule theirexpected invaders : a merrygroup are looking on whilst a soldier is drawing a cari-catured figure of King Louis holding a gallows in hishand; and on a label issuing from his mouth are writtenthe words, You take my fine ships, you be de pirates,you be de tiefes! Me send my grand armies and hang. A WILLING RECRUIT. 1750.] HANOVERIAN TROOPS IN ENGLAND. 293 you all! IMorblu ! It is hardly necessary to say thatthis is a satire upon the memorial of the French king
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