Royal George running from his wife and Cruize in the channel!!
Description:
Caption title., "Tune -- 'Now we're free from College Rules.'"--Below title., "Price One Penny."--Below imprint., R---l = Royal., Without the music., Satire in verse., First line: Now I'm free from upstart fools., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, English and Politics and government
Caption title., "Price six pence.", "The above poem, elegantly printed in quarto, may be had at the same place, with a humorous frontispiece. Second edition. Price two shillings."--Below imprint., Not in ESTC., and Signed in ink on verso: D. Erskine Esq. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Caption title., Date based on inclusion of 'Wottington', perhaps a variant spelling of Samuel Worthington, Mayor of Nottingham in 1800/1., An apparently satirical Nottinghamshire slip song, perhaps produced during an enclosure dispute (‘Have BURGESS's the Time forgot, When Worshipper's of Mammon; Combined to seize that happy Spot, We hold as RIGHT of Common?'), which groups the names of several local worthies (such as Mayors Hawksley and Hunt) 'as An Auctioneer's old Books, Waste Paper, Rotten Leather'., In verse., First line: The mighty contest now is done, And Nottingham in slav'ry ..., and For further information, consult library staff.