THE
RARE SHOW.
HERE be de var Pretty Show just come from Parrie,
Mee show you, Shentlemans, to make you merry!
O rare Show, O var pretty Show, who see my fine dainty Show.
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Here be de great Spring dat dance de Mashien,
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On which de Lo-dores be most plainly seen;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here first me present you with a Dismal Disaster,
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De Sarvant be hanged for saving his Master;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Great Marlbro, who all de World knows,
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Was baniste for saucily beating his Foes:
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Great Or---d, made Gen---l in Season,
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Prohibited Fighting to bring F---ce to Reason;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here B-tt-n with Sacred Regard to Alliance,
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Breaks Treaties to strengthen de Bond of Affiance;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de var fine Polititians dispatched
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To Paris, to treat of a P---ce da dar-hatchad;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Congrase all Utrick var noting is brouded,
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De Plenipos meet to do vat is concluded;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de no dar more Pretty Transaction,
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To give Lewis all, gives Allies Satisfaction;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Politique Harlinquine, mind him,
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You never shall twice in de same Posture find him;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Addresses to be Trone of Great B-tt-n,
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Say Here-da-tory Write will make Hanover sit onte;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de good Prodestante dat loves no Priest Jerkin,
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To save his Religion looks to Lewis or Perkin;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de de wise Polititians dat sed it,
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Dat sinking of Debts was restoring of Credit;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here to preserve de Consultation of B-tt-n,
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A whole Dozein of Lords was made at one sittin;
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G rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Cabal of Whigs dat are brought on,
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A hatching a Plot dat no Soul ever thought on;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Fifry Pounds for one of Pauls Screws,
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Which had da been all gone, had nere hurt de Pews;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Five Hundred Pounds for taking Mac Cartney,
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Dis must be anodar Plot de Rewards bid so hearty:
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Bandbox and Inkhorns, since de good Man sur-
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vivd it,
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Dis not wort one Brass Fardin to know who contrivd it;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Duc dA-nts whole Sellar of Clarett,
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Burnt b de Plot laid as high as de Gurrett;
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O rare Show, etc.
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He be de Five Hundred Pounds for de Letter dat told it,
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Do his Straw Garitteers can most likely unfold it;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here be de Skeleton do no more dan his License intended,
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By Advertisements and Swearing is nobly defended;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Here he also de good Folk dat on no Plot did tink,
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Until Skelton and Lewis thus stirrd up a Stink;
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O rare Show, etc.
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Now give a Laarjon, and when we have got em,
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Me show you de Shevaler de St. George at de Bottom;
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O rare Show, O varPretty Show, who see my fine [s]how
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dainty show?
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Dare is all, Shentlemans; what say you now?
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Huzza! Huzza! Huzza!
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Shentlemans I tank you: God bless you all, from de Pope,
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de Devil, and de Pretender, and all De great Rogues in Engaland.
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