and as to Lord Patriot, he's a fellow that has been
outlaw'd, scandal-proof, little to be got by meddling with him; I would
advise to let him alone for the present, and humble America first.

MR. BRAZEN. I am very clear in it, please your Lordship; there are
numbers of men in this country who are ever studying how to perplex and
entangle the state, constantly thwarting government, in ev'ry laudable
undertaking; this clamorous faction must be curbed, must be subdued and
crush'd--our thunder must go forth, America must be conquered. I am for
blood and fire to crush the rising glories of America--They boast of her
strength; she must be conquered, if half of Germany is called to our
assistance.

MR. POLTRON. I entirely agree with you, Mr. Brazen; my advice is, that
Lord Boston and Admiral Tombstone be immediately despatch'd to Boston,
with two or three regiments (tho' one would be more than sufficient) and
a few ships to shut up their ports, disannul their charter, stop their
trade, and the pusillanimous beggars, those scoundrel rascals, whose
predominant passion is fear, would immediately give up, on the first
landing of the regulars, and fly before 'em like a hare before the
hounds; that this would be the case, I pawn my honour to your Lordships,
nay, I'll sacrifice my life: My Lords, I have moreover the testimony of
General Amherst and Colonel Grant to back my assertion; besides, here's
Mr. Judas, let him speak.

LORD HYPOCRITE. If this is the same Colonel Grant that was at Fort
Duquesne, the same that ran away from the French and Indians, the same
that was rescued by Colonel Washington, I have no idea of his honour or
testimony.

LORD POLTRON. He's a Gentleman, my Lord Hypocrite, of undoubted
veracity.

LORD HYPOCRITE. You might as well have said courage too, I have
exceptions against both; and as to General Amherst's assertion that he
could drive all America with five thousand men, he must have been
joking, as he is quite of a diff'rent opinion now.

LORD CATSPAW. What is your opinion of your countrymen, Mr. Judas, with
respect to their courage?

JUDAS. The same that I have ever told you, my Lord; as to true courage
they have none, I know 'em well--they have a plenty of a kind of
enthusiastic zeal, which they substitute in the room of it; I am very
certain they would never face the regulars, tho' with the advantage of
ten to one.

LORD HYPOCRITE. All this, and a great deal more, would never convince me
of t