Part 17 (1/1)

England! bound in with the triue Of wat'ry Neptune

Instead of the forlorn and famished party ere represented in the last plate, we here see a coh-spirited Britons, er to defend their country

In the first group a young peasant, who aspires to a niche in the te the service of Mars to that of Ceres, and the dignified appellation of soldier to the plebeian naainst the halberd to ascertain his height, and, finding he is rather under theon tiptoe This artifice, to which he is i ambition, the serjeant seereat man in his way; ”your hero always must be tall, you know”

To evince that the polite arts were then in a flourishi+ng state, and cultivated by entlerenadier, is rand monarque_, with a label from his mouth worthy the speaker and worthy observation, ”You take a my fine shi+ps; you be de pirate; you be de teef:you all” The action is suited to the word, for with his left hand this ht poises a gibbet The figure and motto united produce a roar of approbation fro the work It is so natural that the Helen and Briseis of the caht, and, while one of them with her apron measures the breadth of this herculean painter's shoulders, the other, to show that the perforainst the prongs of a fork The little fifer, playing that ani,” is an old acquaintance: we recollect hiround is a serjeant, teaching a co recruits theiris held at the sign of the Gallant Duke of cuer,

As if an angel dropp'd down froasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanshi+p

Underneath is inscribed ”Roast and Boiled every day,” which, with the beef and beverage upon the table, forre_, bare bones, and roasted frogs, in the last print The bottle painted on the wall, foa with liquor, which, impatient of imprisonment, has burst its cerements, must be an irresistible invitation to a thirsty traveller The soldier's sword laid upon the round of beef, and the sailor's pistol on the vessel containing the ale, intireat bulwarks of our island are as tenacious of their beef and beer, as of their religion and liberty

These two plates were published in 1756; but in the London Chronicle for October 20, 1759, is the following advertisened and etched by Willia the preparations on the French coast for an intended invasion; the other, a view of the preparations ns of our enemies; proper to be stuck up in public places, both in town and country, at this juncture”

The verses which were inserted under each print, and subjoined to this account, are, it h They were, however, written by David Garrick

[Illustration: ENGLAND]