Down with the Boroughmongers.
A CONTINUATION OF THE BOOK OF KINGS.
Chapter I.
And George the King died and was buried with his forefathers, and King William the Fourth reigned in his stead, over the Land of Great Britain.
2 And this King William did that which was just and right in the eyes of the wise and prudent, and was to his people as a blessing from heaven.
3 He opposed robbers of the public treasury, the plunderers of the people, the oppressors of mankind, the sacrilegeous—hypocrites, and evil doers, and all such as did succumb to them, and brought on them shame and confusion.
4 And it was on this wise:
5 A certain man of ancient extraction, and of great repute, an Englishman, called John Bull, from various causes fell sick, and was grievously ill-treated by those to whom he trusted to be preserved, and from their machinations was become as one going down to the Grave; for many of his Members were exceedingly filthy and corrupt—disgusting to the eyes of men to behold.
6 Now it came to pass there were certain good ministers of the people, who beheld with horror the state of this man, and shuddered at the contemplation of the baseness and iniquity of the workers thereof.