TREE CARICATURE[19]
The nine of hearts was a caricature of the English Copper and Brass Company, with the following epigram:
“The headlong-fool that wants to be a swopper
Of gold and silver coin for English copper,
May, in Change Alley, prove himself an ass,
And give rich metal for adultrate brass.”
The eight of diamonds celebrated the company for the colonisation of Acadia, with this doggrel:
“He that is rich and wants to fool away
A good round sum in North America,