His finger through the skies!

The Commons framed the Stamp-Act.[14]

It legal writs refused,

And made our bargains go for naught,

Unless, in all we sold or bought,

Their stamps were bought and used.

“The stamps are only vouchers,”

Wrote Green,[15] “to license knaves!”

“To tax, against their own consent,

Where none,” said Adams,[16] “represent