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