EPIGRAM.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC DELEGATE AND

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

Said his Highness to Ned,[1] with that grim face of his,

"Why refuse us the _Veto_, dear Catholic Neddy?"

"Because, Sir," said Ned, looking full in his phiz,

"You're forbidding enough, in all conscience, already!"

[1] Edward Byrne the head of the Delegates of the Irish Catholics.

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