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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On Friday last, the Fifth of November, a large crowd in Town paraded effigies of the Devil, Pope, Pretender, and Admiral B—g in derision of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators and the admiral, with a satirical inscription on the stage.
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Come hither brave Boys, be jolly and sing.
Here's Death and Confusion to Admiral B—g.
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Friday Last, The Fifth Of November
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A large body of the mobility assembled and carried about Town effigies of the Devil, Pope, Pretender, and a certain English Admiral hung upon a gibbet with a wooden sword on the right side and one of steel run through the body, in derision to the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot and the admiral. Upon the front of the stage was written: 'Come hither brave Boys, be jolly and sing. Here's Death and Confusion to Admiral B—g.'