THE

CANTICLE

OF

THE STONE,

Which may, or may not, be sung or said immediately
after Te Deum Laudamus

Benedicte omnia, &c.

 

    O ALL ye workers of Corruption, bless ye the Stone: praise it, and magnify it as a Bullet for ever.
       O most chaste, most pious, most magnificent, and gracious Prince, who alone workest great marvels: magnify it for ever.
       O thou Private Secretary, Secretary Extraordinary, and Privy Seal: magnify it for ever.
       O thou Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal of the Duchy: magnify it for ever.

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       O thou Vice Admiral, Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Steward of the Duchy: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Lords and Grooms of the Bedchamber: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Sticks in waiting: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Lords of the Treasury: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Solicitors to the Treasury: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Tailors and Accoutrement Makers to the Household Troops, whose dress hath not been altered during ten entire days last past: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Sword Cutlers, Helmet Makers, Epaulette Makers, Feather Makers, Buttonhole Stitchers, and cunning Workmen in Embroidery: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Dames of Hertford and Jersey, and Mother St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins: magnify it for ever.
       O ye One Hundred and Nine Chaplains in Ordinary, whose names are written in the Royal Kalendar: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Makers and Manufacturers of Sham Plots: magnify it for ever.
       O thou eldest Son of Impudence, George Cunning, who didst transform the foot of an old Stocking with a few Bullets, into a waggon load of Ammunition: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Old Cabbage Dog Rose, and the Managers and Directors of Savings Banks: magnify it for ever.

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       O thou Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, the Sucking-mother of the Treasury: magnify it for ever.
       O ye Borough-brokers, and Money-jobbers: magnify it for ever.
       O ye admirers of Louis the Desired, and Ferdinand the Beloved: magnify it for ever.
       O ye who believe the People have nothing to do with the Laws but to obey them: magnify it for ever.
       O ye who are arrayed in purple and fine linen; who toil not, neither do ye spin: magnify it without end, for ever and ever.
       ¶ Now to the Right Honourable Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Sir JOHN SILVESTER, and Mr. JUSTICE HICKS, be committed the entire disposal of the Lives and Liberties of the People of England at this time and for ever hereafter.  Amen.

[Here endeth the Canticle.]

JUST PUBLISHED, BY W. HONE,

Uniform with the BULLET TE DEUM, and CANTICLE,

    The POLITICAL LITANY--Price Two-pence.

    The SINECURIST'S CREED--Price Two-pence.

    The POLITICAL CATECHISM--Price Two-pence.

    The late JOHN WILKES'S CATECHISM of a Ministerial Member--Price Two-pence.

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