A collection of state songs, poems &c. that have been published since the rebellion [T140496]

DMI number:

496

Aliases

A collection of state songs, poems &c.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1716

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T140496

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112830471

Shelfmark:

BOD Vet. A4 f.274

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | STATE SONGS, | POEMS, &[i]c[/i]. | That have been Publish'd since the | REBELLION: | AND | Sung in the several MUG-HOUSES | in the Cities of [i]London[/i] and [i]West- | minster,[/i] &[i]c[/i]. | [rule] | [i]To be Publish'd Annually.[/i] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for ANDREW and WILLIAM BELL | at the [i]Cross-Keys[/i] and [i]Bible[/i] in [i]Cornhill[/i], and | J. BAKER and T. WARNER at the [i]Black | Boy[/i] in [i]Pater-noster Row[/i]. 1716. | Price 2 [i]s[/i].

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Political miscellany and Collection of songs

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

2 s.

Pagination:

[3] iv-viii, [1], 2-152.

Bibliographic details:

In another copy of this miscellany (BOD Harding C 186), pp.49-52, 61-65, 71-76, 80-81 and 97-98 are missing. A cutting from the sale catalogue pasted onto the inside of the cover of Harding C 186 describes it as "A most facetious collection." BOD Vet. A4 f.274 is handsomely bound and in very good condition.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: "An Index of all the Songs, Poems, &c. in the Order as they stand in this Book." (Sigs.A2-A4v)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A pill to purge state melancholy [vol. 2] [T179426]

Publication Date:

1718

ESTC No:

T179426

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Title:

Pills to purge state melancholy: part the second [N11822]

Publication Date:

1718

ESTC No:

N11822

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Author:

T. Warner

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for ANDREW and WILLIAM BELL at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, and J. BAKER and T. WARNER at the Black Boy in Pater-noster Row.'

Publisher:

Andrew Bell

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for ANDREW and WILLIAM BELL at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, and J. BAKER and T. WARNER at the Black Boy in Pater-noster Row.'

Publisher:

John Baker

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for ANDREW and WILLIAM BELL at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, and J. BAKER and T. WARNER at the Black Boy in Pater-noster Row.'

Publisher:

William Bell

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for ANDREW and WILLIAM BELL at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, and J. BAKER and T. WARNER at the Black Boy in Pater-noster Row.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

In the days of great George a boy came from France

Page No:

p.[1]-3

Poem Title:

The High-Church Expedition. To the Tune of, Dear Catholick Brother.

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First Line:

Since Hanover is come

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

A New Song. To the Tune of, The King shall enjoy his own again.

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First Line:

Welcome brave monarch to this happy isle

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

A Copy of Verses.

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First Line:

Britain now sing for joy of your king

Page No:

pp.5-8

Poem Title:

The Rebels Downfal, or the true Description of the cowardly Pretender. To an old Tune.

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First Line:

When sad Britannia feared of late

Page No:

pp.8-10

Poem Title:

On Mr. Walpole's Recovery.

Attribution:

By N. Rowe, Esq.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

If any Briton in this place appears

Page No:

pp.10-12

Poem Title:

An Epilogue written for the late celebrated New Play, call'd, The Drummer; but not spoke.

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First Line:

Pull on be loyal Holbeach boys

Page No:

pp.12-14

Poem Title:

These Verses were writ on King George's Birth-Day, by Mrs. Centlivre, and sent to the Ringers while the Bells were ringing at Holbeach in Lincolnshire.

Attribution:

by Mrs. Centlivre

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

Stand up my boys off with your hats

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

A Song.

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First Line:

Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

The Sense of the Tories, who take the Oaths with no other Design than to break them.

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First Line:

Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

Or thus:

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First Line:

Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

The Whigs Answer.

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First Line:

Lewis once called the gift of god

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

'...some Wags, to shew their Wit, have made the following Lines on this Article of the Archbishop's Speech.'

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First Line:

Thou serviceable timber hold thy own

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

The following Lines were writ by an Officer, on seeing Parson Paul and Justice Hall executed.

Attribution:

writ by an Officer

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First Line:

Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease

Page No:

pp.19-23

Poem Title:

High-Church Loyalty; or, a Tale of Tory Rebellion. To the Tune of Windsor Tarras.

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First Line:

The muse who near thy Britain's watery bounds

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

To the King. On his Majesty's Landing in Holland.

Attribution:

By Mr. Motteux

Attributed To:

Peter Anthony Motteux

First Line:

Britons when over the merry mug we meet

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

A Prologue spoke at the Opening of the Mug-House at the Roebuck in Cheapside, July 18. 1716.

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First Line:

Our rebels cry religion

Page No:

pp.27-30

Poem Title:

The High-Church Rebel. To the Tune of, Begging we will go.

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First Line:

Since the tories could not fight

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

A Song.

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First Line:

When the reverend Paul

Page No:

pp.31-35

Poem Title:

Mr. Paul's Speech turn'd into Verse, and explain'd, for the Use of all Lovers of the Church, and the late Queen Anne.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The cry is now that Perkin's come

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

A New Ballad, call'd, King George for England, or Perkin's Downfall. To an excellent new Playhouse Tune.

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First Line:

Apollo touch your lyre and golden strings

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

On the Thanksgiving-Day.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Now true hearts let's celebrate

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

On King George's Birth-Day.

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First Line:

A junto of knaves met at Paris together

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

A Halter for Rebels, or the Jacobites Downfall. A most excellent new Ballad, to a merry old Tune, call'd, The Old Wife she sent to the Miller her Daughter.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In vain are the hopes of a popish pretender

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

The Second Part of a Halter for Rebels. To the Tune of, The Old Wife she sent to the Miller her Daughter.

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First Line:

Let Tories versed in outrages and noise

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Verses spoken in the Club-Room at the Mug-House in St Jones's, May the 29th, 1716.

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First Line:

As I from hunting came one night

Page No:

pp.44-46

Poem Title:

Ormond's Vision. To the Tune of, The Children in the Wood.

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First Line:

Here's a health to the king

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

A loyal new Ballad: To the Tune of the Old Man's Wish, If I live to grow old, &c.

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First Line:

The time is now come

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

A Song for the 28th of May, the Birth-Day of our Glorious Sovereign King George. To the Tune of, The King shall enjoy his own.

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First Line:

Rouse britons rouse maintain your laws

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

No Popish Impostor, but King George for ever. To an Excellent old Tune.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Pull on expiring tory boys

Page No:

pp.52-54

Poem Title:

Upon the Bells ringing at St. Martins in the Fields, on St. George's 'Day, 1716. being the Anniversary of Queen Anne's Coronation.

Attribution:

By S. C. a loyal Female in that Parish. // By Mrs. Centlivre [contents]

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

While slavish jacks their sorrows boast

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

True Protestant Gratitude, or Britain's Thanksgiving for the First of August, Being the Day of His Majesty's happy Accession to the Throne. To the Tune of, Draw, Cupid, draw, &c.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Attend and I'll you a story that's new

Page No:

pp.56-58

Poem Title:

A New Song. To the Tune of, Which no Body can deny; or, Rare Doings at Bath.

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First Line:

Gentlemen | Since nothing can procure your custom quicker

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

The Prologue spoke by Mr. Smyth, at the opening of his Mug-House in St. John's Lane.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Since it must be our wretched case

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

The Rueful Day: or, the Tories Thanksgiving, on June 7. 1716. To the Tune of, To you, Dear Ormond.

Attribution:

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First Line:

From Havre de Grace

Page No:

pp.61-63

Poem Title:

On the Pretender's Expedition to Scotland. To the Tune of Dear Catholick Brother, &c.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cheer up and sing ye loyal hearts

Page No:

pp.64-66

Poem Title:

Great Britain's Triumph: Or, The Demolishers demolish'd, and the Hopes of Prince Perkin's Friends and Abettors for ever extinguish'd. To the Tune of, Now comes on the Glorious Year.

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First Line:

With all the charms of France and Rome

Page No:

pp.66-68

Poem Title:

A full and ample Explanation, | Of one King James's Declaration.

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First Line:

To you dear Jemmy at Lorraine

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

The Tories Letter to the Pretender. To the Tune of, To you, dear Ormond, cross the Seas, &c.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Unable now the sword to wield

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

A Trip to the Mountains.

Attribution:

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First Line:

What a bustle is made about high church and low church

Page No:

pp.71-73

Poem Title:

Advice to the Britons.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The man that loves his king and nation

Page No:

pp.73-76

Poem Title:

An Allusion to Horace, Book I. Ode XXII.

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First Line:

Mar read it Ram the other way

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

Mar, alias Ram. An Anagram.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Go doting wretches and enquire

Page No:

pp.78-79

Poem Title:

A Whig-Riddle for the Tory Omen-Hunters, &c. To the Tune of, You Fair Ladies.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Let Burgundy flow

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

(Joy after Sorrow) A New Song, the Words made to the D'Aumond's Minuet

Attribution:

by T. D.

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First Line:

Here lies an old man of seventy seven

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Bona-Fide.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Hail happy day

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

A Song to a Minuet at a Ball,on the happy Coronation Day of George our King, October the 20th. Set by Mr. William Corbett, one of his Majesties Servants, for two Voices.

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First Line:

Ye whigs and eke you tories give ear to what I sing | For it is about the Chevalier that silly would-be king | He boasts of his nobility and when his race began

Page No:

pp.83-89

Poem Title:

The Right and True History of Perkin. To the Tune of, ---- O London is a fine Town.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Now since the force of rude rebellion's fled

Page No:

pp.89-91

Poem Title:

An Epilogue recommending the Cause of Liberty to the Beauties of Great Britain. Spoken by Mrs. Oldfield, at the Theatre Royal.

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First Line:

As I walked along fair London town

Page No:

pp.91-93

Poem Title:

Rue and Tyme: A merry Song. To the Tune of, The Vicar of Taunton-Dean.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Welcome great George of high renown

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

The Loyal Britain's Welcome to King George, upon his safe Return. To the Tune of, Now comes on the Glorious Year.

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First Line:

November the 11th from Manchester town

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

An Ode upon the Battle of Preston, entitul'd, Protestants Triumph: Or, British Liberty maintain'd, in opposition to Popish Slavery, Tyranny and Oppression. To the Tune of, Now comes on the Glorious Year.

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First Line:

Since Nassau bravely freed us

Page No:

pp.97-99

Poem Title:

The Loyal Briton's Resolution, to stand by King George and the Protestant Religion, against Popery, Slavery, Tyranny and Oppression. To the Tune of, Young Phillis.

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First Line:

When Britain's happiness I view

Page No:

pp.99-101

Poem Title:

A Loyal Scotch Song, entitul'd, The true Protestant's Happiness and Satisfaction under King George's good Government. To the Tune of, O my Bonny Highland Laddy.

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First Line:

Good dear Eugene

Page No:

pp.101-104

Poem Title:

The Christians Victory over Turks and Tories. To the Tune of, Lille bo laro, &c.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Pox take you foolish jacobites

Page No:

pp.104-106

Poem Title:

Great Britain's Glory over all her Enemies. To the Tune of, A begging we will go.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Young Perkin a poor wandering knight

Page No:

pp.107-110

Poem Title:

The Stroler, or, a hard Fate, but good Fate at Last. To the Tune of, Aeneas Wand'ring Prince of Troy.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When young Perkin was defeated

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

The Lamentation of Cowardly run away Jemmy, upon his Flight from Scotland. To the Tune of, When my Bonny Jockey left me; or, Monmouth's Farewell.

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First Line:

Hearken you drunken Jacobite sots

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

Tories, Where's your King? Or, Scotch Rebels routed.

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First Line:

I'll tell you a story now listen and hear

Page No:

pp.114-116

Poem Title:

The Tories prov'd Liars, by a Friend to King George. To the Tune of, Which no Body can deny.

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First Line:

December last in frosty weather

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

Perkin's Last Adventure: Or, a Trip through the Back-Door. (To the Tune of, Moll Peatly, alias Gillian of Croydon.)

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First Line:

From the dark regions of eternal night

Page No:

pp.119-121

Poem Title:

The Apparition of Derwentwater's Ghost, to the Earl of Oxford.

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First Line:

King George is come let flowers grace the way

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

Verses on his Sacred Majesty's Royal Entry.

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First Line:

Hail mighty prince of noble birth and mind

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

To His Royal Highness the Prince.

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First Line:

Sound sound the trumpet beat the drum

Page No:

pp.122-125

Poem Title:

The Loyal Consort of Musick. To the Tune of, The Prince of Wale's March.

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First Line:

Twas when the seas were roaring

Page No:

pp.125-127

Poem Title:

The Pretender's Flight, and sorrowful Lamentation for his late Disappointment in Scotland. In imitation of a new Song sung at the Playhouse in the Comick Tragick Farce, or, What d'ye call it.

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First Line:

To his dear vassals of the north

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

The Pretender's Letter to the Tories. To the Tune of, To you, dear Ormond, cross the Seas, &c.

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First Line:

Ye perjured traitors jacks and tories tell

Page No:

pp.130-131

Poem Title:

A Word to the Tories.

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First Line:

Prepare each man his glass in hand

Page No:

pp.131-133

Poem Title:

England's Happiness, in the Most Renowned King George. A Toast drank at the Mug-house in St. John's Lane. To the Tune of, There was a Jovial Beggar, &c.

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First Line:

Come all you loyal churchmen

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

A Health to Bungy and his Man Hugh.

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First Line:

Now comes on the glorious year

Page No:

pp.135-138

Poem Title:

The Protestant Jubilee: Or, Great Britain's Happiness under King George. To the Tune of, Now comes on the Glorious Year.

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First Line:

Come brave boys let us remember

Page No:

pp.139-140

Poem Title:

The Twentieth of October. A new Song, to an Excellent new Tune.

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First Line:

In troth friend Harry

Page No:

pp.140-142

Poem Title:

A New Song. To an Old Tune.

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First Line:

Names that could never rise to epic verse

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

Prologue, perform'd by Mr. Wilks.

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First Line:

As Perkin one morning lay musing in bed

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

The Pretender's Army. To the Tune of, The Earl of Essex.

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First Line:

Here's a health to the great Eugene

Page No:

pp.146-148

Poem Title:

On Prince Eugene's routing the Turks. To the Tune of, An Old Woman poor and blind.

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First Line:

Let high-church and papists meet lurking in holes

Page No:

pp.148-149

Poem Title:

A Loyal Song, To the Tune of Lillibolero.

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First Line:

For George our great king

Page No:

pp.149-151

Poem Title:

A Song to be sung by all true Loyalists, on the First of August, being the Day of His Majesty happy Accession to the Throne. To the Tune of, Let Burgundy flow, &c.

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First Line:

All loyal men come zee my vine rary show

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

The Second Part of the Raree-Show.

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