OF THE

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The Eldest Chick R—L BROOD;

Trial of the Dove

BEFORE

JUDGE BEAR; AND HER APPEAL TO THE ASSEMBLY OF BIRDS. i i

Including the Accusutions of .
THE TOAD AND THE VIPER;

WITH THE SECRET EXAMINATIONS BY
Lord Jackall & Justice Hawk.

A Grand-r- Fable,
.. Of the Nineteenth Century :
.BY PETER PINDAR, Esq.

MAURICE, Printer, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-street.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Reader is informed, that, according to A DECREE, which had passed the ASSEMBLY OF BIRDS, every subject, from the Plebeian to the Noble, was compelled to wear, a certain badge, or mark, of one or more letters. Whether they bore any numerical sense, or not, we cannot pretend to say; but, from most authentic sources, we have procured a knowledge of those which distinguished the various characters introduced in this Fable, and give them as follow:

The Toad .................... S. J. D.
The Viper ...,

...... L. D.
Lord Jackall :....
Justice Hawk...

N. C.
1st Jack-daw ....

W.C.
2d ditto .......

R. B.
Judge Bear ......
Doctor Owl .................
The stinking Goat............... M. H.
The Owl, President of the Assembly C. A.
The Brewhouse Cock .......... S. W.
The fighting Cock..,............ C. J.
The scribbling Bee ..... ...... H. W.
The Vulture .................. S. V. G.
The Eagles of the Assembly ....
of the decomte S H. B.

'S. F. B.

A FABLE, &c.

IN verse you've lately understood
The story of the Brood;
And such a brood, I dare be swore,
No country ever saw before.

:. II.
In ampler scope of ambling metre :

To paint each trait, each glorious feature, *Each gallant act, each r- trick, That dignifies the ELDEST Chick,

III.

Is Peter's task; whose honest pen
The elder Cock and elder Hen
Hath blazon'd forth in many a lay,
And rais'd the wonder of their day.

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