Asset number
1613747366
Description
It illustrates an advertisement, clipped, printed on both sides, probably a hand-bill, for a book with the above title. A man stands, his right leg in the teeth of a steel rat-trap, holding out in his right hand a paper on which is printed, "He means my Worship. Have I escaped the Gallows and pillory to come to THIS". His left hand is clenched and his head turned in profile to the left. Above his head is printed,
"If in this vicious Age some Monster shou'd,
With more than mortal infamy endue'd,
Count o'er the Crimes that gave him Power and Wealth,
To Gorge on Rapines, Murders, Frauds, and Stealth;
To Life's last stage this miscreant I'll pursue,
And greet the Villain with a Villain's Due."
This is continued in a contemporary hand,
"Little villians must submit to fate
Whilst great ones do enjoy ye world in State'
'Bishop"
"to be heard of at the Rotation Office Litchfield Street, St. Ann's Soho London."
The title is pr… (See Merlin record for full description)
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