Libertas et natale solum: Fine words! I wonder where you stole…
Libertas et natale solum:
Fine words! I wonder where you stole ‘em.
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Verses Occasioned by Whitshed’s Motto on his Coach (1724). Whitshed was a chief justice enraged by The Drapier’s Letters
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