Charles Dibdin, illustrated by William Mulready

“ He gazes with affection true,
And pats a smiling boy.
He asks the nurse, but asks in vain,
Whose pretty brood appears;
For "Je vous n'entends pas" again
Assails his wond'ring ears.
PLATE IX.
A splendid carriage next he sees,
That four fine horses draw—
"Boy, say, whose coach, whose steeds are these?"——
"Eh! Je vous n'entends pas."
"Well!" honest Bull astonish'd roars,
"I'm surely in a trance—
"On Nongtongpaw what fortune pours—
"He must be King of France!" ”

“ Salutes him with the former sound—
"Eh! Je vous n'entends pas."
"Hah, hah!" says John, "Is this his place?
Why surely he's the King—
"How high is he in Fortune's grace,
"Who owns so vast a thing!" ”

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