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7 lation that was de and becoming her high station; but before any matter of consequence was brought to the board, George seated himself hard by the queen's seat-all being silent, he rose up very quickly, lifted one of his legs, let a loud f-t which set the whole house a laughing, whereat the queen was greatly offended, and said, go, take the rogue and hang him, to which George answered, a fine parliamenter, indeed, to hang a man for sin- less infirmity, and that's a f-t. The queen being enraged at the affront put on her first appear ance in parliament, went off in a passion, and never would countenance them more. Bat yet, to be revenged on George, she would never give the king rest till he delivered George into her hand, that he might be punished at her pleasure, which the king accordingly commanded to be done, knowing that George would rescue himself by some intrigue or other. No sooner was he delivered into her hands, but she and her maids of honour pronounced his doom, which was as follows -As he had affronted the queen among so great an equipage, who ought to be honoured in chief above all women in the nation, that he should be stoned to death by the hands of women. Now the time being come that he had to die, according to their appointment, he was taken into a park, where a great number of women were waiting for him, with their aprons full of stones, to fall upon him, and put him to death, according to the queen's appointment.

GEORGE'S SPEECH TO HIS EXECUTIONERS. Here's a female band with bags of stones, To kill a man for rumple groans, I'm clean of rapide, blood and thefts, Could I comvert my f-s rifts?