I.

The/ British Bards,/ A Satire./ [1808.] [4º.

_Collation_--

No Title-page. Pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 [pp. 17, 18, 19, 20, proof-sheets of 84 lines:--(line 1), "Health to Immortal Jeffrey! once in name;"--(line 84), "Her son, and vanish'd in a Scottish mist" + p. 21, proof-sheet uniform with pp. 1-16, of 20 lines:--(line 1), "Illustrious Holland! hard would be his lot;"--(line 20), "Reforms each error, and refines the whole"], pp. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.

Signature C is at the foot of p. 5; D, p. 9; E, p. 13; G, p. 21; H, p. 25.

Pp. 1-16 contain 284 lines: (line 1), "Time was, e'er yet in these degenerate days;" (line 284), "Of Jefferies! monarch of the Scourge and, chain." (Lines 281-284 are erased.)

Pp. 19-29 contain 200 lines: (line 1), "Now to the drama turn, oh! motley sight;" (line 200), "And urge thy bards, to gain a name like thine." The last line of p. 29 is numbered 520, and the date 1808 is subscribed.

_Note_.--The page measures 278 X 218. The water-mark on the last page (p. 29) is 1807; the water-mark on the original wrapper, "J.W. & B.B. 1806." A wrapper of the original sheets is inscribed, "This is the original Satire which L^d B. put into my hands. It was printed in the Country, where he had been staying. He added 110 lines before it was published. R.C.D." (_B.M._, E.G. 2028.)