Un poeme.
Desforges, Esprit-Jean-Baptiste,-1768.
[London? : [s.n.,
1749]
An address to France on her desertion of the Stuart cause.
The English version is on pp. [3]-[4], with a drop-head title: 'A poem' and the first line: "Degen'rate nation, where's your ancient pride?".
Caption title.
First line: "Peuple jadis si fier, aujourd'hui si servile".
Published not before 1749 as it was inspired by the arrest of Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the Opera in Paris in December, 1748; it was read publicly by its author on Dec. 12. The author was arrested in August, 1749 and sentenced to life imprisonment but released after 7 years.
ESTC
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Jacobites
England London.