Sentence:  Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts in anger/ Spills the tea on John Bull—John falls on to bang her;/ Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid/ And give Master John a severe <WSD>bastinade</WSD>./ Now, good men of the law, pray who is in fault,/ The one who begins or resists the assault? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.