The counterpoise, or, B-g and the M-y fairly stated
By: by a by-stander ; wherein, not only all what has yet appeared in print for and against the A-l, is impartially discussed, with that freedom becoming an Englishman, who has the honor and liberties of his country at heart: but also, such lights are thrown upon the subject, as the connections of each party have hitherto concealed, which develope this mysterious affair, and render it intelligible to every unprejudiced reader
Contributors: Robinson, Jacob, -1759, publisher; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Publisher: Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion, in Ludgate-Street
Published: 1756
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Trials (Naval offenses); Early works to 1800; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; Admirals; Anglo-French War, 1755-1763; History; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Byng : 1756-1757); Great Britain
Other titles: B-g and the M-y fairly stated
Notes: "Price one shilling."

Signatures: [A]1 B-G⁴ H².

Relates to Admiral Byng's encounter with the French fleet in the Mediterranean, in which he was defeated May 20, 1756, and England's loss of the island of Minorca.

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