Comical Advertisement from the Constitutional Journal about Duke of Cumberland's Sword
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Comical Advertisement fm ye Constitutional
Journal about D: of Cumberland's Sword
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Comical Advertisement in the Constitutional Journal about Duke of Cumberland's Sword
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Advertisement inserted in 'Old England' or 'The Constitutional Journal'
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Vol. 6, 1175Paton
Vol. 2, 231Credits
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Copy of an Advertisement insert-
ed in Old England, or, The Con-
stitutional Journal.
Found, ^intangledentangled in a slit of a Lady’s demolish-
ed Smock-Petticoat a Gilt-handle
Sword of martial Temper &and Length,
not much the worse of the Wearing,
with the Spey ^curiously engraven on the one Side &and the
Scheld1 on the other; supposed to be
taken from the fat Sides of a cer-
tain great General in his hasty
Retreat from the Battle of Bottle-
Noddles2 in the Hay Market. Who-
ever has lost it, may enquire for
it at the Sign of the Bird and
singing Cane in Potter’s Row:
ed Smock-Petticoat a Gilt-handle
Sword of martial Temper &and Length,
not much the worse of the Wearing,
with the Spey ^curiously engraven on the one Side &and the
Scheld1 on the other; supposed to be
taken from the fat Sides of a cer-
tain great General in his hasty
Retreat from the Battle of Bottle-
Noddles2 in the Hay Market. Who-
ever has lost it, may enquire for
it at the Sign of the Bird and
singing Cane in Potter’s Row:
See Pag:Page 1164. of this Vol:
Upon
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Forbes, Robert. “Comical Advertisement in the Constitutional Journal about Duke of Cumberland's Sword.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 6,
Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 35r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
The Spey and the Scheldt are rivers that featured in Cumberland's military campaigns: the former in Scotland, and the latter at his defeat at Fontenoy.
"Noddles" in this case probably means temper rather than "the back of the head."