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This news brought down the Nabob, or Prince of the Country, himselfe at the head of 20,000 horse and 30,000 foot, 25 pieces of cannon, with a great number of elephants our little army, consisting of 700 Europeans and 1200 blacks, arm'd and disciplined after the English manner, lay encamped about 5 miles from the Town of Calcutta.
"On Friday evening," says the General Advertiser for January 23, 1749, "about twenty fellows arm'd with Pistols, Cutlasses, Hangers, &c. went to the Gatehouse and one of them knocking at the Door, it was no sooner open'd than they all rush'd in, and struck and desperately wounded the Turnkey, and all that oppos'd them, and in Triumph carried off the Fellow who pick'd General Sinclaire's pocket of his watch as he was going into Leicester House."
SCENE VI. The Street. Enter Bellmour at the door, knocks, and enter to him from the House, Phillis. Phil. Oh, are you come, Sir? I'll call my Lady down. Bel. Oh, haste, the Minutes fly leave all behind. Hah, what noise is that? 'Tis coming this way, I tremble with my fears hah, Death and the Devil, 'Tis he Enter Sir Feeble and his Men arm'd, goes to the door, knocks.
Mabel then smiled an adieu; and, bounding up the bank, she was soon lost to view behind the mound of the fort. Lo! dusky masses steal in dubious sight, Along the leaguer'd wall, and bristling bank, Of the arm'd river; while with straggling light, The stars peep through the vapor, dim and dank.
On th' other side from Hell's wide gaping jaws, A train of dire inhabitants arose: Dreadful errings, fierce Bellona there, Fraud, and Megera arm'd with brands of fire, And th' gastly image of pale death appear: Disorder'd Rage from all her fetters freed, Proudly 'midst these lifts her distracted head, And her hackt face with bloody helmet hid.
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