INSTRUCTIONS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN PARIS, FOR THE MOB IN ENGLAND. Mary Alcock (née Cumberland) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T86344 Alcock [née Cumberland], Mary, 1741?–1798. Poems, &c. &c. by the Late Mrs. Mary Alcock [poems only]. London Printed for C. Dilly, Poultry 1799 pp. 48-49. vii,[25],183,[1]p.

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INSTRUCTIONS , SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN PARIS , FOR THE MOB IN ENGLAND . Of Liberty , Reform , and Rights I sing , Freedom I mean , without or Church or King ; Freedom to seize and keep whate'er I can , And boldly claim my right — The Rights of Man Such is the blessed liberty in vogue , The envied liberty to be a rogue ; The right to pay no taxes , tithes , or dues ; The liberty to do whate'er I chuse ; The right to take by violence and strife My neighbour's goods , and , if I please , his life ; The liberty to raise a mob or riot , For spoil and plunder ne'er were got by quiet ; The right to level and reform the great ; The liberty to overturn the state ; The right to break through all the nation's laws , And boldly dare to take rebellion's cause : Let all be equal , every man my brother ; Why one have property , and not another ? Why suffer titles to give awe and fear ? There shall not long remain one British peer ; Nor shall the criminal appalled stand Before the mighty judges of the land ; Nor judge , nor jury shall there longer be , Nor any jail , but every pris'ner free ; All law abolish'd , and with sword in hand We'll seize the property of all the land . Then hail to Liberty , Reform , and Riot ! Adieu Contentment , Safety , Peace , and Quiet !