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Summary
Round a circular table draped with a cloth sit the devil (centre), the Pope (l.), and Horne (r.); engraved labels issue from their mouths. By Home is an inkstand, and the table is spread with letters he is supposed to have written at the dictation of his two counsellors. He is saying: "My Dr Friend Satan if Wilkes should undecieve 'm". His left hand rests on a partly written letter: "Jesuits Hall June 1, 1771 Sr...".
The devil says to Horne: "I'll Insure you ye P---n---ss D------gr, Bte, &
N-----th's [Princess Dowager, Bute and North's] favrs and all my Frds at Court". The Pope says: "And I'll give you absolution for all, past Present & to come".
Papers on the table are inscribed "Jn° Wilkes Esqr; . . . But I hope I have escap'd the infection . . ."; "To Lord N-----th My lord I shall persue such measures as will be to Your interest in opposing W-----kes Your &c. P. H---rn". On the ground, peeping from beneath the table-cloth, an imp is writing on a scroll: ". . .is now to support the cause of my Master and ye M--n--try". c. June 1771
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