A Sequel to Don Juan — page 78: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 69 CLXXXVI. Lord Henry entered on his duties straight, And signed the warrant for the execution Of half-a-dozen thieves at Tyburn gate ;— ’T was necessary to show resolution In times when anarchy disturbed the state : The gibbet is a useful institution, Without which kings could not retain their power, Or keep their heads on, for a single hour. CLXX XVII. Lord Henry next despatched to some large place A thousand bayonets, to keep in awe, And, if required, to kill the populace, ‘< Who, totally regardless of the law Made and provided also in that case, Dared to claim victuals for their famished maw, Against the peace of sovereign-lord the King ;’’— Truly it was a most seditious thing ! CLXXXVIII. The third step which Lord Henry took, was quite Consistent with the place of Minister— 1 mean all his relatives to write, And upon each some sinecure confer ; So that in little more than a fortnight This happy nation saw, without demur, A hundred thousand pounds a-year made over To place some old incapables in clover. conmilelnsoolkks. conn