Excise and resignation, redemption, The Seizure?

"A satire on the resignation of John Stuart Earl of Bute (Prime Minister), Sir Francis Dashwood (Chancellor of the Exchequer), and Henry Fox (Leader of the Commons). Excise gleefully depicts the resignations as hangings. In Resignation Bute's downfall is celebrated with a lewd poem alluding to the widely believed affair between the Prime Minister and Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales (George III's mother)"

1763 Alluding Augusta Believed Bute Celebrated Dashwood Depicts Dowager Downfall Exchequer Excise Gleefully Hangings Iiis Lewd Poem Redemption Resignation Resignations Seizure Widely

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