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MS ballad purporting to be by
Admiral Byng, defending his failure
to do his duty at Minorca.
Presumably a copy; printed 1756.
ESTC: Cambridge only.
Byng, John, Admiral, 1704-1757.
Verse satire, English.
ACC: 93.11.20 (44.162)

6 p. 23 x 19 cm.

1 p.
10 x 19 cm.
A 4 line stanza.

2 p.
25 x 20 cm.

1 p.
23 x 18.8 cm.

Refers to the book, "The Christ
in Shakespeare," and to recipient's
brother, Sir John Whittaker Ellis,
1st bart.

3 p. 23 x 19 cm.

4 p. 24x19 cm.

1 p. 13 x 19 cm.
[Portland] decidedly hostile to
Lord Melville.