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In this candid address, Sir we beg to express, / Our concern in observing the kingdom's distress; / In the senate we know sir you are never afraid, / Our country's foes to expose or upbraid; / Upbraiding them now appears of no use, / For a well-tim'd remark they denote as abuse.
Our yeomen of Norfolk most loudly complain, / Of present taxation and low prices of grain; / Your tenantry find to their sorrow and grief, / No efforts are made to afford them relief: / His Majesty speaks of their present distress; / Yet points out no method to render it less.