Again what reader of gossip does not know that when George III went to Weymouth, the Mayor, in making his address, mistook the private directions of his prompter for parts of his address, and gave it the King as follows: "Hold up your head, and look like a man - what the - do you mean?,,,By - , Sir you'll ruin us all." This story was told in a newspaper in 1797, as having happened between James II and the Mayor of Winchester.

Notes and Queries Vol. 4 (104) Oct 25 1851 Page 313

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