Holland, a fat Dutchman, stands upon the centre of a seesaw, straddling across a heap of money-bags. In his right. hand he holds a torn and ragged document, inscribed "That y Dutch Deliver into y Hands of English Paul Jones, [signed] York". His left hand, the palm curved as if to receive money, is held out towards a lean and foppish Frenchman kneeling on one knee on the see-saw. The Frenchman holds in his right. hand a purse; in his left. he holds up an oval portrait-head or medallion inscribed "P.Jones"; his hat is under his arm, his hair is in an enormous pig-tail queue, and his fur muff lies beside him. The Dutchman is saying:
<p><br><br>"I never was in Such a Scrpe [sic] before in all my Life
<br>I must be for neither &amp; Yet for both -
<br>For they do but Ask and I may Chuse
<br>Whether to Grant them or Refuse
<br>For 'tis their beter Parts their Riches
<br>That my enamoured Heart bewitches
<br>Let me yor Fortunes but possess
<br>Then Settle Your matters how your Please
<br>Hudibrass."
<br><br>The money-bags at his feet are inscribed "Guineas", "Dublons", "Dollars", "Luidors".  The Frenchman is saying :
<br><br>"Assit [sic] me but this once I now implore
<br>And I shall Trouble Thee no more. 
<br>- Hudibrass -"
<br><br>Behind the Frenchman stands Spain as a Spanish don in feathered hat, cloak, and slashed breeches; in his right. hand is a scourge; in his left. a "Manefesto To y Court of London". He says:
<br><br>"Ah me, What Perils do Environ 
<br>The Man that Meddles with could Iron. 
<br>Hudibrass."
<br><br>Behind him, and at the extreme right. and upper end of the see-saw, sits America as an American Indian, wearing a head-dress of feathers, his hands clasped round his knees.  He holds a large scroll on which is inscribed :
<br><br>"Tho we with black &amp; blues are fudgeld
<br>Or as y Vulgar Say - are Cudgeld
<br>He thats valliant and Dares Fight
<br>Tho Drubd can loose no Honour by t" 
<br><br>This is continued on a flag which he holds:
<br><br>"Yet am I loath my days to Curtail 
<br>If I thought my Wounds not mortal 
<br>Or that we had time enough as Yet 
<br>To make an Honourable retreat - 
<br>Hudibrass"
<br><br>On the left. and lower end of the see-saw sits England, wearing a feathered hat, pseudo-classical drapery with an ornamental breastplate or gorget, decorated with a head writhing with serpents, probably symbolizing discord or faction. In his right. hand is a scroll, "Magna Charta", under his arm is an oval shield bearing the royal arms. He holds a cap inscribed "libertas" on a staff, the upper end of which broadens into a gnarled club, inscribed "Hart of Oak". He is saying:
<br><br>"Perpend my Words O Minheer Nic
<br>That if thou wilt not Give a categorical Answer - I shall
<br>Teach you to Feel y weight of my Displeasure - 
<br>For Danger from his Life Accrew
<br>Or Honour from his Death to You
<br>Twere Policy and Honour too
<br>To say as You Resolve to do."
<br><br>By his side is a paper inscribed "To ye
<br>Immortal Memory of Capt Falmer -
<br>An Heroic Epistle."
<br><br>The see-saw and the figures on it recede in perspective, the lower and l. end being nearer the spectator so that the figures diminish progressively in size from England to America who is on a quite small scale. Beneath the design is etched:
<br><br>"This Plate representing our Critical Situation with y Dutch is Humbly 
<br>Inscribed to every True Briton who has y Wellfare of his Country at Heart."
<br><br>Twenty-six lines of Hudibrastic verse follow, beginning: 
<br><br>"For Now y Field is not far off 
<br>Where we must give y World a Proof 
<br>Of Deeds not Words &amp; such as Sute 
<br>Another manner of Dispute 
<br>A Controversy that affords 
<br>Actions for Arguments, not Words." 6 November 1779
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<br>Etching
1779<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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