It illustrates an advertisement, clipped, printed on both sides, probably a hand-bill, for a book with the above title. A man stands, his right leg in the teeth of a steel rat-trap, holding out in his right hand a paper on which is printed, "He means my Worship. Have I escaped the Gallows and pillory to come to THIS". His left hand is clenched and his head turned in profile to the left. Above his head is printed,
<p><br><br>"If in this vicious Age some Monster shou'd,
<br>With more than mortal infamy endue'd,
<br>Count o'er the Crimes that gave him Power and Wealth,
<br>To Gorge on Rapines, Murders, Frauds, and Stealth;
<br>To Life's last stage this miscreant I'll pursue,
<br>And greet the Villain with a Villain's Due."
<br><br>This is continued in a contemporary hand,
<br><br>"Little villians must submit to fate 
<br>Whilst great ones do enjoy ye world in State' 
<br>'Bishop"
<br><br>"to be heard of at the Rotation Office Litchfield Street, St. Ann's Soho London."
<br>The title is printed below the woodcut and continues: "containing a Portrait, or family piece of that Worshipful Banditti, emphatically called Trading Justices." 1773
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<br>Woodcut
1773<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1773-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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