Colonel Tarleton as Bobadil stands holding out a drawn sword, his left hand on his hip boasting of his valour. His plumed helmet caricatures that in Reynolds's well-known portrait of Tarleton.  On his right, behind his sword-arm, stands the Prince of Wales, with a plume of three ostrich feathers in place of a head, the centre feather having some resemblance to a face. He wears the garter ribbon, and very wide and wrinkled top-boots with small pointed feet; in his left hand is a riding-whip.
<p><br>Bobadil is saying, "They have assaulted me some Three, Four, Five, Six of them together, &amp; I have driven them afore me like a Flock of Sheep; - but this is nothing, for often in a mere frolic I have challeng'd Twenty of them, kill'd them; - Challeng'd Twenty more, kill'd them; - Twenty more, killed them too; - &amp; thus in a day have I kill'd Twenty Score; twenty score, that's two hundred; two hundred a day, five days a thousand; thats - a - Zounds, I can't number them half; &amp; all civilly &amp; fairly with this one poor Toledo!"
<br>The Prince says, "I'd as lief as twenty Crowns I could talk as fine as you, Captn ("Coll" has been scored through and "Captn" added with a caret, probably to show that "Captain Bobadil" is an officer with the rank of Colonel).
<br>They are standing outside the door (right) of a dubious place of entertainment. Over the door is inscribed "THE WHIRLIGIG Alamode Beef, hot every Night". Above this is a branch, representing a bush, the sign that wine is sold, and on a projecting beam, the sign of the house: the figure of a courtesan seated with outstretched legs and arms saying,
<br><br>"This is the Lad'll kiss most sweet 
<br>Who'd not lovea Soldier?"  
<br><br>Beneath the title is engraved, "Vide; Every Man in his Humour, alter 'd from Ben Johnson". 20 August 1782
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<p>Print made by: James Gillray
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<dl><dd>Published by: Elizabeth Darchery</dd></dl></div>
1782<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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