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necessary
to
send
a
detachment
of
sixty
soldiers
from
Kensington
to
protect
the
house
of
Sir
Joseph
Jekyll,
the
Master
of
the
Rolls,
in
Chancery
Lane,
from
the
violence
threatened
by
the
populace
against
this
eminent
lawyer.
Two
soldiers
with
their
bayonets
fixed
were
planted
as
sentinels
at
the
little
door
next
Chancery
Lane,
and
the
great
doors
were
shut
up,
the
rest
of
the
soldiers
kept
garrison
in
the
stables
in
the
yard.
This
agitation
gave
rise
to
many
a
ballad
and
broadside,
such
as
the
''Fall
of
Bob,"
or
the
Oracle
of
Gin,"
a
tragedy;
and
"
Desolation,
or
the
Fall
of
Gin,"
a
poem.
The
Lamentable-
Fall
of
Madame
Geneva.
—
29
Sept.y
1736.^
The
Woman
holds
a
song
to
y^
tune,
to
y*^
Children
in
y^
Wood.
"
Good
lack,
good
lack,
and
Well-a-day^
That
Madame
Gin
should
fall
Superior
Powers
she
must
obey.
This
Act
will
starve
us
all."
The
Man
has
the
second
part
to
y^
same
tune.
•*
Th'
Afflicted
she
has
caus'd
to
sing,
The
Cripple
leap
and
dance
All
those
who
die
for
love
of
Gin
Go
to
Heaven
in
a
Trance."
Underneath
are
these
verses
^
There
are
two
other
prints
connected
with
this
event,
all
pubhshed
at
the
same
time.
One
is
"
The
Funeral
Procession
of
Madame
Geneva,
Sept.
29,
1736."
The
other
is
a
Memorial,
"To
the
Mortal
Memory
of
Madame
Geneva,
who
died
Sept.
29,
1736.
Her
weeping
Servants
and
loving
Friends,
consecrate
this
Tomb."