Josh's Crosstime Salute

The First Book of the American Chronicles of the Times
(issued in 1774 and 1775)

1. And behold! when the tidings came to the
great city that is afar off, the city that is in the land
of Britain, how the men of Boston, even the Boston-
ites, had arose, a great multitude, and destroyed the
Tea, the abominable Merchandise of the east and cast
it into the midst of the sea, "

2. That the Lord the King waxed exceeding
wroth, insomuch that the form of his visage was
changed, and his knees smote one against the other. "

3. Then he assembled together the Princes, the
Nobles, the Counselors, the Judges, and all the Rulers
of the people, . . . and when he had told them what
things were come to pass, "

4. They smote their breasts and said, ' These men
fear thee not, 0 King, neither have they obeyed the
voice of our Lord the King, nor worshipped the Tea-
Chest, which thou has set up. . . .' "