''Kouli Khan; or, the Progress of Error'', a verse of political satire on King George II's divorce of Queen Caroline, likening the King to the Persian
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Enquire now''Kouli Khan; or, the Progress of Error'', a verse of political satire on King George II's divorce of Queen Caroline, likening the King to the Persian tyrant Nadir Shah, the front cover illustrated with two be-wigged gentlemen holding bats to play ''green bag lies'' a reference to a part of the verse ''Seal it up in green bags, and indorse [sic] it as true'', an early example of sporting equipment being used to illustrate a political analogy, Fifth Edition, published by William Benbow, London 1820