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A Frontispiece to the New Red Book, published June 13, 1816. John Bull: 'Well you have got it all, Pray what do you all do for it'; Napoleon: 'I have my money for being a Prisoner instead of haveing my Head cut off'; The Prince Regent: 'The cash I have is for Drinking, Eating, Sleeping & W[hor]eing'; The Duke of Wellington: 'my money is for beating your Enemies'; Foreign Secretary Robert Stewart: 'and mine for Robing your Friends'; Keeper of the Privy Purse John McMahon: 'you cannot Mr Bull think much of my Little considering the weight I have on my back'; Leopold I of Belgium: 'Vot I got was for takeing a vife and all the Troubles with her'; Princess Charlotte: 'Mine Mr Bull was for takeing a poor man for a husband to make him rich'; Queen Charlotte: 'I would not take my Little Mr Bull but the Times are so hard & Strasburg so Dear'. Attributed to William Heath.