Stroke;--so Trim march'd off the
Field, without Colours flying, or his Horn sounding, or any other
Ensigns of Honour whatever.

Whether after this Trim intends to rally a second Time, or whether Trim
may not take it into his Head to claim the Victory,--no one but Trim
himself can inform you:--However, the general Opinion, upon the whole,
is this, That, in three several pitch'd Battles, Trim has been so
trimm'd, as never disastrous Hero was trimm'd before him.

THE KEY.

This Romance was, by some Mischance or other, dropp'd in the Minster-
Yard, York, and pick'd up by a Member of a small Political Club in that
City; where it was carried, and publickly read to the Members the last
Club Night.

It was instantly agreed to, by a great Majority, That it was a Political
Romance; but concerning what State or Potentate, could not so easily be
settled amongst them.

The President of the Night, who is thought to be as clear and quick-
lighted as any one of the whole Club in Things of this Nature,
discovered plainly, That the Disturbances therein set forth, related to
those on the Continent:--That Trim could be Nobody but the King of
France, by whole shifting and intriguing Behaviour, all Europe was set
together by the Ears:--That Trim's Wife was certainly the Empress, who
are as kind together, says he, as any Man and Wife can be for their
Lives.--The more Shame for 'em, says an Alderman, low to himself.--
Agreeable to this Key, continues the President,--The Parson, who I think
is a most excellent Character,--is His Most Excellent Majesty King
George;--John, the Parish-Clerk, is the King of Prussia; who, by the
Manner of his first entering Saxony, shew'd the World most evidently,--
That he did know how to lead out the Psalm, and in Tune and Time too,
notwithstanding Trim's vile Insult upon him in that Particular.--But who
do you think, says a Surgeon and Man-Midwife, who sat next him, (whose
Coat-Button the President, in the Earnestness of this Explanation, had
got fast hold of, and had thereby partly drawn him over to his Opinion)
Who do you think, Mr. President, says he, are meant by the Church-
Wardens, Sides-Men, Mark Slender, Lorry Slim, &c.--Who do I think? says
he, Why,--Why, Sir, as I take the Thing,--the Church-Wardens and Sides-
Men, are the Electors and the other Princes who form the Germanick
Body.--And as for the other subordinate Characters of Mark Slim,--the
unlucky Wight in the Plush Breeches,--the Parson's