Lo! The Orator [John Henley]

by an unknown artist
ca. 1746

British Museum 1868,0808.3788

The inscription is derived from Butler's Hudibras, Part 1 Canto 3:

Bel & the Dragon's Chaplins were,
More Moderate than you by far:
For they poor Knaves were glad to cheat,
To get their wives and children meat,
But you'l Sir not be fobb'd off so,
You will have meat and money too.
⁠Sure you must from your Primitive
And Heathen Priesthood, this Derive,⁠
When Butchers were the only clerks,
           Elders & Presbyters of Kirks;