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The Honourable John Byng fourth son of George Lord Viscount Torrington suffered Political Martyrdom The 14th day of March 1757 whose memory may this column perpetuate and at the same time the depravity of the Age when Public justice was [illegible] to private policy and Guilt found protection In the blood of the innocent when approved courage and unimpeached loyalty confirmed by a forty years faithful service were ineffectual securities for the Life and Honour of a British Commander against the mistaken resentment of a deluded people and the interested persecution of a stale [ junta?]

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