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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 prohibted to private [policy?] and Guilt forced protection In this Blood of the innocent when [unsure] courage and unimpeached loyalty [unsure] by a forty years faith the service were ineffectual secruties for the Life and Honour of a British Commander