The tables turnd. Billy in the Devils claws. Billy sendindng the Devil packing

A design in two compartments. [left] Billy, in the Devil's claws: Fox as the Devil (left) grasps the thin and terrified Pitt round the waist, pointing with his left arm to a serried rank of French soldiers, landed from the boats of French men-of-war and marching up the steep coast. He is a grotesque hairy creature, short and heavy, with webbed wings attached to his ragged coat, a barbed tail and talons, and wearing a bonnet-rouge. He turns a glaring eye-ball on Pitt. [right] Billy, sending the Devil packing: Pitt kneels on one knee in profile to the right, holding up a paper. He looks up at Fox with a contemptuous gesture and a subtly triumphant smile. Fox springs upwards with a terrified expression, his hands held up as if asking for mercy, his cap falls off and his tail is between his legs. On the right is the sea, with a naval battle in progress (BM).

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