By James Gillray.
Print shows the Fury Alecto as a fantastic hag outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between Sheridan playing a fife, and Fox as a drummer, both wearing regimentals. She holds a pike surmounted by a cap of 'Liberty' and holds out to John Bull, a yokel, a handful of 'Assignats'. Serpents form her hair and suck at her breasts. She has webbed wings, and wears a French cocked hat with a tricolour cockade inscribed 'Liberty'. She says: "Come on my brave Lad, take this bounty-money, & enter into my Company of Gentlemen Volunteers enlisted in the cause of Liberty - I'll find you present pay and free quarters, & I'll lead you where you shall fill your knapsack with Plunder ... [etc.]". John Bull answers: "Wounds, Measter Sarjeant, an I should enter into your sarvice, what'll Varmer-George say to I, for leaving of 'en without warning? ... [etc.]" Sheridan stands between Alecto and John Bull; from his fife issues a label inscribed: ''Tho' I am but a very silly Lad Yet as Piping Men cannot be had, For want of a better I may do, To give you a tune with my too, too, too, my too-too too &c &c.' Fox is saying: Then come, my Lad, our glory share, Let your honest heart, British Valour crown, At Freedom's call to our Standard repair, And follow the beat of my tow, row, row - my row, row, row - &c &c. Stanhope runs off to the right and in his right hand is a letter: 'To Lord Stanhop[e] from W. Pitt.' He says: "Ah this damn'd threat'ning caution from my brother in law Billy, has put me into a terrible funk; - I must be off & leave the Black-Sarjeant to muster up recruits without me: - well if the recruits should grow riotous, & do any mischief I cannot be blamed: - thank Heav'n I have scratched my name out of his muster Book: but however it is best to be off, before the review - oh zounds! I'm in a terrible funk - a damn'd funk indeed." The door of the Crown & Anchor Tavern is immediately behind Fox and Alecto. From it issue flames and smoke in which imps and demons are flying.