This loyal zeal was rewarded with signal favour. Harley was made a councillor of State, and subsequently, through Lord Suffolk, obtained a lucrative contract. To the impression of this print in the _Oxford Magazine_ the following verses were added:-- “Sing thou, my muse, the dire contested fray, Where Harley dar’d the dangers of the day; Propitious Day, that could at once create A Merchant Tailor[51] Councillor of State! A numerous multitude contriv’d to meet; And Halloo _Forty-Five_ thro’ every street; And (what’s incredible) were heard to cry Those words seditious, _Wilkes and Liberty_! On lofty standards in the air did float Those hieroglyphics ‘_Boot_ and _Petticoat_.’ Soon as their dreadful shouts accost the ear Of grocer knights, and traders in small-beer, Confounded and amaz’d the Guildhall court Forget their custard, and forsake their port; Away, with ghastly looks, lo, Harley ran, And thus, in doleful plight, their dismal tale began: ‘Most honour’d, most belov’d, thou best of men!’ * * * * * Then from his mansion rush’d the val’rous chief, To serve his country, or to--take a thief: But more resolv’d to crush Rebellion’s root, And triumph o’er the Petticoat and Boot; In equal balance hung the fierce dispute Between the warlike Magistrate and Boot. The Boot and Petticoat at length gave way, And now remain the trophies of the day.” On the 20th of April, Wilkes appeared before the Court of King’s Bench, Westminster, of which event an engraving was published. On his surrendering to his outlawry, the Attorney-General moved for Wilkes’s commitment, but the judges refused to grant an order to that effect, on the ground that he was not legally before the court; Wilkes then left, accompanied by the plaudits of the spectators. “The Scot’s Triumph; or, a Peep behind the Curtain” gives a further illustration of this subject; this print, and another following, are announced in the _Public Advertiser_:-- “To Connoisseurs.--This day is published a satirical scratch in the style of Rembrandt, entitled The Scotch Triumph; with the representation of their amazing exploits in St. George’s Fields; the murder of the innocent, and the sacrifice of Liberty, by Molock; with some curious anecdotes.” In the first version, Wilkes and his friends are driving to surrender in state; their coach is about to crush a Scotch thistle by the way; the mob have taken the horses from the vehicle and are dragging it themselves on the road to the Bench; Wilkes is thus addressing his vociferous supporters--“Gentlemen and Friends, let me beg you to desist; I’m willing to submit to the laws of my country.”