It seems he wanted satisfaction, So Wagram was the scene of action. By some, however, ’tis believ’d, The Emp’ror Francis was deceiv’d, That Boney had, in his caprice, Made secret overtures for peace, And a connubial match propos’d With which the Cabinet had clos’d; They having been assured, that by it They should be peaceable and quiet. And that great Bonaparte might seem A victor worthy of esteem, Unknown to Francis they acceded, To such a battle as he needed; So that the battle of Wagram, They say was nothing but a sham-- In other words,--tho’ low, but certain, ‘’Twas all my eye and Betty Martin.’ But if a sham, as it is said, The farce was admirably played, For twenty thousand men each lost, So that they acted to their cost; But, be ’t a real one, or a mock, They fought both days till six o’clock; Nap to the vict’ry laid claim, And saved the credit of his name. Hostilities began to cease, It seems both parties thought of peace. Sauler (August 1809) shews us ‘The rising Sun, or a view of the Continent.’ This rising sun is inscribed ‘Spain and Portugal,’ and gives great uneasiness to Napoleon, who says, ‘The rising sun has set me upon thorns.’ He is employed in rocking a cradle, in which peacefully reposes a Russian bear, muzzled with ‘Boney’s Promises.’ Behind is Sweden, who brandishes his sword, calling to Russia to ‘Awake thou Sluggard, ere the fatal blow is struck, and thou and thy execrable ally sink into eternal oblivion.’ Holland is fast asleep, and leans against Napoleon. Poland is represented by a shadow, and Denmark wears a huge extinguisher on his head. Turkey is virtually dead, on the ground; but Austria is springing into activity, exclaiming, ‘Tyrant, I defy thee and thy Cursed Crew.’ Prussia is depicted as a lunatic, with straws in his hair, wearing a strait-waistcoat, and, with a very vacuous expression of countenance, is singing, ‘Fiddle diddle dee, Fiddle diddle dee, The Mouse has married the humble bee--and I am Emperor of the Moon.’ Underneath are the following lines:--