"Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu Oct 4 15:20:55 UTC 2007


Something that I overlooked earlier seems to be the clincher that the
"hunc over de" article is satiric and sexual:  It is signed

      Your Humble Servant,
      Trusty Roger

We all remember William Byrd's 1711 "I rogered my wife", don't we?

Joel

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