Note 50 — Chapter VI
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Among other insults to Struensee, may be mentioned his portrait being placed in the shops, with the following couplet, containing a reference to his name, beneath it:—
"Sic regi mala multa Struens se perdidit ipse, Jam victus claustris, qui modo victor erat."
Which, for the benefit of the ladies, may be translated: "Thus the man who prepared much evil for the king destroyed himself; and he now lies in prison, who was shortly ago lord of all."