He took notice of the inſubordination of the troops, and mentioned particularly the ſecond battalion of the regiment of Beauce, which had refuſed to quit the tri-coloured ribband which M. de Rochambeau inſiſted ſhould not be worn.

Would I had no being, / If this salute my blood a jot; it faints me, / To think what follows.

If you buy new works, clean them before using them. If you share works, clean them before you or the next person uses them. Blood may be in your works even if you can't see it. Clean your works either with rubbing alcohol (available in drugstores), a household bleach solution (three tablespoons of bleach in a cup of water), or boiling water.

It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.