The dangerous present, or, An account of a barbarous design'd plot against the Right Hon. the Lord High Treasurer; : by a box being sent and directed to his Lordship, wherein was three pistols loaded with slug and bullet, and contriv'd so artificially, that at the opening they should go off several ways to do execution; but by God's providence, at the opening the same, by cutting all the cords at once, it miss'd of its effect, to the great satisfaction of all lovers of their queen and country. /
Published: (1712)
