Chrysal : or, The adventures of a guinea. Wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting anecdotes, of the most noted persons in every rank of life, whose hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal. /

A thinly veiled chronicle of contemporary scandals in political high life, circa 1757-1763. Touches the Sackville affair, Byng's execution, half-price riots at Drury Lane, the Essay on woman, the Hellfire Club, etc.