Balaam and his ass A whip for [the] horse, a bridle for [the] ass, & a rod for [the] fools back ; The ballance master. [graphic][1756]engTitles from items.Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically.Two lines of verse below top design: The ass of Balaam through oppression spoke our Stone-Ase of oppression brings the yoke.Caption below center design: Absolute obedience my brethren ; murmering [sic] against your superiors is rebellion and consumate impudence.Caption below bottom design: Justice has leaden feet but iron claws.None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Asses -- Bible: nos. 22.21-35 -- Human body: mechanical human heart -- Money: bags of money -- Bellows -- British Lion -- Personifications: figure of Justice -- Balances -- Allusion to Gibraltar -- Treasury: Sinking Fund -- Battles: allusion to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.