Proclamation, made to every man in the United Kingdom…
London: printed for J. Asperne by J. and E. Hodson, 1803
From Sel.1.25

From his premises at the ‘Bible, Crown and Constitution’ on Cornhill, James Asperne published ‘loyal papers’—patriotic hand-bills, addresses to the public, songs, and the like—urging defiance of Napoleon. In this example, no less a personage than Britannia herself issues a proclamation to the male population of the kingdom. By calling for ‘an armed host of British freemen’ to prepare to oppose a French invasion, the proclamation lent support to government measures to expand the volunteer corps and create an Army of Reserve for home defence.