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upper left: "'Don't fret yourself, my dear <Nephew>; you have behaved like | a Man of Spirit & Honor; your putting up with a public - | Insult when you could have resented it, shews your magnanimity! | Your pretending not to remember the words of the insult, shew | your harmless disposition! Your Letters to the Club, your good- | sense! their being sent a week before the Duel, your want of | malice! As it gave his Highness's friends an opportunity to secure | him from your resentment, by putting you under arrest! | Your firing first, proves your spirit! Your not waiting to | be shot at, your discretion! & your being satisfied with only | attempting the life of the son of your xxxx proves your loyalty, | &, generosity! Therefore, my dear Boy, take comfort, | get the better of this Ague, which you are thrown nto by pulling | the trigger, &, if you are kick'd out of one Regiment, Nunkle, will | beg another for you, as a reward for your Gallantry & good- | will to the house of Hammer!!!'"; lettered below image, lower center: "The <Coward>, Comforted; or A Scene Immediately After the Duel | Pubd May 29th, 1798. by J. Aitken. Castle Street, Leicester Fields."; lower right: "Price 1/16 sh. plain"