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U rsr ■'t y^ !" r\' --.-«• •*•* '' .^/ J^% u \ ■'^ y\i\u\j .« > B.i~,f\ WkJ A N ANSWER T O A PAMPHLET, CALLED, A Second LETTER to the People, In which the SUBSIDIARY SYSTEM I s Fairly Stated, and amply Confidered. ^ Fool is wifer in his own Conceit^ than Seven Men that render Reafon. LONDON: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe^ in Pater-nojftr-rovf* M. pec. LV. MA ^ 3 **»* A /■■ C* "l w 1 Jri » 4. *'l I n ': T . ( V.JL (.^ k-l h > ;:;•■ IT is fagely recorded in one of our Parliament Rolls, that a Britifh Senator ought to be gifted with the three natural Properties of the Ele- phant, that is to fay, he fhould have no Gal], be always inflexible, and conftantly fupplied with a ready Memory. He ftiould have no Gall, I fup- pofe, that his Opinion might be delivered with- out perfonal Bittcrnefs and Rancour. He Ihould be always inflexible, that no Views pr Confidera- tions whatever might be able to fuborn him from doing that Juftice, which his Country requires at his Hands. And laftly, he fhould be adorned with a happy Memory, that by recolleftjng pad Events, he might better judge of future Con- tingencies i or that by always retaining in his Mind the feveral Arguments of his Harangue, he might not be found to contradid in one Part of it, what he warmly aflerted in another. Now, Sir, thoV I do not confider you as having the Honour to be a Senator of this Kingdom, yet every Perfon pre- fuming to couacil the Public on any Bill pend- B ing TP M' -i I i [2] ng in Parliament, before it has acquired that San(5lion which only can tnad ic into a Law, I mean the " Roi le vtui'* Ttbr we allow no Plebif- citum in this Country) I fiy, every Perfon fo ad- vifing, may be confidered as a kind ot Volun- teer, or JVould-be Member of the Senate. But how far, and in what Degree you are poflTefled of the above-mentioned Qiulifications, requifite in you merely as a public Difputant, your own Wri- tings will too clearly evince. Yet left your mif- chievous Mifreprcfentations may pofTibly impofe upon your Readers, or left any of hrs Majefty*s Subjeds Ihould adopt Principles of fo pernicious a Tendency, I have examined your Letter with fome Attention : For I thought it a Duty incum- bent on me, as a well-ordered Citizen, to ftatc Matters in their true Light, that, by thus expo- iing the Abfurdity of your Notions in poHtical Affairs, I might happily undeceive thofe, whom your Mifinformations might unwarily have mifled. I muft premife before-hand, and 1 hope you can't take it amifs, that wherever I meet with a Period in your Letter, tho' ever fo harmonious to the Ear, yet if it conveys no Idea to the Mind, and is nothing but an idly-founding Verbiage, you muft excufe me, if I call it little better than Non- ftnk. And I am greatly apprehenfive indeed the very firft, and very long-winded Period of your Letter comes under this Predicament, at leaft I will not take upon me to pronounce it intelligi- ble i but to juftify myfelf of any Partiality againft you, I here tranfcribe it Word for Word. " In all Governments conftiiuted like this, of which you have the good Fortune to be born Mem- bers, where the Legijlative Pcjoer is the People's Righty and the Executive belongs to the King, indeed, wherever ic is of the mix'd Kiad, it I - is (I C( cc (( (( that w, I lebif. To ad- lolun- But ^ed of te in Wri- mif- npofe |efty»s cious with cuin- ftatc IS [ 3 ] ** is imix)nible, from the changeable Nature o ** all human Inftitutions, but the Balance which " ought to be prcfcrved between the Prinie and " ibe Subje^ mult be dcftroyM, and the Scale *' preponderate fometimes on one Side, and fome- " times on the other." Was there ever fuch a Jumble of Words ? Such a total Deprivation of Ideas, or rather fuch a Chaos of confus'd Thoughts ? It reminds me indeed of an humorous PafTage in Nat Lety where, fpeaking of a horrid palpable Obfcurity, much rel'embling this of your's, he makes His Gods meet Gods, and jofllc in the Dark. But befides this unpardonable Want of Perfpi- cuity at firft fccting our, was there ever fo glaring a Falfity to afiert, that the Legijlative Po'wer is the People^s Right. The Legiflature of Great Britain is a tripartite Inflitution, confiflingof King, Lords, and Commons, conjundlively. Haw then can it be faid to bzftngly the People's Right. Page the fecond, " whoever fhall have Forti- tude enough to expofe the pernicious Defigns of a wicked Minijiery muft- ever be efteemed by all good Men, as the Lover of his Country, and " Friend of Mankind." Now it either follows from hence, that the Duke of Neivcajile (for his Grace undoubtedly is the Primum Mobile of the whole Adminiftration) is a wicked Minifter and his Defigns pernicious, or what you have ad- vanced mull pals for Words of no Signification, mere Cyphers, and nothing elfe. If you have Kecourfe to the latteit^jSyppofition, which is an apparent Subterfug^lkyoufcare highly culpable for daring to amufe the ru2<^*^ith empty Prattle, and idle Impertinence, rf you frankly aydiy the former, then are you liable to be tried asit'deia- «( (C (( B 2 % atory I il 'II «c (( «( cc [6] but the Peers of this Realm, the only AlaUhni T know oi between King and People. If I nuij^'ai be permitted to Ipeak my Mind on this Pou.c, I fhouki think the Power of the Lords very litcle to be fufpedled at this Juncture, nor can I readily perfuade myfelf that I am fingular in this Opinion. Page the fourth we are told, th.-it " whoever dares to aflert, that an Englijhman has no Right to oppofe the exorbitant Power of a Prince upon the Tiirone is an Advocate for Paflive Obedience, and an Enemy to the Revolution." I grant that an Englijhman^ under certain Reltric- tions may have fuch a Right : But then he is not like another Matthias^ (vtd. Selden, de Zelotis) to rufh upon him, and flay him at tlie Altar. A Zeal of this Nature I imagine would not be ac- counted to him for Righteoulnels in any Court of Europe at this Day. If a Monarch is to be op- poled, it ought to be done with the Sanction and Authority of thofe Laws which he himfell has fubfcribed \ and even then with all the Rcfpect and Deference due to his fuper-eminent Dignity. For as to all other Oppofitions, it is obvious to Perfons of common Dilcernment, that they are only the natural Effects of a difaffedted Heart, or a difap- pointed Ambition. But, inftead of aliowmg this Concefllon, 1 might afl-: you, to what Intent is it that you inform the People of this Nation, th-t " an Englijhman has a Right to oppo.e the t'.Yr, • *' bitant Power of a Prince upon the Throne?" Would you call any fuch Refledion on his prelent Majefl:y ? The Word exorbitant implies, that the King has aded ex orbe^ out of his Sphere. If you will make ufe of Words that have a Meaning, why don't you produce FaCl:s to corroborate, or confirm, what you feem fo defirous of fna;iitaiiinig? Can you charge his Majefl;y with having made any ft <.?>* [7] any one Encroachment upon the Liberties of the People, or the Privileges of the Peers ? If you could, you certainly would have fpecified it with no fmall Degree of Malevolence, and not have dcliver*d yourfelf in fuch general Terms, as, *» defpotic Defigns, gigantic Strides, to fubvert ** the Laws, change the ertablifh'd Religion, and " fet up arbitrary Power on its Ruins." AH which are Phrafes, I muft own, thunder, out a fine rumbling, grumbling Sound, like that of a Drum, which poflibly may aflemble a numerous Populace together, but I hope not one oi' them will prove fo difloyal, as to enlift under fo faftious a Standard."' • '^-'^'ii s^"" • & .-t ''-'-i In the fame Page we are informed, (and who cou'd have thought it ?) *' the Commons of Eftg- " land are the Reprefentatives of the People." Prodigious 1 ^-^ 6 mira calliditate virumf .''''^' ^ Is not this fearching into the very Bottom of the Well after Truth ? Is not this equal to the difcovering an Achilles in a Boarding-School ? Or a Sir John Faljlaff in a Buck- Bafl^et ? Page the fifth exhibits to our View another Period of a pretty moderate Length, containing juft fixteen Lines, which confifts of Prerogatives, Conftituents, M r fleecing the Millions to enrich Hundreds, iniquitoufly betraying Country- men, and I know not what all : but the Winding- up has fomething ii it highly entertaining. I ■will here publilh it, in the Letter-Writer's exprefs Phrafeology : " Shall I, your Feliovv-Subjedt, be *' condemned for knocking at your Breaji, and awakenin^4 thofe Hearts within which (hear him, hear him,) fleep fupinely inattentive to their Country's Danger." Noi tht gh the Heads C( If III, I ( l! I n f !!l 1 ! [8] Heads of all the Colleges in the Univcrfity of Oxford, convened even in Golgotha^ were to prot- nouncc this to be Englijh, 1 would not believe them ; nay, I (hould argue againft them till Doomf- day, but for that fftving Claufe in the A^a Erudi,- torum^ ** non difputandum eft contra Macccbaos** ** The next three or four Paragraphs are a dire(5): Plagiarifm from Mr. Hobs, wretchedly botch*d to- gether. However I (hall beg Leave, en pajfanlf to animadvert upon one Word, which I think conveys to us a lively Idea of the ridiculous Ap-f pearance an Author muft frequently make, who writes upon a Subjeft far fuperior to his Abilities, and in a Language that he does not thoroughly voderftand. The PaiTage I would mention is ihat, where, addrcffing himfelf to the People, he^ thus harangues them. " Ye are Inheritors of the* Conftitution of this Realm from your Fathers, and are bound by all the Ties of Nature and of Juftice, to deliver it entire to your Sons ; many of whom being yet unborn, or too young to bequeath Power to the Reprefentatives of the Nation, cannot juftly, by their Prcdeceflbrs, be deprived of the moft valuable oi all Inheri- tances, their Liberty.'* This whole Thought was originally the Property of Mr. Addifan, and \^^ mod elegant Language has he handled it down to us in his Tragedy of Cato \ but our Letter- writer has a clever Hand at borrowing a Hint, and making it his own, in a manner almofl pecu- ' liar to himfelf J "! '' • i^ ' ''-:('r •• Nam male dttm rcciias, incipit ejfe iuum. But not to infiit too much on this Point, nor yet to Icfutinize too minutely that hap- ' py Concetto of our owing a Duty to Perfons ' many Years before they are aflualiy in EJJ'e •, I lay, not to pry too fcrupuloufly into fuch Lleufy- nian (( C( for of what Significance ought C any }.U I'l Ml r I''! i . [ 10 .] any Law to be, that is cnafled (as you Tay) by Fcrfons chofen contrary to Law. Page 13. ** The A6ls of an Englijb Parlia- *' mcnt, whenever they (hall be arbitrary, and the *' defpotic Mandates of a Pcrfur,; Sophi, are equally *' tyraNnical.** Still fplitting on the Rock of Comparifon ; And why is the Pcrfian Monarch to be lugged in as a Tyrant ? Surely thofe only r»re Ads of Tyranny, which are oppreflively enadled contrary to the cftablillicd Laws of a Country : But the Perfian Empire acknowledges the Will of their Sovereign as a Law, theref.re his royal Man- dates can in no Senle be deemed tyrannical. But to fliew this Argument of our Author, in its pro- per Light, I will ftate it fyllogiftically. The A<5ls of an Englijh Parliament, apd the defpotic Mandates of a Perfian Sophi, are equally tyrannical. But the defpotic Mandates of a Perfian Sophi are not tyrannical. Therefore the Ads of an Englifh Parliament are not tyrannical. In the fame Page you fay, " It may eafily " happen that a Minifter may dilate as defpoticly " as a Sophi." Which Expreffion I imagine con- tains a fniall Contradiction in Terms. For, to dicJate, is lawfully to command fuch Perlons as have no referved inherent Right to difobey. But, if the Senate of Great Britain have a Right to give a negative Voice, no one can then properly be laid to dictate to them : Much lefs a Alinijler, for that is a Term ot fubordinate Condition : But to dictate is the Office of one legally invefted with fupream Power, therefore a Minilter can no mOrc be a Dictator, than a Dictator cap be a Minifter. They are Incompatibilities infe. But Inaccuracies and fi f " ] -and Improprieties of this kind are continually fall- ing from the Pen of a middling Author. Which is a Fault the more inexcul'ablc, as in the Britijlj Language every Idea has its appropriate I'erm. From whence it happens, that if we indifcrimi- nately make ufe of Words ever fo little above, or ever fo little under Par, wc may frequently have the Misfortune to fay one Thing, when we mean another, which, by a fptcial Figure in Rhetorick, is called Ablurdity. But Men in Proportion to their Love of Garrulity, are generally, as Horace obferves, .[ ., ■ Pigri ferre lahonm Scribendi re£ie. ., • , . cc C( tc l( Page 1 8. " Whoever then (hall endeavour to fet in a clear Light the Utility or Deftrucftion which may follow from a Law before it is ena(5ted, will undoubtedly be confidered with a favourable Eye.'* This is a ConcefTion, I believe, that will not altogether fo eafily be granted. For the Word JVboevcr is a Term of very extenfive Latitude, and implies a general Rule without one Exception. Now with Refped: to judicial Examinations, it is wifely provided by our Laws, that no Weight or Regard whatever fliiU be given to the Evidence of certain Perfons, And doubtlefs the fame Objedions lie againft cer- tain /itithors. For in order that an Author be favorably heard, it is necefTary that he either be a Perfon of known Probity, or that the Fafls which he relates be iiidifputably true. If by the Viru- lence r Scurrility of his Writings he becomes fufptcious of Partiality, his Teftimony ought no more to be confidered, than that of a 5n7//?^ Out- law, or a Spanijh Borachio. Befides, in giving our Advice on Matters of fuch Importance, as C 2 thofe :tliiM 'I" ••1 liii i| [^ It iiir II t 12 ]. thofe that are the immediate Objedls of Parlia- mentary Debate, it is required of us, that at lead we comport ourfelves with Temper, Decency, and Refpedl. But what can wc think of a Writer's Impartiality, who would give the Nation to un- derftand, and that too by Inuendo's impoffible to be miftaken, " that his Sovereign is not only fe- cretly aiming at defpotic Power, but adualiy tak- ing gigantic Strides to fubvert the Laws, and change the eftabli(hed Religion : That the Houfe of Commons are chofen contrary to the Conftitu- tion of the Kingdom i and that confequently all their Proceedings are illegal : That the Prime- Miniller is not only weak in Head, but wicked at Heart." And what are we to expeft from the great Moderation obferved in the following Para- graphs. *' The pernicious Defigns of a wicked Min.iler. A Minifter fleecing Millions, and be- traying his Countrymen. Him that mifguides his King and Country in the Adminiftration. A Mi- nifter may didate as defpoticly as a Sophi. How will that Minifter defend himfelf, who though perhaps without the Subtilty of the Serpent, may Jike that Reptile transfufe his Poifon through a Houfe of Commons, to the Ruin of his native Land. Hydra-headed Minifter. If a Sufpicion of a wicked Defign may be imagined to be blended in the fame Head of the Mii-ifter. Sinifter Ma- nagement of a Minifter. The arbitrary Will of a Minifter. How abfurd muft be the Head of a Minifter, who can cherifti fuch Conceptions. It is the Weaknefs of our Miniftry. Thus then, confcious of the Imbecility of our Minifter, they reap the plenteous Harvcft of his bufy Folly. Thus then nothing but minifterial Wronghcadednefs. Point your legal Defigns alone againft that Mi- nifter, who betraying the Truft, which is com- mitted ^ I 111!' » t '3] mitted to him, by his Mailer. A Minlftcr of weak Inteileds, idc. i^c. ^r." Who c^n pc- rufe fuch common-place Calumny and Detra(5lion, without calling to mind that admirable Di(lich> in which it is laid down as a felf-evident Propofi- tion, tho* indeed upon a different Occafion, that , Immodeft Words admit of no Defence, And want oF Decency, is. want of Senfc* Yet this is the Man, arcq ^nai/o?, hie Vir^ hie ejf^ that propofes to (late the national Concernments in a clear Light, and aflures himfelf, that he has an undoubted Right to be confidered by the Pub- lic with a favorable Eye. But he that firft cries out, " No Quarter," certainly, by the Law of Retaliation, is entitled to no Quarter himfelf. We come now to thofe very folid Reafons, which this Letter-writer advances to difTuade the Nation from taking foreign Troops into Britijb Pay. And firft he fays. Page 21, " The Money with which the Aid of a mercenary Army is purchas'd, muft be a Diminution of the Wealth of that King- dom which pays them, and therefore detrimental, as it leflens the pecuniary Strength of the People." To which I anfwer, that the fubfidifing foreign Troops is a Step never taken out of mere Wan- tonnefs : It is a Meafure, like many others, which all Governments are obliged to comply with per Force, and fuch a Conduct becomes prudent, be- caufe neceflary. It is in Faft only fuftaining a prefent Difadvantage, to reap a future Benefit. And if there are Sums of Money that muft neceflarily go out of this Kingdom on that Account, we ftiould confider on the other hand, what immenfe Treafures France muft be continu- ally drain'd of in Subfidies, which that Court pays to the King of Sweedetij Denmark, and Pruffta j and T l^ mi H! I ' [ '4] and, as is generally believed, to the Ele(5lors of Cologn and Manbeim, the Duke of Parma, and the Republic of Genoa. To which, of a Certainty may be added, the thirty thoufand Swifs, which that King conftantly maintains in the very Heart of his Country. Likewife the two Sols per Dtem which he allows to every Roman Catholic Male Swifs from the Day of its Birth. So that if we can diftrefs France, much more than we dif-benefit our- felves, we fliall be gaining the great Point, which every Briton has now in View ; I mean the Secu- rity of our Americ'an Coi ues. For it would be to no Purpofe to be conliantly fending frefli Re- inforcements to the New-world, if we did not firft appoint proper Checks upon the Power of France in Europe, In order to do this effe5fually, it be- came necefTary to have great Allies. Hence the prudent Fore-fight of his Majefty engaged the King of Sardinia into his Intereft by the Treaty of IVorms, to annoy the t^oule of France, as Occafions Ihould offer, on the Confines of Dauphitiy. How great too was the Wifdom of our King, in riveting, as jt we: ', fo firm an Alliance with the Houle of jiujlria. For by this Means, France is continu- ally kept in Awe on that Side of her Dominions which border on the Aujirian Territories. If the French King held it requifite to fubfidize the Courts oi Cologn and Manbcim, the King of Great Bri' tain inftantly thought it advifeable to throw into the oppofite Scale the Courts of Drefdcn and Mu- picb.^ But the French King, to over-reach us in Politics, and over- power us in Numbers, had gained over to his Intereft a very formidable Ac- quifition indeed. Every one mull fee that I can mean no other than the King of Prujfia. To coun- terbalance fo great a Weight, "What Meafure could the King of Great ^n/tf/« judicioufly purfue ? To ' ■ have the ourts intQ Mu' us in had Ac- [ can oun- :ouId To have have fcnt a Bri/ijh Army into Germany^ would not only have been to lend an Army at double if not treble the Expcnce, but it would at lead have been endangering the Lives of forty or fifty thoufand of our molt valuable Subjcds. And there are few, really Well-wifhers to their Country, who would not at any Time rather fee a Million of Guineas tranfported to Gtrmany and Rujfta, which probably may re6u6tuate again into this Idand, than an Army of fifty thoufand Britons quit- ting their native Country, perhaps never to rc- vifit it again. What then had his Majefty to do ? Or indeed what could Wifdom or paternal Affeftion have planned out with more Difcern- ment, or greater Tendernefs towards his Subje^s? "Why? His Majefty from great Experience iti Political Affairs, and confummate as he is in all Military Knowledge, perceived it abfolutely riecef- fary to have a fuitable Counterpoize againft the Force of Prujfia, I fay a fuitable Counterpoize, for twice the Number of Spaniards would not fo effi- cacioufly have anfwered the Intent, as Seventy Thoufand RuJJians now can do. For thefe Rujians are not, as it is induftrioufly and maliciouOy ru^ moured, to come into Great Britain: But in cafe the Forces at Berlin are any ways turbulent in Germany, then are the Ruffians to ravage and lay wafte the King of PruJJia's regal Dominions. Thus we fee, by our Sovereign's extenfive Fore-judg- ment, the French King is held at Bay from every Quarter. He has a numerous Army that dares not take the Field ; he has a fplendid Navy that dares not quit the Harbour. What muft then be the Confequence ? Why, our Fleets will ruin their Shipping, their Merchants will turn Bank- rupts, and our Colonies in America be firmly eftablifhed. Let no one then pretend to clamour out. f l»illi i •1!''! lilt'!'!;' IhI ,1'! h 'I' I !"! ir:i ■n-i ,,! ti M , ' . • : [ 16 ] ^ . out, that our -naval Armaments are merely rdi Ted for the Proteftion of Hanover^ that Hanover is the fole Caufe of our goin^ to War with France. No, it is the over-grown rower of that Nation, and the rapid Progrcfs the French are continually making in their Commerce, that forces us into a "War. But, at leaft, thus much may be faid of the Hanoverian^ that he is a hearty Ally, that he gallantly ftood by us in the Day of Battle, and deferves our warmed Returns of Gratitude and Friendfliip. As to your fecond and third Obje6lions, they only alledge in general, " that mercenary Troopi mult for ever be deficient in that animating Spirir, which is called Courage, and that they are juftly fufpedted to be within the Reach of pecuniary Corruption." In anfwer to this unfupported, un- juft Aflertion, I fhall refer you to a Paffage of Cicero, in his Book of Invention, where he fays, eji qucfdam ArgumentatiOy in qua nihil valet ahjque approbatione. But you was in the Right to decline advancing any corroborative Proof, fince the Pra6tice and Reputation of mercenary Troops is too well eftablifhed all over Europe to be called iri Queftion. Have they not all a military Credit to maintain? Do they not particularly pique themfelves upon Points and Sentiments of Honour ? Were the Thirty Thoufand Switzers, I mentioned above, ever known Hiamefully to def^^rt their Polls on any Account whatever, or were the French ever known to fufpedl their perfonal Bravery ? Does not the King of Spain conftantly engage Six or Seven Thoui'and ^witzers in his Service? Nay, docs not he give them almoft tripple the Pay of his own national Troops ? And has he not punc- tually paid them by the Month, at a Time when he was obliged to reduce his own Soldiery to Half- pay ? ^r is the fee. No, on, and tinuaily s into a faid of that he e, and dc and 5, they Froopi Spirit; juftly uniary d, Ull- age of ■ ^'^ys, ieciine e the ops is led iri -redic pique lour ? ioned Polls ' ever Does X or Nay, y of unc- ^hen lalf- lay ? [ »7 ] pay ? Call but to mind the fpirired Behaviour of the Irijh Brigade ! The fevcre Duty they luft cain'd, and the fignal Service they did in tho Battle q{ Fontainoye^ leaves us furely little Room to doubt either the Courage or Utility of hired Forces. Thus having plainly proved the Inconfiftancy of your third and fourth Obje(5lions, all the Argu- ments drawn from thofe Premifes naturally fall to the Ground. Cum primip alts ccuja non confijiity nee ea quidem^ qiur fequuntur, locum habent *. .j Your fourth Objedion is, " that a hireling Army once vidorious, perceiving the People who invited them to their Afififtance, unequal to the Tajk of defending themfehes^ and refifting their Force, will, in all Probability, fet up for themfelves, and become their Mailers." Both this and the following Obje I2,GOO IL' ^ 12,000 i.CV* 6,000 1 8,000 .;-'»: 5,000 ' <-, 4,000 >^,, 30,000 r .i 73,000 •f i I I • • tr\- n-i !• f ' 'y. .. 166,000 ' Would not any one imagine, that this candid Author, who flatters himlelt that he ought to be cbnfidered with a favoul-able Eye, becaule he has no ether View, but that of fetting Matters in a clear Lij[bt : Would not any one, I fay, imagine, that every Article of this long Mufter-roll was accurate and authentic? Indeed had he only mif- counted twelve Thoufand inftead of ten Thoufand fleffiansy or eight Thoufand inftead of fix Thoufand JBavarfans, even fuch r Miftake had been unpar- donable. But what Opinion muft we entertain of his Veracity, when the two firft Articles of his Account are wholly and abiolutely fali'c? '' * D 2 For, If m h pi [20]' For, of all thofc Sixteen Thoufand //awwntf/iry,' tlitrc is nbt One i'n Briti/h Pay j por as yet have' we entered into a fre(h Treaty with the King of Poland i for the old Subfidy between us and the Court of Drefden is expired : And as to the Pied" montefe, Saxe-GotlAans, tVolfenbutler:, and Darm- fiadians, his Majefty, in his Speech from the Throne, makes no mention of having entered into any Subfidiary Engagements with them. Thus (ben (to ufc his favourite conclufive Phrafc) it is evident this Letter-writer, this feditious Difturbcr of public Quiet, has openly afferted, as a Matter of Fa(5l, what can have no other Foundaiiori than that of idle Rumour, or his own ill-intentioned Conjectures* But not contentea with publishing fo grofs an Untruth, he farther endeavours to in- ftigate and incenfe the People -ol Great BrU/i' % a- gafnft the preffnt Government, by perfuading them, that we hire the Troop&-of thofe very Princes merely to defend their own Terkitprics. Whereas we have hired them with no other Vjew, as I be- fore obferved, but to keep the French King in Awe upon the Continent, whilft we are harrafling him at Sea, and ruining his Commerce in America. But thefe are Views too extenfive for the commoa iPerceptions of Mankind, they have Optics in- deed, but. then can only i^-ihxii ■**" .1 eft 'ji>t[i J. |^ * ^ i'SMJ'r >.>ti ' Infpedt a Mite, not comprehend the rieav'ri, '; v l^^t .*\- ■'.itt i.^-T Whoever lA/rites or a Syftem, fo far dtily as re- lates to a Part, will be continually advancing Ar- guments that are prejudicial to the Whole. The Britijh Empire ai prefcnt, as it confifts of a great Variety of Connedtions, is of a very intricate Na- ture,. an4 .Penc but fuch as have been g;radu'ally .1... ^ ...i...... ..... , :.a.v , promoted . [21]., .,. , ^ promoted from one Enipteyment to anotlier, cut hav« an adequate Idea uf ics different Inteirelts : Interefts frequently clalhing, nay wholly incotxi- pdEible One wich the other, and yet boch at the lame Time perhaps equally deferving of Protec- tion. In Caie^ thus equiponderatiiig, a temporarjf Preference muft be given to the one ; and it may fo happen, that it muil be given in fuch a man-' n6r, as apparently to difbcnefi: the other. Points of this Nature are daily rifing in the Managemisnt df public Alffairs, which would greatly perplex vny one that was a Novice in the common Courfe of Bufinefs. Hence it is, that Perfons who ntver were in the Cabinet, are frequently apt to form yery wild Notions of thofe that are in the Admi- ni ft ration. And the Reafon is obvious, for when an Objecb is fe^n through a falfe Medium, it is always grofsly mifi-eprefented. This leads me na- t?urally to enquire. Sir, whether you yourfclf ever had the honour to be employed in any public Station, or whether you ever was entrufted with the Secrets of the t^rivy Council ? If not, be per- fuaded that you are only blundering on in the Dark, while you pretend to be fetting Matters in a clear Light. Take then a friendly Advice, and have nothing more to do With political DifcufJ fions : I fhould think indeed you muft certainly fuccecd in the Novel Writing. For in a King- dom of Romance, was you to raife two or three Millions OLaMe Soldier f, and that too on a fudden Start, the NoveJty and Surprize would in ail Pro- bability hif^hly entertain your Readers ; but was you to raife half that Number in the Kingdom of Great Britain, k might be attended with very dan-* gercus Confequences. For it is not natural to {up- pofe, 4n Army would long remain obedient to the civil t :i I '!■ [22] dvU Authority, when they had it fd greatly in their Power to eftablifh a military Government. - With refpedl to the Seventy-three Thoufand PrMjjtans^ it is uncontradidlably manifeft they ars taken into Brittjh Pay by our Sovereign, folely as King of Great Britain. For as Eledor of Ha- nover xhtit is a Treaty ftill fubfifting, by which the Czarina agrees to furniOi that Eledorate with Z fufficient Body of Troops in cafe of Danger., This perhaps is a Circumflance not generally, known, but it does not follow that it is therefore, the lefs true. However it is a plain Proof, at leaft, in my. Opinion, that his Majefty has no other, View but the Intereft and Well^are of Great Bri^ i^iny by entering into this judicious Alliance with the Gourt of Peterjhotirg. •.ilyxmn.' ;f<^.;i^ilKa . Page 37. . The Letter- writer comes now to give us fome Extracts from our own Hjftories,, to fhew, that the Territories of our Kings in France were by no Means to be defended at the ExperKe of Englijh Treafure : The firft Example, he produces is, that " the Earls of Hertford^ Bo-. hun^ .and Bigot (he fhould have faid Bohun Earl of Hereford and Ejj'ex^ two Titlcj in one and theiame Perfon) began their Commotions through the Dif- tafte which Edward the Firft gave them, by de- manding their c.rvice in the Quarrel of Gafcony (he , means G«/(?«»if) and in denying to defend or recover foreign Provinces independent of England^ tho* fubjed to the King." This Quotation is quite alien to a Britijb Parliament's not granting Subfi- dies ; for in this very Cafe, Edward obtained the Conient of his Parliament to raife the o^avum De- narium a Populo^ the eighth Penny from the Peo- ple, as IValJingham has it. Nor did the Earls of Hereford and Bigot rcfufe to advance their Quota, : , . or [ 33 1 or Service, arifing from Lands which they held as Tenants in Capite : But they refufcd to go into Guienne in Perfon ; ailedging as a fufficient Reafoit that their Lands (which were of feudatory Tenure) were obliged indeed to perform military Service m the King's Wars, but that they themfclvcs were rot obliged to iptrform perfonai Service in any War, unlefs the King v/ais perfcna/ly there himfelf ; add- ing farther, that they were ready and willing to attend the King into Flanders^ for which Country his Majefty was then embarking, hut that they muft perfift in not going fo far trom the Royal Perfon, as into the Province of Guienne, their Lands requiring of them no fuch Service, and the Employments which they held, the one being Con- ftable, the other Earl-Marfhal of Engl ^d, de- manding their perfonal Attendance on the King. Let us then examine the other Witneffes this impartial Author introduces -, Page 38, he fays, "In the twentieth Year of the Reign of Richard the Second, the fixth and ninth of Hertry the Fourth, the firft and feventh of Henry the Fifth, k is affirmed, the Commons of England are not bound pcur fupporter les guerre en a terre de France^ or Normandie -, the Commons of England are not bound to fupport the King's Wars in France or Normandy, publickly declaring this, and publick- ly refufing Afliftance.'* From this over-loaded, oftentatious Paragraph, would not any one natu- rally conclude, that thefe three Kings had applied to Parliament for Subfidies, and that their Parlia- ments had abfolutely refufed to grant them ? Yet fuch is the Infufficiency of the Letter-writer's Tef- timony, that in every one of the Inftances above cited, the Parliament granted the Subfidy required by each refpedtive King. The Complaint againft " ' • Rt chard fu 1' <\ [ 24 ] Hichard the Second was of quitt a different Na* cure, .and took its Rife, not from bis Parliament rufufing to grant him Money, but in that having obtained very large Sums in a lega} Parliamentary Proccfs, he immediately afterwards cxadted a*heavy Contribution from each wealthy Individual of the Nation, under the Name of a Benevolence or free Gift. For there was not, as Rapin obferves, a Lord, Prelate, Gentleman, or rich Citizen, but was obliged to lend a Sum of Money, though they knew the King had no Defign ever to repay them. 'i In the fame Page, we are told, that " Edwatd the Firft was refufed Money by his Subjedb, to defend his Territories in France againft the French*^ Itt this Cafe, as well as in thofe already mention- ed, the Author happens to be wrong in his Evii dence •, for the Parliament in this very Jnftance granted the Subfidy that Ed'ward demanded. But to (hew how willing our impartial Letter- writer'M to foift-in any the leaft Appearance of a Negative from the Parliament again It the King, I will ex- plain this remarkable Epoque of our Englijh Hif- tory. In the Year 1297, Edward the F«r ft con- voked a Parliament ?ii 3c. Edmund's Bury, in whi6b 9, large Subfidy was granted to him, for the Ser- vice of the enfuing Year. But as the Intentions of the King were publickly known, fome Time before the Parliament was called, the Clergy pri- vately obuined an Edift from Pope Bom/ace, in- hibicing them, under Pain of Excommunication, from paying any Tax or Contribution whatever to any fecular Prince. So that when the King came to levy the Monies granted to him by Par- liament, the Clergy (who then poflefled One- thud of the Revenues of this Kingdom) alledged in '. V .. Excufc 1:1 ■■ WMjHjgiwi lent iving itarjr \CHVf cho frco :s, at but |ough repay [25] Excufe for their Non-compliance the Conftitutiori of Pope Boniface, But the King, who was not fo eaGly to be lulled afleep, withdrew his Pro- tedlion from thj Clergy in general, and inftantly began to imbreviate the Lands and Effects belong- ing to the Archbilhop. On which the Clergy, with their Archbilhop at their Head, humbly petitioned the King to be reftored to his Royal Favour, and readily gave him Four Shillings in the Pound, Rej^i fuorum bonorum dederunt quint am partem. And it is this fubtil, tho' unfuccefsful Temerity in the Clergy, which our Letter-writer as pleas*d to call ** a Refufal in the Subjects to defend the King's Territories in France againft the French" ,, , ; . ; Page 39. " The Poll-money impofed by Par- liament in the Reign of Richard the Second, to defray the Expence of the Wars in France, was the Caufe of bitter Imprecations againft the King, which were followed by an Infurredion of the Commons." It was not the Poll-tax that irritated the Commons of England, but the brutal Manner in which it was collefted by the Flemijh Farmers i and every one knows that the Infurredion which afterwards happened was not owing to the Infulc that was offered to IVat Tyier*s Daughter, for the People of Kent and EJ/ex had been in a Ferment long before the Poll -money was levied. This Cir- cumftance was merely an intervening Incident, but the real Caufes of the Peoples breaking out into an open Rebellion, were, among many others, the great Ravages that were committed in EJfex and Kent, by the frequent Defcents of the French ; and extremely incenfed indeed were the Commons againft the Duke of Lancafter, who wa» charged with caufing, by his Negligence, all the Calamities E the w '^r ^- '*" e- I [ 26 i the two Counties had endured. So that this rcry Precedent is a Cafe in Point which might be brought not only in Juftificarionj but in Corti- mcnda«:ion of the great Vigilance and prudent Condudb of the prefent Admimdration, who have already taken thofe Mcafures, which the Duke of Lancafter is cenfured for having ne- glefted. In the fame Page our Author tells us, ** that in the Reign of this King {Richard the Second) the Parliament was fo tender in granting Subfidics and raifmg Taxes for foreign Wars, that they added to the Aft, ^uod non trabatur in cenfequen- tium^ that it ihould be no Precedent to Futurity for levying Taxes." It will not be amifs here to obferve, that this Parliament took extrabrdinary Care that the Subfidy they granted (hould be applied only in repulfing the French and Caftilians in League againft England \ fb that I (hould think this Parliament can't properly be faid to have been tender in granting Subjidies for foreign ff^ari. As to the Scrap of Latin which our Letter-writer has ventured to infert, and which, thro' Igno- rance of the Language, I fuppofe, he has tortured into quite a different Meaning, I will give my Readers its proper Explanation. The Parliament declared the Subfidy granted to the King, who was then s Minor, fhould not be drawn into a Pre- cedent, which plainly (hewed, fays Rapin^ that they were refolved to be upon their Guard during the King's Minority. ' I cannot fay I am thoroughly fatisHed with the Comment of this.Hillorian ; I (hall offer a Remark of my own, which is, that the Parliament^ knowing the Necejfity of oppofing the French and Caftilians, granted the Sv^blidy -, but clogg*d • it 'f [27] H with this Caveat, Quod H9tf trahatut in wn/k-' ^Meniium^ merely to (hew, chat they diftinguiflicd it Uom other Supplies, as a Meafurc of Ncccf* fuy. For it is a well-known Maxim in the.CiviL Law ** NeceJJUtate faaum-» nan trahitur in confe- ^ueniium-" or. in the Words of Paulus, " qiui propter necejftiaiem recepta Junt^ non debent in atgU" imntum trabi *." -atrv. >. 'i ; 'O'l k> ^^f^Uii. . Fage 47. " Shall this Kingdom be totally drained* by grievous Subfidies, in Support of forciga Princ^es Dominions, among whom there is One, whofe yntold Sums lie ufdefs and untouch' 4% even ior the Protedlion of that State which is fo dear to him," This is a new Species of proted^ing, at lead I never heard before of Money tseing efteemed any kind of Proteftion to a Country, while it Jay ufelefs and untouched. But tho* we are not to exped correA Writing from io unacade- micskl a Scribbler, yet certainly a Decency is due from every Writer when he fpeaks of a Crown*d Head V, but in this lali Paragraph of yours it would be difficult to determine whether the Badnefs of your Englijh^ or the Badnefs of your Heart, be the more perfpicuous. However, Sir, if you have the good Luck to efcape a corporal Chaftifement, impute it not altogether to the Lenity of tho prefenc Adminidration, but attribute it in fomc Meafure to the real Service you do the Minifter and the Crown, by attacking them with fuch Im- potence of Argument, that tvcn the very Faute.s of your Party muft begin to be alhamed not only of their Advocate, but even of the Caufe itfeif, which they have io Qbdinately, and unwittingly^ efpoufed. I fay, you have don&the Government fomc Service , for certainly it is no flender Proof • Pauluiy /. 70. ad EdiQum^ E 2 that ll •1^; ■i ]■■* III [ 28 ] thtr an Oak is Brmly rooted in tlie Soil, when we fee it remain unfhaken and unmov*d, nocwithftand* ing the continual Blufterings of a North- Eaft V'nd. 1 a ii .» Page 41. " During the Wars of William and Anne^ and in our Times, we have thrown ^bree Millions of Englifli Money into the Scale of that Balance of Power in Germany, and yet it docs not incline to our Side." Is not this a plain Intimation for us to throw a Million or two more into that fame Scale ? Vet I muft own that Three Hundred Millions of Pounds Sterling is a pretty, decentt comfortable, round Sum. ' >c • ,9^a t^'^^-^j^^^i ^> *y »"■) n. Suando ullum invimes Parem ? , ^^^ But then our German Allies are fo much the wealthier for it \ and if oar Letter-writer's Calcula • tion be jufl, (which he aifures us it is) it may then truely be {aid oi Great Britain, that flie is not only rich in herfelf, but the Caufe that Riches are in others. -'M'i* -, .^V!i.j» *-.-*•■>' V> ^«»».-fv»-»> Page 49. ** There is yet a farther Connderation» for our declining to engage in German Welfare, it •is the Defence of his Majefty and his Subje£ts Pofieflions in America, the living Fountain of perpe- tual Wealth to this Kingdom, an Objeft worth ali^ Qur Conuderation \ whatever is expended in the Defence of Englijb Plantations returns to England again.'* At laft our Letter-writer has unknowing- ly blundered upon the main Point the Miniftry has in View, the great Objedb that Demands all their Lonlideration. And this is the file Reafon, as I before obferved, that we have necelTarily incurr'd fo great an Expence on the Continent in Europe. But thefe are Politics of too refined a Texture for the proffer Perceptions of the common Run of Man- . . ,, kind, ■•?■■■♦ • iti! 1 /•• vhcn we thftand* rth-Eaft iam and n Three of that Joes not imation ito that lundred decent* '.imi'. ■■] >u s ■. . uch the ralcula* lay then lot only « are in eration, Ifare, it Jubjedls fperpe- "th ALL in the England owing- liniftry inds all fon, as Kurr*d f>e, Buc for the Man- kindy t29] kind, who fee no ObjcA in its full Force ind Vigour, unlefs it be primarily and immediately be- fore their Eyes. If it be ever fo little removed, or fccn thro* the miniaturing End of the Pcrfpeftivc Glafs, it either wholly efcapes their Sight, or ap- pears to them a mere Minutity. Thus when a Minifter tells them, his chief and fole Defign is to aggrandize our Strength in America^ they have no Idea that it is previoufly neceHTary to put a Curb on the headftrong, ambitious Power of France: And whatever Steps he may take to keep that Na- tion in Awe, will by thefe (hort-fighted, blear- ey*d Politicians be ^TOT\o\xnctdi prepofierous, foolijh^ wrong-headed^ iniquitous^ and abfurd. And there can be no Excufe alledged as a fuaforial Argument in Favour of fuch Perfons, but that which Ulpi- anus pleads in their Behalf, nonvidentur, qui errant^ confentire, (Uip. 1. ii. ad Edidlum) Vid. p. 55, 36948,34. :".r.i "-j't,; r .: vv nor -5 i Page 50. *' Shall that Bajiard and unnatural State (a moft polite and refpedtful Paraphrafe for Hanover) continue to exhauft our Wealth in her Defence and Service, and the legal Child o£ Eng- land be neglected and abandoned in her Dillrefs ?'* Iti the preceding Paragraph I have amply fhewn, that fo far from neglecting and abandoning our legitimate Child, that it is the fole Concernment of ' the prefent Adminiftration to fofter it up with all poflible Tendernefs and Attention. I Ihould think our late Succefs under General John/on, the long Continuance of Admiral Bofcowen'i Fleet in thoS Parts, and the great Number of Ships ftill left in that Country, is a fufficient Proof of our Minif- ter's great Care and Defire efFeftually to protect our Plantations. But what this Letter-writer means by faying, that Hanover ftands in Relation ! I I i'l I ' 'iV' r 30 1 fb as, ai a BaJlarJ and Urmatural Child, I tfiufl own I can't well divine. For I always underftood zBaftard or a Natural CYiM^ to be fynonymoua Terms. If then Hanover be as a Baftard Child CO us, then is it alfo as a Natural Child ; and »^ Natural, confequendy not Unnatural. But this is. one oF the many Specimens I could produce, to elucidate how greatly our Author excels in thao kind of Writing, which may not improperly be called the Cbiaro-Ofcuro^ or Clear-Obfcure *. Page 55. *• Let me therefore implore you, if ic (hould ever be the abjefb Fate oi ,Englandy to become the Slave of Germaffy, urge not your Re-» fentment beyond remonftratins to your Reprefcn* tatives and Sovereign your defpicable Situation^ with-hold your Hands from vimUcating your own flights** You may remember at the Beginning of this Anfwer to your Letter! faid, that every^ Perfon who difcuffes Parliamentary Debates, ought to be gifted with the Memory of the Elephant, in order that he fhoiuld not contradidt in one Pare of his Difcourfey what he warmly afcertained in another. And how juft that Remark was, yoii here fufficiently confirm. jFor in this Paragraph above, you implore the People to with-hold their Hands from vindicating their own Rights \ and in the third Page of your Letter, you tell them, when the Prefervatlon of their Liberties is the Point in Conteft, they fhould then agfiin attempt to vindicate their Advantages of their happy Con- ilitution, by removing their King from the Crown. But what Judjgment can an^ one pretepd to form TO '■■?■! jr': V\i^ 1: ' • We c*\\ that Offspring a Baftard or natarai Child, whofe 1*arents^ liv'd, as it were; in a State of Naturr^ or rather not conformably to the civil InftituUon of Marriage. rapb Pf fS' J of the fyftcniatic Dodkrinc3 of a Satyr, (hzi can fafhion his Mouth to blow hot and cold, in ont and the fame Moment. Page 5S' ** ^»'* y^ degenerate Men, behold BritaHnia, like Prcmethois chain'd to a Rock. whiift the German Eagle is devouring her Vitals r Believe me, the Moment of that Catadrophe may not be at a great Didance, when it arrives I (hall not fail to give you Warning of the Evil." As to the firft Part of this Paragraph it mud be ob- ferved, that the Liver of Prometheus never fuf- fered the minuted Decreafe, but as often as the Vulture feafted upon it, fo often did the Liver inftantaneoufly recruit itfelf af'^fli : Now if we recover our vital Strength as fad as the German can be fuppofed to devour it, and if we perceive no Diminution, I am for giving my Vote to keep fattening on this Eagle of Germany, at lead till he becomes an equal Match againd the Cock of France. As to the latter Part of this Paragraph^ that you will give us Warning of the Evil when it arrives, it has fo much of the good old Woman in it, that it reminds me of a Ihrewd Remark Scarron makes in his Virgil 1'ravefiu The Latin Poet cries out in the Shades below, . - ■■ Difcite jttjiitiam moniti, et non temnere Divas, ■' ,i» "■ . The French Poet gives us an humorous Parady in the following Diftich, , _ , , .; • Cette Sentence eft bonne et helle : ' ' • •• Mais en enfer de quoi fert elle ? ' Which applied to you may be trandated thus, " What the Devil fignifies the giving us Warn- ing, when it is coo late to follow any Advice a^ all?" • Thus, I i i I [3«] Thus, Sir, have I examined the Letter, which you addrcfs to the People of England, A Letter of fuch incendiary Documents, abounding with fuch perfonal Invedives, and falfe AflTertions, that was you to be called to an Account, it would be impofllble for the Laws of the Land not to con- demn you, it would be incompatible with the Royal Favour to Ihew you the lead Glimpfe of Mercy. And yet how neceffary is it, for good Government, that the Monarch on his Throne, and his Minif- try in their Cabinet, be Iheltcr'd as it were from the poifonous Arrows of Scandal and Detraction ^ Their Characters (hould be facred as their Perfons. But if every half-ftarved impertinent Scribbler be permitted to tell the one^ that he is taking gi- gantic Strides to fubvert the Religion and the Laws of the Country, and impudently to declare, that the other is forming Defigns that are iniquitous, foolifh, prepofterous, and abfurd, certainly we may fay, with C/V^rc, * ^ A^um eji de republicd. .:/ A Weed of fo deftruCt'ive a Quality ftiould not be trufted to run to Seed. To connive at the Rafhnefs of one, is giving others Encouragement to be equally audacious. Befides, this Perfon ihould by no Means efcape a public Cenfure, for his Crime carries with it a voluntary premeditated Guilt i he publifhes a Firft Letter to tell you^ that he will only Jhew the JVeahiefs of the Mintjier ; hut promifes his Second Letter Jh'ill expofe the Iniquity of that Minijler. Would the Republick of Poland^ the States of Holland^ or any Country where Li- berty is mod prefam'd to flourilh, fufFer the Printer or Author ^f fo infamous and calumniating a Pro- mife [33 ] mife to go unpuni(h*d ? But as the prefcnt Mini- ftry fcems to think thcfc virulent Penmen not worth their Notice, or lead Confideration, I will here adjoin a Fable, that depids this whole Ncft of Hornets in their proper Colours. I make no Apology for the Introduftion of the Fable, as it an Honour to the Britijh Nation to have produced fo eminent a Poet. The OAK and DUNGHILL. ON r fair Mead a Dunghill Iry That rotting fmoakt, and flunk away. To an excelTive Bignefs grown, By Night-mens Labour on him thrown. ; Ten thoufand Nettles from him fpruug. Whoever came but near, was (lung. Nor ever fail'd he to produce. The baneful Hemlock's deadly Juice : Such as of old at Athens grew. When Patriots thought it Phocion\ due : And for the Man its Poifon preft, -v •' /. Whofe Merit fhone above the reft. t Not far from hence ft rong- rooted ftoo4 A fturdy Oak, itfelf a Wood ! With friendly Height o'ertopt the Grovc» And looked the FavVite Tree of Jove ; Beneath his hofpitable Shade, The Shepherds all at Leifure play'd ; ; They fear'd no Storms of Hail or P^ain, His Boughs prote(5ted all the Plain. Gave Verdure to the Grafs around. And bcautify*d the neighbouring Ground. F The ' I V ^ II I n [34 1 The gracious Landlord joy'd to fcCf The pfofperous Vigour of his Tree^ And often fought when in Diftrcfs, "iThis Oak's oracular kedrcfs, j' - ' Sprung from the old Dodpnian Grove^ Which told to Men the Will of Jove. His J^oughs he oft with Chaplets crown'dy With azure Ribbons girt them round. And there, in Golden Letters, wrought, /// to the Marti "^^o Evil Thought. With envious ra^^e, the DunghiU view'd Merit- W!:h Honour thus p^affu^d, Th* Injuftice of the Times he moaB*d, With inward Je^foufy he gr6Sri*d, A Voke at length pierc'd thro* the Smo'kc,' And thus the Patriot DungKifl fpolce. If a proud Look ford-ruri i. ^itt, And Infolence for Vcrigtanf!d tiVt, Doft thou not dread infulting O'ak f The juft th' impending MatcHfet*s Stroke ? When aH the Farmers of t'h6 't'own. Shall come with Joy to pull thed down, And Wear thy I-caves all blythe ^nd gay^ Some happy Restoration^ f)ay. For 'tis referved to thofe good Times, To punirfi all thy matchlefs Crifnes. Beyond the Alps^ rtHf Mind now fees The M^ri, Inall fell fuch Tr.iyfof Trees. To Hcav*ri *tis truie thy Branches growy But thy Roots ft retch to Hdl below. Oh ! that my Utt*rance cdu'd keep Pace In curfirig thee and all thy Race ! Thou Plunderer ! gro#n rich by Crimes, Thou ti^olfey 6\ thtfe ttiodern I'imes ! Thou cum Sejanks of the Plain ! Thou Siavc oi a Tiberian Reign ! Empfon II :« III ;;! ill [35l Empfon and Dudley ! Star and Garter t ■ * A Knez ! a Mcnzicoff! a Tartar ! » ■ Th* aftoni(h*d Farmers all around Stood gaping, at th* impetuous Sound j The Dunghill in high Triumph lay. And fwore the Oak had nought to fay. His Work was done The Farmers all Might gather round, and fee him fall. Not fo th* Event The Oak was feen To flourilh more, in fuller Green." By Scandal unprovok'd he flood. And anfwer'd th'is the Heap of Mud. When Folly, Noife, and Slander rage, Auil Calumny reforms the ti^^\ They in the Wife 1:0 Paffions raife. Their Clamours turn to real Praife. Yet fure^ hard-fated is the Tree, Reduc*d to fpatter Dirt with thee. Soon fliou'd a Branch from off my Side Chaftife thy Infoiercc and Pride, Did not the Wife obtain their Ends, As well from Enemies, as Friends. Thus fome Encreafe thy Heap recfjives* Ev'n from the falling of my Leaves ; Which, like falfe Friends, when dropt from mo Affimulate, and turn to Thee. But be they thine — New Seafons fpread New Honours, o*cr my rifing Head. FINIS. it I