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 STATEMENT OF FACTS 
 
 *• RELATIVE TCr , 
 
 The Standfasts and The Runaways^ 
 
 OR, 
 
 lAMMY CREON's PAMPHLET TURNED 
 RIGHT SIDE OUTWARDS, . 
 
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 BY 
 
 JOB CRBON, A TAYLOR; 
 
 ADDRESSBDTO 
 
 ^HE MECHANICS AND FARMERS OF 
 NEW-BRUNSWICK. 
 
 A STITCH IN TIME 
 SAVES NINE. 
 
 PUBLISHED FOR FUN. 
 
 PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. 
 
 1802, 
 
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I 
 
 STATEMENT OF FACTS 
 
 . RELATIVE TO . 
 
 The Standfasts and The Runaways, &€♦' 
 
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 y JOB CREON by trade a Taylor— was, for 
 the first time in my life — in the Gallery durini| 
 the latter days of the last General Assembly, an4 
 there I met with an acquaintance — an elderly 
 Gentleman who had jattended tjiroughout the 
 whole Session. 
 
 Job— says he to me — set down my man, and 
 I'll tell you what's going forward — so down I sa| 
 — and he began thus-^ 
 
 " A number pf the men who were chosen se- 
 ven years ago to represent the different Coun- 
 ties in this Province, have employed themselves? 
 pretty steadily, in t^.ideavoring to kick up a 
 dust — to quarrel with the Gov^rpor, and the 
 Couucil — and. to remove the seat of Govern^ 
 ment, &c. &c. But now the dissolution of the 
 House draws near, they squeak (as the saying 
 is). Finding that their opposers were prepar- 
 ing to bring forward some matters of great im- 
 portance to the Province, they foresaw that if 
 they gave their votes against the re^ t^nd true 
 interest of the people so immediately before 
 an Election, they would stand no chance of 
 being chosen again, and they knew that if they 
 departed from their old sjrst^m, the^ would be 
 
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 *« taxed with inconsistency: In this dilemma— 
 *' (like fellows ot* true s[junk) thej determined to 
 " turn tail tu, and run away— And this says the 
 *' old man, is the foundation of the present dis- 
 Vtinction— In ftitur^ you'U hear no tnore of 
 « Whigs and Tbries— Loyalists and Jacobins— 
 ' ^^ We shall all be^ either l^tatidfasts or Runaways^ 
 " and pray says he, Job— which party do you 
 :^mean to belong to?" To the Standfasts says 1 
 l>addy— as long as I can stand at all, for altho' 
 ti^ observed that a Taylor is but the ninth part 
 ot a ma^— I feel too much for the honor of the 
 Vorps, ever to allow myself to enlist on the side 
 of the Runaways.— And from that very instant 
 X made up my mind to speak— ay and to write 
 too— Who^s afraid— on the side of the Standfasts, 
 and I do hereby stand forth as a Champion for 
 4^6 Aaylors, to answer Sam Creoti s book. Yes, 
 Mr. Pnnter, I— even J, Job Creon Taylof, am^ 
 also a man of observation, and I would wilhngly 
 Communicate tor the information of my brother 
 1'aylors, and all other Tradesmen—*^ the lights 1 
 « derive frOm a cool and dispassionate attention 
 *Ho those matters in which the Public appear 
 ^ to be materially interested'*— Bang ! my boys- 
 Are not these fine words ?_ They are Sam Cr^^ 
 ons own 
 
 But to go on regularly, I must infoltn you 
 that the old Gentleman told me a Tuesday, all 
 that was to happen on Wednesday, Job iays he, 
 * Do you see a little short^egged thing there 
 '' that looks like A Creeper.Cock, and bujzzes and 
 2 whizzes about lik^ a bottle-ars'd fly ? Out of 
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 ^ cecnlng him— He belongs to the Rimawtiys, 
 ** but he stayed behind with one or two others, 
 ** for particuhir reasons which I'll explain to you 
 ^ by and by." Tliiis my hretliren of the bodkin, 
 I have fairly introduced tnyself to you» and I 
 have intimated as plainly as is necessary to men of 
 your sagacity— 'that the Creeper-Cock is Sammy 
 Creon, 1 shall therefore proceed €ind take into 
 Consideration the od paragrsiph of his book, 
 trhich begins halfway down the 4th page; and 
 if I am abrupt in changing from an argument t<j 
 ft Pun, ky it txot to me— lay it to Sagi-^who was 
 ^o eager to shew his wit-*tlmt his argument--^ 
 ** Like Richard the 3d at Boswotth-Field, M^ag 
 " Goitipletely unhorsed/' I understood says he 
 ^ Ih&t some great I/Bwyers were of opinion that 
 ^* any number of Members could resolve them-* 
 ^* selves into a Ilou^e competent to the exercise 
 ^' of all those functions to which heretofore thir* 
 " teen had beep, thought absolutely necessary/' 
 
 Once there was a nian that had a wife, and sh^ 
 was a scold, and she dy'd as he supposed-— and 
 he ordered her to be naifd up very secure,-*— and 
 thefi lie began snickering like a tbolj but in the 
 tnidstof his exultation, open flew the Coffin, and 
 the first intelligence he had of Her resurrection 
 was a hck in the head, which lay'd him flat on 
 |iis back — and all the neighbors laugh'd at him. 
 In like manner the Runaways thought that thif^ 
 House as soon as they were off--would be dead 
 3s a clod, but (as Sammy says) a resurrection 
 took place from a Coffin^ which overset their 
 whole projeCt-«-4he story—circulated thro' the 
 tbwn, and a ge^ral Satisfaction prevailed, ex* 
 
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 cept in one— little— dirty Street. Allow me here 
 to imitate Sammy's example in a short digression 
 for the purpose of making a comparison and 
 praising myself— Sam Creon tho' a Lawyer could 
 make but one miserable pun out of all this stuff—, 
 I Job Creon a Taylor, have cut out two — made 
 'em up and fitted 'em completely, and I have 
 cabbag'd a little towards making a third. The 
 ^eviVs in t then if I have ngt the best of it so far 
 as goes to the witty part, — Now my lads prepare 
 yourselve^ for a touch of solid argument. 
 
 Supposing five Taylors were engag'd to make 
 a quantity pf cloaths on the same Board, and 
 that when the plain-work was all finished and 
 they came to the button holes — three of the 
 Tarlets should run away — Would not it be for 
 the credit of the shop if the other two stayed and 
 finished the work? This is a case in point. Nevei> 
 was such a ridiculous parade of hard-words and 
 nonsense as Sam Creon has made use of to de- 
 lude us into the mistake that thirteen Members 
 were " absolutely requisite" for the formation of 
 a House in this Province for the dispatch of bu- 
 siness — Put -your common sense to work, and 
 youll see the absurdity of such an assertion, in 
 one moment — Why — if this doctrine were admisr 
 eible — Thirteen Governors and Thirteen Coutir 
 3ellors (at least) would be (ibsolutelif requuite to 
 the passing of every Law— for— The King s Rcr. 
 presentative— and the Council are distinct Bran^ 
 ches of the Legislature, and are of as much im^ 
 portance in proportion to llieir numbers as " the 
 *' great and dignified body'' to which the Creeperr 
 Cock belongs. The conclusion then fairly js, 
 
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 that the Standfasts by staying to finisk the busi- 
 ness completely saved the Country from disc^race. 
 What Sam Creon says about a House of As- 
 sembly's being the Constitutional Grand-Jury of 
 the Province is a downright insult offered to our 
 understanding; beside the infamy of the attempt 
 to impose upon us by a falshood in saying that 
 thirteen are necessary to make a Grand-Jury, 
 when every Scliool-Boy knows that twelve ard 
 sufficient; What connection— What similitude- 
 is there between a House of Assertibly— and a 
 Grand-Jury? Every Journeyman Taylor in the 
 Country is competent to answer— ]Vo7ie. The 
 one is. instituted for the purpose of making Laws 
 —the other (in their place) are to enforce those 
 Laws— To be sure the Constitution which guards 
 our rights so tenderly, and makes no distinction 
 between Taylors and Members of a General As- 
 senibly— requires that a Grand^Jury shall consist 
 at least of— twelve— but in its wisdom it has not 
 decreed that thirteen, or even twelve Judges shall 
 be necessary to punish offenders. In short (as 
 we must suppose that Sam Creon knows better) 
 
 *we have a right to conclude that this is a base— 
 Llectione^ring attempt to mislead and deceive 
 
 ^|he ignorant and unwary. In the next sentence 
 |ii page 7— Sam has let the cat out of the bag. 
 It had been observed says he by the senior Mem- 
 ber of King's County (after the Coffin was opened) 
 " That there was no Law which restrained a 
 " smaller number of Members from the full ex- 
 "ercise of the functions of that House"— and to 
 this Sammy Creon says—" He would only reply 
 !! that Laws werejiot originally made for restrain- 
 
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 *ying mm of honor and pro/^/ey— butfor persohl 
 " of a very difi'ertjnt deacriptiori/' Very pretty Uu* 
 ly-^Let us see how thk ^^tU work. 
 
 " READ AND HECEIVE LIGHT." 
 
 AIJ the Members of the House are men f>f hi3* 
 por and prohity^^ufidoubtedly — they theix^fore am 
 not to be restrained by the Laws — no inde 3d-Hr, 
 The Laws were made to restrain Farrnei-s, and 
 Taylors and Mechanics— Your ham'ble servant 
 Samuel Cnx)n, Esquire. If you don't feel a little 
 beat in ytmr'face at tins display of your presurap* 
 tion, I Job Creon, Taylor, have handled a Goose 
 to vei*y littlo purpose. Tlie remainder of thd 
 "^amphlet i/i calculated for ijothii.g else but to 
 evince the consummate ostentation and vanity 
 f)f the Cr^itper-Cock. The initials of his real 
 name St — — t, are introduced in half a dozen 
 
 places. Mr. St 1 then arose — Mr. St — — t 
 
 made a motion ; Every body was astonished at the 
 assurance of Mr. St t. Mr. St^ — — t made 
 anotiier motion which was seconded by Major 
 D— — n, a respectable veteran of the half pay 
 liist. Do you my- dear bretheren by chance 
 know this Mr. St - t and bis Veteran? Jf you 
 do — pray attempt to realize what a formidable 
 phalanx these two must have presented to tli^ 
 Standfast s-^Y)o you wonder that " the Cham* 
 " pions were sJwck'd." Surely a more shocking^ 
 jll-match'd, unnatural pair never made an ap*- 
 pearance on any stage. I would undertake to des^ 
 cr.oe 'em~^but if I were to do justice to the sub^ 
 ject 1 should be censur d as an ill-natur'd tJ?llow— ^ 
 The contrast in eo^iernals-^wlnch by the way--**- 
 tibey can't help)— ^gjid ^variety of other cireum^ 
 
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 ^nops^-opfji such a vast 'VW that I ikre rot 
 truHt myself in it all al-ne:. Nor would I have 
 madr any remarks upo .. weak old man had not 
 
 this Mr, St- 1 plac d him in a situation so very 
 
 conspicuous. This Veteran who has thus been 
 luggdm head and shoulders, is— litcallv at^ 
 apology fror: the Counttj of West moi land for not 
 sending a fourth Representative, They have th--e 
 lawful Membere, and they think that sufficient--^ 
 but as they are required to s^nd four— and this 
 mn^ absence is considered as an occasional re- 
 Jief to the neighbourhood flom a tongue that is 
 eternally running in a head that is truly a Caput 
 Mortuum— they have hitherto "honored him 
 with their suffrages," but for the ci-edit of that 
 respectable Cou 15 V 'tis to be hoped they will 
 keep their laughuig-stock at home for the future. 
 i Ills antiquated dry-nurse to a Creeper, was the 
 only thing that qould be foUnd to second the mo- 
 tw:. of Mr. St-— -t when he arose— Look at the 
 inotion Itself and you will find it as unmeaning as 
 if he had jump'd up and cry^d cock-a-doodle-doo. 
 1 here IS no accounting for it on any other prin- 
 ciple but that some part of the House—" were 
 fftak^n by surprise/' > 
 jv^ J have already^ mentioned the shock whicli 
 th^. Standfasts received— so that I am arrived to 
 the bottQm of the Pth page where Sam says he 
 must .digress a little— Never mind— Boys— I'll 
 after him. He repeats once more that he is a 
 ma^ of observation— ^What of that— So is Job— 
 Then, he discovers how wcadcifull^ ho is nettled 
 again at considering the " preposscsbing address 
 
 " Pf :^ c^rta,in young Member of the House'' 
 
 whose mkimers ai a Hemslator— ^^cir»^rv,,. r. 
 
 
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 ^oii^ly ag^iil^t him M ttr^kltig A iilolite t6 Uk4 
 the opinioii of the Judg^^ oft thl5 tj^i^tiofi ihm 
 ill debate. Tills is art ihstftiifc^ bf modesty Whietl 
 toUld hot fail to dis^ttst. at ihan Mke Sttti^tfiy 
 Ci^eon, iii whm^ compci^i\.i<^n\Mre ih tibt 6m p^ti- 
 tide of ^tlch a Viittite. At tile eh^ ©f fei^ Bmk 
 foil will find a shstftil^mi tiM kl^mms efifeVt t@ 
 pmVe that ^ cdnstiltatidil of this kiiid Wife littp^i^i 
 fi^rti^htafy— but he h^s Be^^n so fefrdled -by A 
 Frfeeholder, ^hd othei^ oti this siufcf^et'thAl thit^** 
 feb tiece^^ity for ih'e to say k w^4 iltpm it^ttii 
 de^d t ^cknmvledge it to be abdS^ttty Mt. Rfe^d 
 i\\b T^^^ehblder arid tec^ivt light, iny tA^ttit^. 
 te Mter partb^'th^ J)Ai'&^raph toM^d^ tlife tot- 
 tern of pkge 9, pu22le^^ nitfe c(5il!^^)^&^e^iy*^l fe^ 
 inake nothing of it, ex^c^ m mimm^^mM 
 th^t Samtny Is ^ ^ittlplfetbft^that te li^Ver tti^ 
 ^th atiiy difficulty ife the fe^ifett^t^ bluhdei^ttgi, 
 and that he wi^hes--Thfe Devil #as^^*blh]<a^ 
 ^' With fenUH^^^--So db^ Jdb; . w^Aii- 
 
 fiut if you WaM to see fecM^ifeSt ife ^ Gbe^Ctti^ 
 sia^&d thb ne)A stotehdg 'eateMfy^^l reM^- 
 ShMd it to the p^Vticrtiia!r ^MS^l 6f ttll fiiy ^^ 
 Sisters of the Mantua-Making bvie^. Oli I ^at 
 ft iiliiht ^Ver Ml t6fhy M tb IMi^W l:w^ # }^ur 
 %tnrable society in cbttjuiiaibici %it% h Cl^^ 
 Cock, daricittg k itel Eftfer cttVid^ly, aM Ife^Mng 
 Mtih that swe^t little afiim^l, thb a^'of sinking. 
 Here you have ii^Ladks, 
 
 ;** Cftinb^ity h^s led iri6 tn^ny ^ ^ftcfe, mid ^m 
 
 '^' this occiasibn it Mtl taken Ml jibsscision bf ttiy 
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 chared J!)^ :^^^uid j^t aay ^i|her Xf a--T^rr-7-|lfifj^-* 
 5^Hr^y fStupk fo ii^i^ lijbp §1 tic^^ a^d >say'd ^^^Qtlj 
 ;|^ ^ajipe wbcdii. ]iV^ rn# ^his fciolfl ? 
 
 4 message ^||^ caiae \9 ft^nji j^he Cpunq^l .re- 
 
 ^i;i^^<^iji^ ^^qonfereiit^Qe.pn J3- pill lipr i^ising ^ ^e-^ 
 
 ^enyje^ &c. t^ ^v^he^^ijytj^y agreed Agai^^^^^^^ 
 
 je^pt j^r. St-rrT-rrt^fi^dM th^foriper 
 
 jPf whq^ doi^ii^d 'Jp .^"^ ihtie^d-r-Tp-nd ^Wle he was 
 ^p^^u^kg Cap^ii^s 4g^^^^-^F ^nd ^ ^ c feur- 
 j'i§dfOvtt.-Tr3]|i^ ja ^n §^<5q!^i;it >^vl[^ic:h jliapp^ns (i 
 (^^ rtqjd) >v^ry fefipeiitly, wh^ the .Cupper 
 ^f i&es-Ti^nd it is fC#^qd so 'fi^r4:h^t jgqntlei^qp who 
 tfre9«^t^he,Qi4l!e]?y--ii]^e;£^ 
 ?to tl^ dP9C-js^^f)ier ffor cgniing out pf the H<;)p8e 
 }|^>t€ji ;them yvh^ the Creeper is down— they nre 
 -so p.v^repiije ,wi|^ i^li^ ji)F^):qry th^-t they can t ^t^^ 
 ^ji^t.ajit^tlewhdejfttia|iip^^^ •' 
 
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 .pill, ril give yoii the very words that came from 
 the Jips of the friend to whom I have so often 
 referred— He is a little hot in his temper ahi 
 you must make allowances: Daddy sayi^- 1 Svhat 
 is the dispute about this Bill ?— He look'd as i-fed 
 as fire— Job says he— ^' It is neither-myre ^w^ less 
 " than — ^ damn'd scandalous trick— Hi tefl'ydti 
 *« a fact— says he— Before the breath was diit of 
 " the body of the late worthy Clerk Heddei^— ^ 
 " This Creeping, cringing fellow sent -a message 
 ^.' post haste to the Governor to solicit the office 
 ^' of Clerk to the House. Had he succeeded you 
 would not have heard a word from that quar- 
 ter respecting the privileges of the Housb or the 
 *' prerogative of the Crown in that partieufer in-. 
 *^ stance, but as he failed— the man" wh(^ origin 
 " nally shoved him into the Hou^e of Assembfy, 
 ♦Vmade an experiment to shove him into the 
 " Clerkship, but he did not find the people with 
 " whoni he had now to deal— quitfe so sei-vile and 
 accommodating as the inhabitants of Sunbuiy 
 were at the hustings. When the Bill was brought 
 ^' forward the Runaways dare not make an oppo^ 
 1^ sition to it qpenly— there were too many folk« 
 " m the Gallery-^but they made use of a strata- 
 '' gem to stop its effects which will disgrace them 
 " forever— they crammed into it the name c^ 
 " Samuel Denny Street, Esquire— With an al- 
 " lowance of -20L or SGI. as Clerk— knowing j^ 
 ** the same time that the Council could not pasf 
 '' the Bill in that way"— And then says the dM. 
 gentleman (with great animation)—** Regardless 
 ^' of all the distressing consequences wludi must 
 *f hav^ resulted to the Cowntryi they like aMmve 
 
 
'*• of ilUad vised ^truaiit bttys— Racn away. But tMl 
 " Standfasts— satisfied that there was no law, (^ 
 *' rule of the House^r usage which forbad ther4 
 ^^ to take the matter irita' consideration— dfeus^I 
 ** the Bill to be amended, and thfe n&Aie of 
 ^'Samuel Denny Street, Esquire,^ to b^ expunged^ 
 ^ # and by %h-is ftfe^iis we now enjoy the benefits of 
 ^ the Revenue — We feel it Job m our roads— iii 
 ^* 0ur schools, and i all our public oper^iwis — 
 # and those huckstering— sniuggliiig; Memb^ri 
 *' who expected t^ pocket the whole stJiii WertJ 
 ** most wonderfully disappointed/' Arid no# 
 Mr. Samuel Ci-eon if you will point out an in- 
 stance wherefhe Mettibera of a British House of 
 Commons did thus desert their public duty — ^I 
 will allow you to introduce yolir^rtiyl quotations, 
 tiH'then — no rational tradesman Will ^apply them- 
 to the case before us— nor wilt any man ctf dis^ 
 cernmeni cansideP them as conclusive. Cah'yo^ 
 possibly expect to deceive «uch men as^cyouir 
 "friend Israel by sophistfj^so gr6ss ^i otrdl!^\inr>m 
 -' Don't you suppose tkat those eagl6iey*d Ykr^ 
 kies will discover the fallacy of your reasoning 
 and that they will despise you foi' the attempt? 
 Rely on it Sammy you have dirty'd your own 
 nest — ^as the saying is — and you must depend at 
 the next Election solely on the power of your 
 JLord and Master — If this failsr— You may strip 
 t)fFyour mask of Gauze (thro' which your cada- 
 verous countenance has always been plainly seen) 
 —-and retreat to the Elysian Fields, where in a 
 private station you may avoid contempt and en^ 
 joy what you C^llOfium. 'y^^iM ^-■'^ 
 
mwyd of i^fem^Jnhmirbb imfteti^ rwrb^^af 
 I^OBs— I mt,P^t yojjjp feeark^R &r # laawm^t. 
 ' I^t w ti^fH ptece pw-QQ^^dencQ in tb^se men 
 
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 Wood msi^piJriTtrfithis Gq^M^ Jfwev 
 
 ««ae Jb^ wwfai hm^ domih^ sim^ if ibe war 
 4l94 happened ^ ^c^uj^ in%j that pai^t tof the 
 Country wbe^e he iw^si. W<e ^m now npmi tbh 
 me of iEle*:tin^ Itepfl^s^gte^^— I^ejt m )mk mU 
 fcr ftia^e m\w w^ ni^ 4^Qiit ms in .ajii hour of 
 
 m^m^m^ U-^lii^t^m &QMuix)S^mnt *i*pQw ao/ 
 ^itful-^yeophant wbp sh^B pmjh w^Wii to i^^ m 
 'bm hmd 4^ a grmt'^nm ^^ sejek Ibr a^ ajpp^iiii- 
 went before it bmom&^ymmiU md'whp %#je 
 .6^^ ofla^pi*feiFui ^aryiWD^cmoi^ifiG^ the|^tivi- 
 kgm ^fhif ^G^nstitu^niis. >Kbat .4p fim ic^H 4i* 
 t^ J)aa!teFiQg pfi^sw^er for the promotion of pri^iite 
 w^ipwsiftnd inteF0stS'? With the ^same leaw^^on m^ 
 iwiH avaid liiose insidious jjedante iw^fao j^ke 
 among old books ;and pick and .qull ^a pa^oei qf 
 rtruwipery for thepu^Qsetof impwng i^sw^^^p 
 4Kf«s whom dnihe^ fwlwass orf 'their . aiTpgan<?e ,tbey 
 we^pteafled tto ieall' tte 'Vcul^ar. Let jptei^E^Jish 
 «a^ jeanjmon-isense :be our guides, r r^^ * .:^- 
 Mo tyiiu foredit Sam Gmon -wh-sn the feJa^^ 
 *' That he does not write to promote thp:j|>tere^t 
 ^w£ mny -paiKtiattfer psigpns jor iprojoiD^ad imtidi' 
 
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 bi(r«ymMd^r^^e$icept;t*«^ tlit^e last authdrftfe* as 
 
 mmWem. Iti the$6 quofiftti^n^ h^ has eviderttlr 
 :.tlie advantage of me ht (tho' I bfeJonff to ai^ 
 
 d^tttftf-y p«-dife^toi^) I bav^ !^t otie hmon tS 
 
 face ot the earth^Fi*6ift th&t I will extract tm 
 vme^nk k match for Sammy's ^r^^. 
 •^rf^-u. Nevertheless the Lord mmd up Judg^^ 
 " whifeh delivfei^ thfe^ emt of rtw hancl of 
 " those that spoiled them. -^3 
 
 *' And yet they would not hearlcen unto 
 their Judges, but they went a whoring after 
 other gods, and bowed themselves unto them - 
 they turned quickly out of the way which 
 " their fathers walked in^ obeying the com- 
 " maitdments of the Lord; but thei/ did not so." 
 
 Jud^s, bh(ip. H. iterses 16 and 17. 
 S'dmmy, ne.tt quotes King Charles's speech at 
 /Newark, whiqh is introduced as awkardly, and to 
 as little purpdse as King Richard's, horse was in 
 the beginning of tlie book. They may both stand 
 ty'd together for any thing I care. 
 ^^ The 3d is in the following words — " The dif- 
 «' ference between an Act of Parliament, and an 
 <* ordinance in Parliament^ is, for that the ordi- 
 " nance wanteth the three-fold consent, and is 
 " ordained by one or two of them." This three- 
 fold consent is the requisite which Sammy's twen- 
 ty pound allowance wanted to render it valid. 
 
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you thfi^t sjti^ng of abbreviated m^f^ and iiguresr 
 '^ti|^ji& placed at the ea4,Qf}^his last quotation,- 
 |iui|l suppose it to be Latjpfi^>l, don't preten(l 
 io understand that iangu^ge^.d ana however. ii>^ 
 ^lined, to» think thatiilt means* C^cH's^l-nseettHith 
 ^ p^r bf legs*;— Eeinejtuberj^ajiQa not poaitiv^— • 
 m4i^ I shoi34 b€^ wrong,, il'^iaot; of onQiarthingsj 
 cpnsequence tp you or me.: aai jo 'j-b ) 
 
 ^, f he application of thesje authoriti^ is too ob^- 
 
 ^ious to need any comment ibom , ♦ ^ 
 
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