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E(dF J U L Y, 17^.
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^sin I^ay csn ^lcafrtrfs ^S'j.'ly refttll ft ll^ Im^jrsalj^rt, arid
l^c Citrc t^'f su^isld fa^f l^ f^ltrrtjplctlt fllje'Hs ^rlt^y
.Attention nf rational ^rcalltt^s.
is one of the
^ 1 ^ greatest prerogatives of
^ ^ matt ; and 1 know not
^ ^ ^ d whether there is any other
^ ^ thiiig, Which far much distinguishes
him as Lord of the whole
creation.
It is this assemblage or association
of ideas, which convinces us we have
a Soul, and that this foul is also of
divine arid immortal existence, by its
partaking in a lower degree of the
iititute of omniscience : for to what
else can be ascribed that ability, ye
find in ourselves, uS Seeing what is beyond
the reach of ti'.e senses ?
• From heav'n deScends
The flame of genius to the human breast,
And love and beauty, arid poetic joy
And inspiration. E're the r.a iiant fun
Sprung from the east, or, 'anicl the vault of night,
The moon Suspended her Sererter lamp; ^
E're mountains. woods, or streams adorn'et the globe,
Or wisdom taught the fins of men her lore,
Then liv'd th' eternal Oate t Then, deep retirld
In liis UtaSathoiri'd essence, view'd at large
The uncreated images oS things ; .. .
The radiant Sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp,
The mountains, woods and streams, the rolling ^ube,
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And wiSdom *s form ccelestial. From the first
Cif days, on them his love divine he fix'd,
His admiration : till, in time complete,
What he admir'd and lovld, his vital Smile
Unsolded into being. Hence she breath
Of life informing each organic frame ;
Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves ;
Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold ;
And clear autumnal skies, and vernal show'rs,
And all the fair variety of things.
But not alike tu every mortal eye
Is this great Scene unveil'd. For, since the claims
Of Social life to diSf'rent labours urge
The active pow'rs of man, with wise intent
The hand of nature on peculiar minde
Imprints a diff'rent bials, and to each
Decrees its province in the common toil.
To some she taught the fabric of the fphere, ,
The changeful moon, the circuit of the stats,
The golden zones of heav'n : to Some she gave
To weigh the moment of eternal things,
Of time, and Space, and fate's unbroken chain,
And will's quick impulse : others by the hand
^he led o'er vales and mountains, to explore
What healing virtue Swells the tender veins
^df herbs and flow'rs ; or what the heams of mom
Draw forth, distilling Srom the clefted rind
In balmy tears. But Some to higher hopes
Were destin'd ; Some within a finer mould
She wrought, and tcmper'd with a purer flame.
To thefe the Site ornuigotent unfolds
The world's harmonious volume, there to read
The tranfeript oS himfelf. Ota every part
^ They trace the bright impressions of his hand :
In earth or air. the meadow's purple stores,
The moon's mild radiance, or the virgin's form
Ulroming with rofy Smiles, they fee port ray 'd
That uncreated beauty, which delights
The mind Supreme. They alSo feel her charms,
Enamour'd ; tliey partake th' eternal joy.
- We not only have the power of and of conversing as it were with hecontemplating
all in nature, that is, ings of a superior order, and which
all we can discern of nature, but of mere flash and blond could never at-
Soaring, with the wings of fancy or tain any notion oli
imagination, to the intellectual world,
Tir'd of earth
And this diurnal seene, she fprings aloft
Thro' fields of air ; pursues the flying storm 1
Rides ^n the volley 'd Iigiicn4ag thro' the heav'ns
Ot, yok'd wish whirlwinds and the northern blast
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sweeps the long tract of day, Then bigh she Soars
The blue profound, and, hovering o'er the Sun,
Beholds him pouring the redundant stream
Of light ; behOlds his unrelenting Sway
Bend she reluctant planets to absolve
The Sated rounds oS time. Thence, far effua'd,
She darts her Swiftness up the long career
Of devious comets ; thro' its burning signs
Exulting circles the perennial wheel
Of nature, and looks back on all the stars,
Whose blended light, as with a mitky zone,
Invests the orient. Now, amaz'd, she views
The' empyreal waste, where happy spirits hold,
Bevond this concave heav'n, their calm abode;
And fields of radiance, whole unfading light
Has travell'el the profound six thmisand years,
Nor yet arrives in fight of mortal things.
Ev'n on the barriers of the world, untirld.
She meditates eh' eternal depth below ;
Till, half recoiling. down the headlong steep
^he plunges, soon o'crwhclm'd and fwallow'el up
In that immenSe oS being. There her hopes
Rest at the Sated goal, For. from the birth
Of mortal man, the Seov'reign Maker Said.
That not in humble or in brief delight,
Not in the fading echoes oS renown,
Pow'r's purple rober, or pleasure's flow'ry lap,
The foul should find enjoyment ; but, Srom theSe
Turning, disdainful, to an equal good,
Thro' all sh' a See at oS things inlargc her view,
Till every bound, at length, should disappear,
And infinite perfection close the
The inquiring mind is ever searching,
ever prying, eser impatient Sor
objects new, wonderful, and amiable ;
and what the senses cannot penetrate,
nor even reason Sathom, imagination
flatters us with presenting. By this,
the poorest and most abject in condition
may enjoy the grandeur and Selicity
oS the most opulent ; the illa
treated lover be in full possession as the
charms he languishes set, and the captive
in the dungeon enjoy all the
Sweets of liberty- What, in effect
cannot the mind attain, when, confcious
of its power, it preserves a harmony
within itself, and disdains to be
affected with any thing relating to Sen.
fation I
Scene.
triad,i y i- .a Is
O wonderous gift ! O Savcurite
blessing of all-bercficent Heavere ! never
to he too much prized. never to
be too much acknowledged by the
grateful, by the enlivened heart 1
Yet may this excellent benefit, like
everv other good, be perverted, and.
instead of the happiness it was intended
to confer on mankind, involve us
in the very worst of miseries.
I.et ut, therefore, remember, that
those ideas, which are said to compose
imagination, have equally the means
of giving pain as pleasure : That there
are no misfortunes, no evils, which
can stand in competition with those
horrors tire mind is capable oS presenting
t It Srequently not only shevtS
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ns adverse fortune in its worst form,
but also paints woes, which never had
a being, eveai So far as to drive too
many of us into frenzy and desperation.
Ho'^', then, is this to be avoided t
will the libertine demand. The question
is easily anfwered. By accustoming
ourselves to reflect and contemplate
only on Such things as are worthy the
attention of a rational creature.
Feet, where we Set our hearts on the
pursuit of any thing beneath the dig.
nitv of our Species, or give way to vain
passions and inordinate delates, though
a fanoube constitution may enable us
to form ideas of the gratification of
them. perhaps, more pleasing than the
very enjoyment might prove, yet we
are in danger, every moment, of a lad
reverse: That Same power of imagina.
tion, which filled us so lately with raptures,
may ^ive us adequate hertors in
turn: This is a certainty which numbers
have experienced, and l believe
no body will deny.
When we delight in, and bend our
attention to the wonders of thecreati.
on, and the heautiful produce ofnalure,
then indeed may contemplation be ra.
viihed even to an exrafv ; the mind
•will he elated with the blessings it
finds every where bestowed upon it,
and becomes all dissolved in joy and
bumble gratitude.
Would man consider, as he onght,
the mighty privileges of his nature,
how, half-divine, he was not forme,' to
be engroftealby low and Senfual objects,
but has faculties, which, if rightly applied,
would enable him to partake oS
the Sellowihip of anrrela, and to converse
even with the Creator himself.
how much would he defpife all the
gaudy trifles, which by their painted
show attempt to allure him from his
real oood> and, with f.ctious prospects
of real felicity, betray him into depths
of woe.
Hence it follows, that imaginasicn,
as it is capable of affording us the
most exquisite satisfaction the foul can
know, while it is linked to clay, so it
inflicts on ua the bitterest Sorrows, and
the most poignant anguish.
If we do not harmonize our minds
and accustom ourselves to the contemplation
nf the moral virtues, 1o subdue
our passions, and give reason an opportunity
to exert itself, we shall naturally
be led astray by lhelenSea to aims, in
which imagination will, at merst, afford
us but a Short-lived Satisfaction.
To well regulate our thoughs, therefore,
ought to he our first and chiefest
care ; we should always take care, that
pleasure be attended by virtue, Sot, if
we forsake the latter, we are sure of
being abandoned by the former. ,
Wherefore then,
O sons as earth I would you dissolve the tye ^
O wherefore, with a rash, imperfect aim,
Seek yon those flow'ry joys with which the land
Of lavuh fancy paints each flatt'ring fcene
Where beauty Seems to dwell, not once inquire
Where is. the sanction as eternal truth,
Or where the Seal of undecerlful good.
To Save your search from folly ? Wanting these,
Lo I heauty withers in your void embeace,
And with the glist'ting of an idiot's coy
Did Sancy mock your vows. Nor let the gleam
Of youthful hope that Sbinesupon yourt hearts,
Be chill'd or clouded at this awesul task,
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And truth eternal. Tho' the pois'r.Ous charms
Of baleful superstition guide the feet
Of Servile numbers, tnro* a dreary way
To their abode, thro' deserts, thorns, and mire
And leave the wretched pilgrim all forlorn
To muse at last, amid the ghostly gloom
Of graves, and hoary vaults, and cloister'el cells ;
To walk with fpectreS thro* the midnight shade,
And to the Screaming owl's accursed song
Attune the dreadful workings of his heart;
Yet be not you difinay*d. A gentler star
Your lovely Search illumines. From the groare
Where wisdom talk'd wiih her Athenian Sons,
Could my ambitious hand intwine a wreathe
(df Plato's olive with the a^fantuan bay,
Then should my pow'rsul voice at once dispel
TheSe monkish horrors : Then, in light divine,
DiSclose th' Elysian prospect, where the steps
OS those whom nature charms, thro' blooming walks,
Thro* Stagrant mountains and poetic streams,
Amid the train of Sages, heroes, bards,
Led by their winged Genius and the choir
OS laurell'd Science and harmonious art
Proceed, exulting, to tli' eternal shrine,
Where truth irthron'd with her ccelestial twins,
The undivided partners of her fway,
With good and beauty reigns. O let not us,
Lullld by luxurious pleasure's languid strain,
Or crouching to the frowns of bi^ot-rage,
O let not us a moment pause to join
The godlike band.
It is certain, that, while unenrrupt.
ed reaIon guides the will, we Shall have
no imaginations, but Such as are Serene
and pleasing : We shall make the traie
ufe of that divine gift which heaven
has left entirely to our management,
and, by that permission, as well a, by
the gift itSclf, rendess us little inferior
lo the angels.
Oh ! blefs*d oS heav'n, whom not the languid Songs
Of luxury, the Siren! not the briber
Of Sordid wealth, nor all the gaudy Spoils
Of pageant honour can Seduce to leave
Thole ever-blooming fsveett, which from the store
Of nature fair imagination culls
To charm th' enliverr'd soul! What tho' not ail
Of mortal offspring can attain the heights
Of envied life ; the* only few possets
Patrician treasures or imperial State ;
Yet nature's care, to all her children just,
With richer treasures and an ampler state ^
Irrdows at large whatever happy man
Will deign to use them. His the city's pomp,
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The rural honours his. Whate'r adorns
Trie princely derrte, the column and the arch,
The bee at I- ng marbles and the seulptur'd goldt
Beyand the pr nd possessor's narrow claim,
Hrs tuoess he aft enjoys. For him, the Spring
Distills her dews, and from the Silken gem
Its lucid leaves unsold a : for him, the hand
Of autumn tinges every fertile branch
Wish hlo minggold and blushes like the mom.
Each casing h.ur shecis tribute from her wings ;
And Still ne^r beauties meet his lonely walk ;
And loves onfelt attract him. Not a breeze
Flies o'er the meadow. not a cloud imbiber
The setting Strnss effulgence, nor a strain
Frons all the tenants of the warbling shade
AfcendS. but whence his be fori can partake
Fresh pleasure. mrreprov'd. Nor thence ^rtakes
Fresh plexsureonly : Sor tii' attentive mind,
By this harmonious action on her pow'rs,
Becomes herself harmonious t wont So long
" In outward things ro meditate the charm
Of sacred order. So m sl,e Seeks at hoinc
To find a kindred order, to exert ,
Within herself this elegance of love,
This fair-iaspsrd delight : her temper'd pow'rs
Refine at length. and every passion wears
A chaster, mild-., more attractive mien.
But iS to ampler proSpects, iS to gaze
On nature's form where, negligent os all
These lesser graces, she assumes the port
Of that eternal majesty that weigh'd
The world's foundations, iS to these the mind
Exalts ber dering eye ; then mightier Sar
Will be the change, and nobler. Would the forms
Of Servile custom cramp her generous pow'rs^
Would sordid policies, the barb'rous growth
OS ignorance and rapine, bow her down
To tame porsuies, to indolence and Sear t
Lo ! she appeals to nature, to the winde
And rolling waves, the Sun's unwearied course,
The elements and seasons ; all declare
For what th' eternal Maker hat ordained
The pow'rs oS man : we Seel within ourselves
His energy divioe . he tells the heart,
He meant, he made us to behold and love
What be beholds and loves, the general oib
OS life and berrg ; to be great lake him,
Beneficent and active. Thus the men
Whom nature's works can charm, with God bimsclf
Hold ct^verse ; grow familiar, day by day,
With bis conceptions ; act upon his plan ,
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Btit, when imagination is invigora- satiate in fancy. love, and revenge
ted by any inordinate passion or de- till new ideas rise in the tormented
fire, to what frigbtiul extravagances brain, and Cb Appointment glares us
may we not be transported? Deeds, in the face ; then. deobly curst. we
which, in fact, we shudder at, we are in that state of snind which Mileoeo
then make no fcruple to commit in so well describer as oni first parci.ts,
idea; indulge the guilty wish, and after their loss as :
They fat them down to weep, net only tears
Rain'd at their eyes, but worse, high winds within
Began to rise ; high passions, anger, hats.
^distrust, Suspicion, diScord, and shook Sore
Their inward state oS mind, calm region once,
And full oS peace, now toss'd and turbulent ;
For understanding rul'd not,^ and the will
Heard not her love, both in Subjection now
, To Sensual appetite. who from beneath,
Usurping over sovereign reason, claim'd
Superior Sway,
But we should never be ton much Lucretius, thongs in nasnv things
attached to any one t' ing in life ; blameable, is certainly right in thin
not even lite it Self.- and when under particular ; we Shali, therefore, give
the apprehensions of real ills, we the following linea t sanitated Irene
should have recourse to philosophy. that author a
Oh ! if the foolish race oS man, who find
A weight oS cares still pressing on their mind.
Could find as well the cauSe of this unrest,
And all this burden lodg'd within the breast ;
Sure they would change their course ; nor live, as noar.
Uncertain what to wish or what to vow.
Uneafy both in country; and in town.
They search a place to lay their fardel down :
One, restless in his palace, walks abroad.
And vainly thinks to leave behind bis load ;
lit straight returns ; for he's as restless there.
And finds there's no relief in open ain
Another to bis villa would retire,
And Spurs as hard as iS it were on fire :
No Sooner enter 'd at his country dont,
But he begins to stretch, and yawn, and fsaore.
Or Seeks she
city which he left before.
Thus ev'ry man o'erwotks his weary willt
To shun himfelS, and to shake off his ill :
The shaking fit returns, and bangs upon him still.
No prospect of repofe, no hopes os ease,
The wretch is ignorant os his own tlifeafe ;
Which known would all his fruitless troubles Spare;
For he would know the world not worth his care.
Then would he Search more deeply for the cause ; ^
And study nature well, and nature's laws.
Whoever,*

Whoever, indeed, does this, will
find the powers oS imagination pleaSing
to him ; but whoever neglects it,
•will have always something either
real or imaginary to torment him.
Every one knows that it is the property
of a strong and lively imagination
to magnify all that is within its
reach, which is not only all that is
within nature, but even beyond nature.
It does not content itfelf with enhanceing
the woes it finds, but creates new
ones> and Such as are even morally
impossible should ever come to pais.
It also very frequently happens,
that endeavouring to avoid an imaginary
ill, we run into a real one ; and
fo strongly has this self-deception
Sometimes been, that all the remon -
strances made by our friends, or by
M A G A2 IN E ofMA^A21N^
Heav'n, from all creatures, hides the book of fate,
All but the page prescrih'd, their present state ;
From brutes what men, from men what spirits know,
Or who could suffer being here below?
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day
Had he thy wisdom, would he skip and play ^
Pleas 'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to spill his bland.
The Marquis de Park. in his excellent
treatile intitled " Rules for the
well regulating the mind,'' gives us,
among many others, this maxim :

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To the Propriesorr of the Magazine of are So high, that, being on the top of
Magaaines.
a •
GENTLEMEN,
them, you may ice, at any time, ten
or twelve leagues distance; and, when
the weather is fine and clear, above fif-
As your Magarine is u^eet the genera/ Re- teen leagues off.
pository for Pieces w^ose Tendency is ei- Angria hath a fine cathedral church,
ther Prosit or !ustru?rin, 1 have re- and is the residence of a Bishop, a Go-
^marked, ^ with a secret Pleasure, the vernot, and t^ e C uncil, which geogreryt
Propose it has made in the World; verns all the islands. Three leagues
and, in order to oonlr-ihute all in my distant is another iown. called de Praya,
Power towards a Work which So end- or the 'town os the shore,' because is
^ denfly tends to promote the Haprinese of at situated near a great shore, which
Sorseey, ! have sent you the so/lrwiug the ships can never approach, so that
' Account of a Voyage to the East Indies. the town is destitute of all manner of
which, 1 hope, will meet with your trade, and very desert, though pretty
' Approbation. tour's. see- A. H. well built, and walled round, The inhabitants
live upon the fruits that
Ty FING desirous of visiting several wr,ow upon the island ; for it is very
^ parts of the East-indies. I failed fruitful and pleasant, full of fine corn
form Amstcreium. July the i 2th. 1747, helds, The wine is but Small, and
in one of the Ships belonging to the will not keep long ; wherefore, the
East- in •Sin Comoanv os that Rapoblick. rich inhabitants provide thernselves with
Nothing material happened till we were Madeira and Canary wines. The i-
in the latitude 37^, and in fight of the flaad is so plentiful in flesh, fish, and
Azores islands, when. the wind begin- all other forts of provisions, that, even
ning to blow very hard, we thougSit it in the time of Scarcity, there is SufIici-
ad saleable lo prat into one of thefe i- ent for the inhabitants. But they want
Slands ; and, accordingly, we artived oil, fait, and potters-wares, which are
Safely, towards evening, in I he port of imported from other places. They
Annyia, on the island Tercera. It was have abundance of peaclies, apples.
happy for ns, that we got into the har- pears, oranges, and lemons ; all forts
bour before night i sot, by eleven of heabs, plants, and, among Others,
o'clesck, i. blew a terrible storm ; and, the herb called Batatas, which growa
as we were among thefe islands. we Irke the stock os a vine. but the leaves
should, in al. probability, have perish- are not like them. Some of these roots
ed,
wei^h a pound, more or lefs : They
have So great a quantity of them, that
Tercera is the chief oS the Azores i-
they are flighted by the lich, though
SlancSs Y it is fifteen or sixteen leagues
in circumference, bein^, high, and so they are of a most .agreeable taste, arid
steep, in many places, that it is almost very nourishing. There is also ano-
impregnable ; and, where it is accessither roeit in this country, twice as large
ble, the Portu-mse have built forts. aa a man's fist, covered with filaments
There is only one place where ships os a guld colour, and as Smooth aa
can find shelter in this island, which is silk : They make beds of it, but it ia
before the capttal city. called Angria, certainly possible to make it into very
which hat a p.rrt in the figure eof a fine stuffs.
half-moon, an.i thence called the Half- Here are but very few wild fowl or
moon, of Ar^rria .• Upon the two birds, except canaries, quails, tame
ends of the half- moon are two moun- bens, and turkeys, wbich are very nutains,
which sh rot forth into the fea,
The country is very hilly,
and appear. at a distance, like two and so full of thick wands. that one
sinall islands. Thefe two mountains can hardly travel through them : But
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pomegranates over all the country, and and other countries, pot into this island
that which makes travelling very dif- for refreshments, and purchase the maficulf,
,is, that you often meet with nufactures oS the inhabitants of this
rocks a league or half a league long, and the neighbouring islands, at a vawhich
are So ragged and sharp, that it ry ^ood price.
is hardly possible to walk on litem We staid only six days at this island,
without cutting your shoes off your and the Weatber being favourable,
feet : At the same time it is very re- and the wind fair, we pursued our
maskable that thoSe rocks are So Sull of voyage, in a very pleaSant manner, till
vines, that tn the Summer-time you we catne into the latitude oS sixteen
cannot see them, being covered all over decrees south ; and hoped to reach the
with the leaves of these plant^. The Cape of Good Hope in a little time ;
vines shoot their roots through the but, one morning, about Sun- rising,
cracks or openings of the rucks, which the skv towards the east was covered
are so fraall, that it seems surprizing with dismal black clouds, and the wind
how they find any nourishment ; and began to rife, which made us apprevet
a vine will not grew in any other hend a storm would fiion overtake us:
part os the country. The corn and o- Nor were we deceived ; Sot, besom
ther fruits, will neat keep above a year ; noon, it bl^v terribly hard, and connay,
if you keep the com above tinued increasing in violence till night,
sour months, without burying it under We neow gave ourselves over for lost ;
ground, it will rot and be spoiled t To our mainmast was blown over the Side,
prevent this, each inhabitant has a pit and alk we could do w as to keep the
out of the town, the mouth as Which is ship right before the wind, and commit
Covered with a stone, and some of them ourselves to the care of Providence.
large enough to contain a great quan- In this terrible condition we continued
tity of Corn. They put their corn into all night ; but, in the morning, to our
theSe pits in July, covering the stone inexpressible comfort, we Saw the uland
with earth to preserve it the better, as St. Helena ; and, the wind being
and take it not at christmas, when it is Some what abated, we bappilly got
as good and as fine as when put into Safely into the pot as that island.
the pits. The ifland of St. Helena lies in the
Tie oxen areas large and fine as a- latitude os 16 deg. 15 min. south, any
in Europe; their horns are mon- hotlt 55o leagues from the cape as
stronSwide; every one lias his name Goul Hope, $oo leagues Srom the coast
like our dogs ; and are So very famili- as Brastl, and 35oSmm Auanda, which is
at, that when the master calls one of the nearest land. This island is about
them by his name, though among a seven leagues in cirtu inference, covered
thousand, lie will presently come to lrim. with rocky hills. which in a clear day
This island produces excellent lim- may be seen forty leagues off at see
bet, especially cedar, which is so coin- It is really Surprising to see fo small an
msn, that they make carts and wag- island in the midst of the ocean, and at
gons, of it, and even use it for fuel. so great a distance, from land, with So
Here are several hot Springs, which deep a Sea round it, that there is searce
are good in several disorders, and the any anchorage to be found. TheForwater
of Some is hot enough to boil tnguese first discovered it, and that to
an egg. their cost, having one oS their large
The chief trade of the island as Ten- India Ships wrecked here, of the remains
Cera eon lists in wood, of which they of which they built a chapel. which,
have great pl^.ry t Tne fleets of Por- though song since decayed, still gises
tngal and Spain, which fail to the Fast. name to tire finest valley in the island
Ia^es, Brass/, Cape de Vard, Gain.y, They placated lemons, ^ranges, and

left there likewise hogs and goats, t o
gether with patrldges. pigeerns and peacocks,
for the conveniency os Such
ships as should touch there ; but they
did not think proper to plant it, fearing
same other nation would dispossess
lhem. There was an hermit, who
those to live there by lumletf, killing
the goals for their Skins, which he sold
when opportunity offered, when the
ships came in 1 but the Portuguese removed
him as they did afterwards some
negro slaves, who had settled in the
mountains It is at ptesent possessed by
the English, who have a good ftolt here,
and are so well established, that it is not
likely any other nation will offer to
disturb lhem- The vallies are exceedingly
beautiful and Senile ; the weather,
indeed, is Sometimes very hot, but even
then it is cool upon the mountains, So
that the inhabitants can never want a
place osreSreshment. No country in
the world is batter watered, the rivulets
running from the hills into the Sea
which is never at a great distance,
with streams as clear as crystal ; nor
can there be any thing mote pleasant,
than to behold the Seamen, fatigued
with a long stay in hot climates, refreshing
themselves hereby bathing in
the brasoks. Here are mustard- plant,
paisley, Sorrel, purslain, winter-cresses,
arid other herbs exceedingly good for
the Scurvy 1 neither is the island destitute
as trees. though none fit for timber,
but for few el only. All forts of refreshments
are to be had here in plenty,
and on reasonable terms ; and, tbo' formerly
there were difprttes between
the Engleshand Dutch about the possession
of the island, yet the former now treat
the latter very kindly, whenever their
ships put in here, and surnish them with
whatever they want.
Having refitted our ship and taken in
water, and what other necessaries we
wanted, we left the island of St. Helena.
Nothing material happened, till we arrived
at the Cape ol Goad Hope, where
we continued three days, and then purford
out voyage. In the latitude of
I 1
twenty degrees south we were over-
^aken by a terrible storm, and we were
obliged to leave the ship to the mercy
of the sea. In this extremity, found
our ship made a gr^at deal of water, and
we were c. bliged to stand incessantly to
the pump ; bait, notwithstanding we
exerted our utmost, the water continually
gained upon us. All hopes ossav.
ing the ship were now lost, aid the only
possibility we entertained os saving
our lives was by the lielo of our boats.
Our fmall boat was hoisted out ianme.
diately, and soon filled with men ; while
some, fearing they should be left behind,
jumped overboard to reach the boas.
and were drowned ; we who remained
on board did all in our power to gct
out the long boat ; which at last we
accomplished. One hundred and fiftv
of us pumped on lscaard her, by which
means she was quite filled ; Some of
our crew endeavoured to Swim to us.
but the bdat was So Sull we could not
take them in ; So that we were obliged
to see them drowned beSerre our eyes.
We were not a pistol-shot from the
ship, besore she Sunk. It was a dreadful
fight to fee the ship go to the bottom,
and the men who were on board,
tngetber with many other animals, floating
on the waves. This happened about
sun-set. Some time after, we
Saw the Small boat ; but, the Sea running
So high, we could give them no assistance
; So that these unfortunate men all
perished. In the meantime night came
on, and it may easily be imagined what
a cSeplorabIe condition we were in :
The wand, indeed abated considerably.
and the mountainous waves Subsided.
which gave us some comfort, and we
praved frevenaly to Gad to deliver us
from the ragings of the deep We continued
rowing all night before the wind-
The next morning. having no fight of
land, our Captain Said it would be impossible
for us to get on shore, unless
Some method eoukl be found to keep
the Sea from coming into the boat.
Accordingly, lie ord^ed Sonie barrel
hoops, whrcb were in the boat, to be
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nailed two feet from each other rourd
the stern of the boat, and so cover
them w^ith canvas, the bottom of which
be ordered to he nailed cloSe to tire
boat's Side. This was immediately
done, and was of great Service against
the beating of the waves. We also
made a sail, one of the oars Serving us
for a malt.
Being thus provided, we began to
entertain great hopes of getting safe on
shore, though, by our calculation, we
were above fifty leagoes from the island
of St. Maurice. The next day our
Officers, instigated by the devil, came
to a resolution to fling forty men into
the Sea, in order to lighten the boat.
Our Chaplain did all in his power to
prevent SO unnatural an action ; be
expatiated on the greatness ofthe crime
which mustdraw down the vengeance
of God on our heads ; but all his arguments
were of 'no consequence.
They told him he preached good divinity,
but muSt not pretend to instruct
them with regard to sea affairs, nor
what was proper to he done in fueh an
extremity. Accordingly, thirteen merr^
were thrown over board ; among
which was a Moor, who, being an excellent
Swimmer, overtook the boat, and
laid bis hands on her fide. They were
going to cut off his hands. but that
was not suffered ; however, they forced
him to let go his bold, and the poor
wretch perished in our sight.
The Officers, thinking there were
yet too manv in the boat, were going
to throw more people overboard ; but
we all told them, that, in caSe of necessity,
we would draw lots, and every
man should take his chance, without
any refpect to person or office ; and. accordingly,
we made as many tickets, as
tnere were persons, out as square pieces
of paper ; Srora half of which number
we (ore off one of the corners, and, after
rolleng them up exactly alike. we
put them into a bag, to be made ufe
os in case oS^. necessity, agreeing, That
Whocvcr should draw a ticket with one
ot the corn's torn off, he should be
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immediately thrown overboard, be his
circumstances and office what they
would. This effectually silenced those,
who had shewn themfelvesa forward tO
drown rheir Selleow-creatures.
The Sea was now tolerably Smooth,
and the wind very Savourable ; but
we were destitute bothoS food and water,
and five of our company died, before
we had beeii three days in the
boat.
On the siSth day, in the morning, we
discovered Maurice island, which filled
us with transports of joy ; and by fun-
Set we all got Safe on shore Near the
place of our landing we found a river
of excellent water, where we revived
our spirits ; and never was any cordial
so refreshing, as this water then feemed
to us. We were, however, very feeble
for want of food, having eat nothing
since we left our ship. ^ e kept
together that night, and, having no
shelter, we were very wet by a heavy
shower of rain.
The next morning we consulted
bow we should satisfy our hunger, and
concluded to divide ourselves into Small
parties, the better to difcover if any
provisions were to be found in tie
island. On the share were a fesv crabs
and shell- fab, which we eat raw with
a very good appetite, notwithstanding
some os them were different from all
we had ever seen before, and consequently
could not tell whether they
were wholesome, or poisonous.
The Sollowing night we had a terrible
tempest. The wind and waves
made a monstrous roaring, the thunder
rattled over our heads, and the lightning
darted Srom the clouds in frightful
flashes, while the rain, which Sell in
prodigious quantities, had a'mof^ overwhelmed
us , So that we expected death
every moment. But it pleafed God
to abate the violence of the storm, and'
the next morning, by the rising os
the Sun, the weather was fine and
Serene. We then reflected on the
goodness sis God's providence'; for,
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boats every soul of ns must unavoidably
have perished.
We then went an search of a place
which might shclter us from the inclemency
of the weather, and found at
last a cave in the fide of a rock, which
would hold about two hundred mere.
Being provided with a place of retreat,
we went in Search of provisions. T here
was fish in plenty ; but we had neither
neta nor hooks to catch any. At she
mouth of the river we Saw a great
many sitae flat fish of different kinds ;
feme of which, by the help of a nail
drove into a stick, and made sharp at
the t^oirat. we caught. We alio Sound
Some turtles, oysters, and other shel
Sash ; but we were obliged to cat them
raw, and without any bread. TheSe
difficulties however we conquered at
last , Sor the topr oS the palm trees
Served us Sor bread ; and, one oS our
company having a pistol witb him,
we, after many trials, fired Some dry
moss. This created an universal joy ;
and we lighted Several fires in different
places, that, if one' shculd happen to
go out, we might have recourse to
another for supply. We caould now
roast and boil ; sor a fmall kettle was
by accident in our boat, when we lest
the ship.
Being thus provided with most of
the necessaries of life, we became
more and more reconciled to our fate;
Sot, as this place is rarely visited by
ships, we concluded we must end our
days on this island. However, besore
lrx months were elapSed, as see were
one day walking on the strand, we
eSpied, to our inexpressible joy, a ship
star,ding in for the island. As Soon as
we Saw her at an anchor, vte hung asp
a shirt on a pole as a signal ; upon
which some of the ship's crew came to
uniti their pinnace, enquiring who we
were, and what we wanted. Wle acquainted
them with our shipwreck,
and -in what manner Providence had
Saved our lives on that island ; desiring
them to carry some os us on board
^.eir ship. They told ns they would
return and make their Captain acquainted
with our misfortunes, but
durst not carry any of us on board
without his orders. They then rowed
back to the ship, and made the Captain
acquainted with what they had
heard; and Soon returned to fetch us
on board.
After telling our misfortunes to the
Captain, we begged him to give ns a
couple oS pots, Some knives, and a
hatchet, a gun, powder and ball, some
linen, needles and thread, a little pepper,
ginger, and Some medicines. The
Captatn behaved in a very civil mannet,
telling us, that if we choSe to slay
on the island, every thing necessary
should he given us ; but, iS not, he
would find ns in provisiern, and give
us onr passage to Ceylon. We accepted
ot his last kind offer, ard returning
on shore Searched sor the rest
oS our companions t However only
24 reSolved to go with the Captain,
the rest abusing to remain on the
island. The Captain therefore t^ave
them what they desired, and we returned
on board the ship ; and the
next day Sailed Sor Ceylon. Those
who continued on the island, were afterwards
taken up by a Dutch East-
India ship, homeward bound, and arrived
safely at Amsterdam.
We had pretty good weather during
our passage, and arrived Safely at
Ceylon, where my companions dispersed
of themselves, some going on board
one ship, and some another. But, being
related to an eminent merchant of
this island, l refused Several offers that
were made me, and continued with
him almost two years, sir that l had
opportunity os making observations
on whatever was remarkable in this
fertile country, an account of which,
l presume, will not be disagreeable to
the reader.
Ceylon is perhaps, of all the Asia
atic islands, the fairest and most fruitful
: It lies to the so'^b east of the
peninsula of India bey ond the Ganges,
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esnnded by the streights of Clhilee, or done in it, and this important ferret
flianar. It contains about fifty -five was buried with him.
leag ies in length Srom north to south, lt does not, however, appear, that
and about thirty form east to WeiL this epitaub hat any relation whatever
It is a spot so delicious, that many have to our first parent ; and, if it was
believed it the seat of the terrestrial composed for any other person who
paradise ; and it is certain the inbabi- was interred there, the opinion of those
tants generally believe this, which they who hold that Paradise was Seated in
pretend to prove, by shewing at this this island, Salls os itSeis to the.ground,;
day the tomb of Adirm, and the print for we know that the angel os God
of his foot, on the mountain called drove Adam and Fate ont of Paradisu
the pike os Alanc, which is one of after their fall. Aium therefore could
the highest mountains in all the Indies. not possibly die, or be buried, there.
another mountain there is a fait unlets we should say. that Paradise was
fake, which the inhabitant affirm was no more than a district. or little councaufed
by the tears shed by Eve during try, in this island. Some historians,
ber hundred years weeping for the such a5 Munstor, and others, assure us
death of Abel .that Adirm and Eve, alter their fall.
With regard tea the tomb, the na- went to dwell in the neighbourhand os
t'tvs of Ceylon are firmly persuaded that Damascus t They Shew, to this day at
the father os mankind lies interred in the distance os two leagues from that
it: This they think is put beyond dif- city, tire place where -Cain flew his
ptite by the epitaph, which, however, brother Ahel .D.rr^iseus. say they,
no-body can read. Abundance of signifies a place of blood ; which name
morions travellers have Seen aaul copied was given to this country, to perpe-
^lhe letters, but to no manner oS pur- -mate the memory oS this first murderpoSe
, far the learned in all lotions er, agreeable to what God Said to Cain,
have declared themselves at a loSs lor ' The voice oS thy brother's blood
the fenfe of it, and the oriental critics crieth unto me froni the ground, which
as much as the rest. Whence they hath opened her mouth to receive thy
infer that it was written in the primi- brother's blood from thy hand'. Most
five language of mankind, spoken o- travellers to oriental countries have rever
the face of the whole earth, before marked, that Adam was buried in the
the confusion os tongues at Babel. mountain of Go^otha ; and that on the
borne learned men are of opinion, that passion of our Saviour, the rocks being
this primitive language consisted inthe rent, there was found in. the clefts oS
'five vowels a, e, i, o, u, in which is them the Skull of our first parent.
contained the name os the living God, Epiphanius seems to have been os that
viz. J E O V A, and os which five vo- opinion, when he says, that Adieus, be
wels it is impossible to compose any ing driven out os Paradise, went to live
other word, in any language what- in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem ; and
'ever. It as Said that the late Mr. Mul- that, dying there, be was buried in the
ler offered to discover this key to all mountain Go^tha, where his skull was
languages to the States General of the afterwards found; and that, for this
united provinces, for a certain sum of reason, the mountain was in succeedmoney-
Undoubtedly, if such a key ing times called Calvary. This opinicould
be diseovered, it would be of on, however, appears to me to be illgreat
advantage, with regard to our founded ; sot, the earth being over-
'commerce with the eastern nations: turned, and, in most parts, broken tu
But, this afl^ir of the purchase being pieces, by the deluge, we must nrdrawn
out to a tedious length, that ceSfarily foppofe, that the tomb os
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not retain its first situation. It Seems
to mc therefore, that the epitaph found
in the island of Ceylon regards Noah,
or Some os bis family, who established
their elomioion in this island, and who,
for that reason, by a figure natural eiiough
in any oriental language, might
be ftiled ' the father of mankind.'
This island was discovered, in the
year i by Ja^ues Lopez de Siguario.
The principal places therein are
Jafusipeitam, Trir^enemall, /l^atero/o,
Punta de Gale, Colombo, Nijombo, Scifaraca,
and Candy. The Dutch East-
Indin Company are possessed of all the
coasts of the island, and ten or twelve
leagues within land. The Portuguese,
who were formerly established here,
built abundance of forts for their own
security, so that it was a very difficult
matter to dislodge them ; but, the
Dutch having contracted a secret alliance
with the King of Candy, who
Was Sovereign of the island. they Suddenly
found themfelves attacked on all
Sides, by land and by Sea, and, by
degrees, were driven totally out oS all
their possessions. The Dutch, who
have ever since taken a great deal of
pains to keep up a good understanding
with that Monarch, have obtained
from him almost whatever they demanded.
Tl^ Company sends yearly
an Ambassador to him, wish various
preSents ; in return for which, bis Majesty
Sends the Company a cabinet of
jewcls of' fo great value, that the ship
which carries it home is looked upon
to he worth half the sleet. The Governor-general
takes care himfelf to
have it so packed up among the rest
of she merchandize. that not only none
of the ship's company, but even the
Captain himself knows not whether it
be on hoard his ship, or not ; which
not only shows the immenfe wealth
this Company draws steam its dominions
in the Indies, but the wife and
Prudent measures employed to secure
thole riches.
The two principal places in this
Island arc Pauta de Gale and Colombo.
This last place is the residence of the
Governor and his Council ; arid the cosher
is, properly Speaking, no more
than the port of that citv. The air of
Ceylon, though very hot. is, ntotwitha
standing, esteemed to he very wholes
Some. The country abcatrruis with
most excellent fruits oS all kinds.
They base also groat plenty os river
and sea fish os various kinds ; fowls
wild and tame ; as also animals, par.
ticularly elephants, much larger titan
any other country of the Inezes ; ty.gers,
bears, civet-cats, apes, &c. But
that, for which the island is most famous,
is its cinnamon, which is esteemed
by far the best in all Asiai,
The Duteh East India Company have
at present monopolized that, as wed
as all other spices, and furnish there-,
with all other parts os Europe.
Cinnamon is, properly fpeaking. the
inraer bark of a tree, the flowers of
which dister but little from these os
the laurel tree, in their size and figure.
There are three forts of cinnamon t
the finest, which is taken from young
trees ; a coarser sort, taken from the
old oiies ; and wild cinnamon, which
is found not only here, but also in Mis.
lobar, China, and lately in Brasil The
Company likewise drives a considerable
trade in the oil drawn from
the cinnamon, and which is of very
great value. The Company also gains
very considerably by the precious iioncs
that are Sound in this island, which are
rubies, Saophires, white and blue to-pares,
&c. o
There is likewise established on the
coast oS the island of Manar, and of
Tockecorin, a Sine 'pearl-fishery, which
brings a prodigious profit : This is let
twice a-year to certain negro merchants.
The oysters, in which the pearls at^
found, lie at the bottom of the lea-
This
' The reader may See a partiorrl ^r description
of there and air other precious ff.nes.
as of the Ginnumoro, and other Slices.
with their virtr.es and variru arisen. in the New
and Universal prictieioary of Erts and Sciences,
printed sor J. F.inton, in Newgate Sire's.

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This fishery is carried on only in fair Correspondence with she King of Citn-
. weather, and when the Sea is extremely a^, that l.e may never be tempted to
calm. The diver has a cord, which quarrel with them, nor resole them his
passes under his arms, and is fastened to assistance ; which 'would effectually de-
the boat ; he has a large stone fixed stroy the most. valuable pttrt eof their
to bis Seel, that he may descend the commerce. This, however, IL ^fa-
quicker ; and a bag about his waist, jelly might do, 'if, he tb tight proper,
into which he puts his oysters, as fast without being under any great appre-
as be finch them. As Soon as he is at hensions from their power, ' Since his
the bottom oS the Sea, he. takes up^ as dominions are separated from theirs by
many as lie within bis reach, and puts a large ra^idTiver, and by forests fa
them into bis bag as Salt as possible. thick, that it is simply impossible to
Iii order to oscend, be pulls strongly a penetrate them. The inhabitants of
different cord Scorn that which is tied this island are particularly remarkable
about his body ; upon which f^tnd. for their great skill in taming elephants,
S tbofe lest in the boat draw him up as which theyofe as beasts of burden in
Sast as tbev can, while be endeavours time of peace, and, in war, makethena
to free bimSelf from the stone at, his very fervtceable against their enemies.
feet, that be may rife the faster. When The Dtilch carry on a vervconfidea
these boats are all full os oysters, tbey rable tra le ' here, with'she inhabitants
return, and the negro merchants of the Maizes, for those little shells,
carry them all over the coasts, and called cauries, or coria, and by out sea-
Sell tbenl at So much a bundred. men cowries. There are prodigious
This kind os trade is very hazardous quantities of these shells in she lr^vldrve
to tbofe who purchase the oysters, islands, not only 'on the shore, washed
since sometimes they find. pearls of thither by the waves of the Sea, but
great price, and Sometimes no.te at also dug up in the very heart of some
all, or those that are but os little value. of the islands, being very probably left
The Company also draws a consi- there at the universal deluge, or when
derable profit from the manufactures thefe lands' were deserted by the ocean.
of muslin, . chintz, and other clothe ; As the measure of things, which we
yet the greatest part Of the muslins sent call money, is arbitrary, and depends
into Europe come from the coast os solely upon an agreement among men,
Afalabar. The iubabitants of the if- that this or that shall stand for orbe re.
land oS Ceylon are called Cing/olesians ; garded as a common measure ; so; iti
they are, generally speaking, very tall many countries, both in .e^ra and A-
os a very dark complexion, and their Srica, thefe shells, by a certain tacit a-
ears excessively large, which is owing greement, are fixed as Such a common
to the ornaments they wear in them, meafure, and are consequently esteem-
that are very lar^e and very heavy. ed, and have the currency of money.
They are men of good courage, It is that which gives them a value, e-
live hard, and therefore make good ven with Such as despise thoSe who
Soldiers. The greatest part of them trade with and receive them as money,
are Mahometans ; but there are also without i effecting, that shells are to the
among them idolaters, who worship full as capable of being constituted
cows and calves. They do not pay money, as either gold or silver ; and
great refpect to the Dutch, but rather without remembering, that they are
lreat tbera with contempt, and scorn- compelled to practife what they thernfully
stile them their Coast-keepers. Selves so much condemn, and to take
The Dutch, however, do not regard these paultry shells for money. At
this, but, lik^ go^d politicians, take Benga//, two thousand four hundred
the greatest care to keep up a perfect cowries were, in the year i74o> va-

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' lued at a rupee, or about half a crown
of our money.
But the great tiSe of them is on the
coast oS Africa, and particularly on
that os Guinea, where the negroes etteem
them to the full as much as gold
and silver, and where they pass under
the denomination oS bougies We
may guess at the vast conSuinption os
this commodity or money by the
French merchants in the kingdom of
Fsdeh, who gis'e for a piece of the
common cloth made by she natives.
commonly. eighty pounds weight of
cowries ; and so in proportion for the
richer commodities os rhat country,
Such as was. ivory, gold, The
Dutch usually furnish other European
nations with this kind os negro coin (if
I may be allowed the expression) and
the reader may thence easily conceive
how beneficial that trade it, which
they drive with the Maldives. It
miabt be wondered how this demand
fortheSe shells is kept up upon the
coast of Guinea ; but, in order to
account for this, we are to understand,
that, like gold and silver, these
are not only the measures of commerce
among the negreoes, but likewise the
highest mark oS their finery, since they
wear them as necklaces, collars, or
bracelets, strung Upon hair or silk,
cither in single or double rows ; which
Indeed make an odd, but, at the same
time, no disagreeable figure on the
necks and arras of the natives, the
Shovy whiteness of the shell appearing
to great advantage, when compared,
with the jetty blackness of their skins.
Formerly, ahout twelve thousand
p'ounds weight of cowries were sufficient
to purchase a cargo ossive or six
hundred negroes ; but at present the
market is raised, and the proportion
between slaves and baubles So altered,
that a ship-load of negroes cannot be
bought sor less than twelve or fourteen
tars of cowries. As there would be
a great edeal of trouble in adjusting
payments made in this kind of money,
ta- negroes. though so stupid at: to Sell
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themSelves Sor shells, have invented tt
kind os copper bason of Such size and
shape, as so hold about one hundred
and eight pounds of these shellst which
is a great eafe to the merchants. We
must not, however, imagine, that theSe
s h e l l s are only to be Sound in the .Maedive
islands, since it is certain they
are also mer with on the coast of the
Phi/hppines ; but theSe are oS an inSerior
nature. and much below the
co.vries of the Malsiver, both in whiteness
and lustre. The princtpal mart
in Europe Sor theSe shells is Anrllerdarn,
where they have large magazines of
them, and where they are purchased
both by French and Enastlh merchants,
for the convenieuCy of exporting them
to Africa.
Having thus given an account of
every thing relating to the island of
Cey/on, and the trade carried on there.
I shall conclude this narrative with observing,
That, after two years residence
on that island. I embarked on
board one oS the Company 'siships, and,
after a favourable passage, arrived Safely
in my native country.
Tire Grand Tour of EDROPE. Continuedfrom
Vol. V. p. 489.
L E T T E R IV.
Genr/ernen, Paris, 'yttne to, i 75C-
^ Y next visit was to the royal ab-
J V | bey asf St. Germain. A most
nugust, and the most antient Christian
church in this kingdom ; as first etect.
ed by king Chaidehert, the third sun of
C/ovis she Great, and by him dedicated
to tire Holy Cross and St. Vineen', and
for the depository of' a piece of woeid
said to be a remnant of our saviour's
creisS, and a tunic once worn by St.
Vincent, presented by the bishop oSSarae.ssa,
' and received by him as a ransom^
eof that cl^yl where his enemies
the Visigoths had rerir^l and fortified
themfelves. But in process os time
the cross and the Snnt were forced to-
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yield to the favourite German^ bishop
of Paris and abbot of the monastery,
who was buried here.
The portal of this ancient fabric
Supplied me with several houis contemplation.
The stile is Gothic; and
tho' it mutt be rank'd amongst the
poorest remains of that architecture,
and its ornaments are barbarous, even
to a degree of contempt ; yet in the
midst of this rudeness it exhibits the
only remaining monument in Paris of
the Alerovignian times. This only efcaped
the destructive bands of the
Normans in the reign of Charles /e
Chauve. The top of this entrance is
adoni'd with the feven statues of dovis,
and his queen Cloli/ele ; their sons
Thierri, dodamrr, Childibert, Clotair the
first, and SS/tragoiha the wiseos Childibert.
On most of them l obferved the
g^rry, or as the antiquarians term it,
the nimbus, round their heads ; such
rays as are now ufed about the heads
of our saviour, the virgin Mary, the
apostles, &c. And here it may be
worth observation, That this piece of
ornament about the heads of the christian
Saints was very earlv copied from
the Pagan custom ; but with this difference,
the nimbus of the christian
.figures is made simple, that of the Pagan
heroes has the radii, or rays issuing
from it. Clevis and his .Son Chile/then
carry tokens oS the consular dignity,
which the emperor AnallasiUs conferred
on them by way of complement.
There is an eighth figure on this
portal, it is St. Remi or Some other
bishop trampling upon the devil.
Witnin this edifice they shew the
tombs and monuments of these royal
personages t that of queen Ferdegoud
has been an elegant structure, but
much decayed by time and accidents.
The body has been fbrm'd in mosaic,
and the hands and Sace oS Silver. The
remains prove tiais to be an original.
I can't believe the Same of the
other tornbs ; which are easily discovered
to be of ^ much more modern
date. And indeed one of the compa-
ny informed us that they are no oldef
than the last century.
I was introduced to the Mansoletem
of the Polish king Ciifirnir, who a locating
his crown retired to France, in
the reign os Lewis K1V. and was endowed
by that monarch with an abbey,
and many other benefices. This
is an elegant pile, and Splendid to the
highest degree : contains the heart of
that royal reSugee, and is placed in St.
Casimir's chapel, which takes up. one
end oS the cross. This king is represented
on a tomb os black marble, oS-
Sering his crown to our Saviour on his
knees, and dressed in his royal robes,
with a very pompous inscription, trophies,
and many figures in his bus relief
on the fides of the monument.
On the opposite fide of the crerSs stands
a chapel dedicated to St. Margaret, in
which ts strewn another Sepulchral monument
os an abbot os the illustrious
house oS Furstiniberg in Germany, of
much better deSrgn and workmanship,
than that last mentioned, tho' not So
magnificent in shew. Behind the choir
in another chapel, l Saw the tombs of
one Dong/i5 Earl of Angus, and of his
grandSon, who perished in the field of
battle . As to the tomb or shrine of
St. Germain, the patron of this church,
it carries nothiiig in its design or ornament
worth the attention of a virtuofi,
except tire epitaph, which does
great credit to the learning of king
Chiloeric the Second, who is Said to be
the author of it. It stands near the
entrance into the church.
But the greatest iiches, as in most
other cburches of this nation, are in
the Sacristy. Here is a crucifix of
masly gold, loaded with gems, &c. of
infinite value. In the centre of this
cross 1 was extremely pleated to find
a head oS Adrian. on an oriental Sapphire,
an intaglia, of exquisite workmanship.
And f was greatly entertaincd
with a picture of one William,
an abbot of this houfe about 35o years
old. He is represented in the company
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votions to a dead Christ. Which be- martiage of a maid of honour, the
sides its other merits, represents on the King her great grandson, lately reco-
back ground the principal buildings in vered of a fit of lunacy, appeared
Paris at that time in their preoper situa- at the diversion in the habit of a wild
sion ; and shews that city vastly difpro- man attended by five of the prime
portion'cl, even at So late a period, in young nobles, in the fame drefs. The
comparison of the pretended ancient habits were made of linnen, and to fit
grandeur, to what it is at this time. very close, cover'd with a kind of raw
In this prospect, the abhey of St. Ger- flax in imitation of tufts of hair famain
Stands in the midst of green fields, sten *d on with pitch .* and besides all
the old Louvre appears in perspective, the Six were fasten'd together. Eve-
just as leSt by Philip Augustus, and Some ry one was attracted by their appear-
other public buildings remote from ance, and amongst the rest the Duke
the place, in which they now make an of Orleans approach'd them So neas.
immediate part.
that the wax taper with which he was
F.om the Sacristy our guide conduc- examining their dress, Set fire to one of
ted us up to the library it takes up the habits, and the flame communicat-
one entire wing oS the cloister, is well ed itSelf immediately to the others,
stockt with books of all Sorts ; and who heing Sasten*d together, could not
little inSerior to any os the kind in disengage themfelves. Indeed the Dut-
Europe. Amongst other curiosities l chess of Barr Saved the king by cover-
Saw a Small madel oS the Samous wresting him with her gown before the
lers in the Duke of Tuseany*s gallery, flames reach'd him ; but Sour oS the
and a Jupiter Bernilucius, W orthy of the others died oS their burns, and the
greatest applause. Amongst the ma- king relapsing immediately into his lunuScrips
is shewn the psalter used by nacy, was never after perfectly cured.
St. Germanrrs upwards oS 120o years This Duke and his Dutchess, Valen-
ago. It is written upon vellum with tina of Millan, lie buried in one grave,
silver letters, and a gold title.
and middle oS a chapel under a magni-
Our next walk was to the unnoticficent tomb oS black marble, on which
ed church oS the Ce/estint, a convent are both their figures in the most beau-
near port St. Antoine. And what Seems tiul Snow white Carrara kind. The
most Surprising to me is that none os great number oS other monuments in
our countrymen ever stumbled upon this noble and royal dormitory are, Sor
Such a repository oS curiosities heSore : the most part, the works of' the best
Sor it is a royal foundation, erected be- hands that France has known ; the defore
the Val de Gras, and has been signs in general are fine, and the execu-
distinguished not only by many of the tion both Spirited and laboured. And
first quality, who are buried there ; the epitaphs, tho* stuffed too much
but by the hearts of the royal family, with the flattery of she French panegy-
which uSed to he deposited in it. ric, give the reader a succinct history
This church was founded by the of the French nation for four or five ages.
young Duke of Orleans, brother to I saw on the top of a triangular pede-
Charles VI, who was murderld in the stal of a column, an urn with the
Rue Barbette, by John Duke of Bur- hearts of Francis II, and Charles 1^,
gundy, at the instigation of lsuhesla of whose^infeription tells in a noble and pa-
Bavaria, (^ueen to Charles VI. by way thetic style, the murder of the dowager
of retaliation, and to pray for the souls to that monarch, Mary of Scots, by
of Some young persons, he had ac- her relation (^^/inaboth. The heart of
cidentally killed The story is as fol- Henry II, and Catherine^ Medicis, lie
lows. The (^ueen dowager of Philip here also in a gilt urn of exquisite taste,
de Valeis, giving a masquerade on the tho^ simple and not cover'd with a
C ^ profulio^

M A G A Z I N E of M A G A 2 1 N E
profusion of ornament, Supported by
the graces excellently wrought in marble
t as is likewise the heart oSthe great
con •table Anne of .^fortm.r^nci, in an
urn Supported by a wreathed column
of the composite order and of excellent
workmanship. And indeed whereever
the eye is cast either in the chapel or
body of the church, every part presents
Some delightful object in the
monumental way ; aod the very windows
of the chapel of Orleans, representing
Several princes of that house
as big as life, and in the habits os their
times, afford matter os attention to
the curious.
1 have been also at St. Victors an
antient building, founded by Lewis
VI, and celebrated for a good public
library open to strangers three fime5
in a week, givcti by Henry de Boucher.
He e Ires interred Santeui/ the poet ; a
regular, and deserving of greater bono
ars than he met with. lie was not
ambitious'; but was once perfaaded to
Solicit the had ship of has convent, am
fae death of the superior. He lost it,
and repented he ever had offer 'd hiin-
Self: for, said he, < they who would
• have Come to the gallows, if they
< had continued in the world, are most
< likely to obtain the Speriority here :
< and we who go on in the plain way
< of telling our beads, and doing our
^ dury, have n^ chance, having no
< time for the necessary means. His
great abilities as a Laitin poet, may
be gcther'cl Srerm bis inscription on the
bridge or Notre s^anse, as follows,
Seqaoro rum prinrum g'ne otladitUr salt'
Tard^t pr^cr te' ^aeitisS^s
CoptUs a.inre ^scr enr^arn ^bls^' slnr ancpr
(lno^tart ea ahtlees neelit rn re-he moras.
Hna rrarios Sialeae^te canats,
Foras peri grander ^ac nndosinncaa erai.
And as a test of bis ready wit and
happy Sever e.y'iii bis early time of
life, we need only relate his 'reply to
one who bad, the ill manners in bis
company to complain os having been
cheated by a naotik. It was expected
that Sauleuil would have repaid htm
with same violent infult, but on the contrary,
he loerk'd very grave, asked him
how long be had lived in Paris ; and,
understanding that he bad lived there
many years, be told hi m gravely that
be was not to be pitied : for, continued
be, the man who has lived many
years, in a city where there are So
many monks, and is cheated by one of
them, he deserves it. And for the future,
I adviSe you while you continue
here to beware of four things, < A
< woman before ;' < A mule behind ;
< A cart sideway ;' and • A monk eve-
< ry way.
I fear you 'I be tired with Such a catalogue
of Sepulchral monuments :
but I can't conclude without acquainting
you that 1 have viseed the church
of the monastery of la/ de Go'ace,
founded by Arane of Austria, mother to
Lewis ^IV, in gratitude to heaven for
giving her that san, after she badheen
married two ahd twenty years. It is a
noble and elegant pile with a very
grand cupola. Lhe high altar is decorated
at a great expence, and with a
bigb taste : over the potal is this
inscription,
lssu itssesitri^issisre^l SiAers.
and the wliole church, is as it were,
a mausaleum for the hearts of the
princes of the roy al blood of Francs,
vc ho have died in this aid the last century
t amongst the reft l met with that
eof Henrietta Anne Stuart, daug.iter to
King Charles 1, from wnom are descended
by their mothers the prefent
Kings of France and Sardinia, and the
Prince of Asturias. But they that come
to Paris with desire to See the most
curious motiuments of the dead, must
viSit that erected in Sorbonrte by Girardon,
that famous statuary, in memory
and ovei the grave of cardinal Rrch-
/teu; in which they '1 find a Softness and
delicacy not to be described by my
pen. His epitaph is as despicable :
the worst os all ntudern productions
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in this way t it outdoes Gastony itself in •
flattery. He is tltetc extolled to the
heavens for his virtues, and among
the rest for his humanity and humility
i which little becomes the tomb of a
man to whose cruelty and ambition,
So many illustrious persons fell sacrifices.
But the fathers of this house excuSe
their excess on account of the cardidinal*s
favours to them, who rebuilt in
a taste equal to his own ambition, the
mean old fabrick founded in 1252 by
Robert e/e u5orbon. The church now is
very beautiful ; the dome is well proportr'on'd,
and the four tosvers stand in
excellent order and true taste t the pillars
within are of the Corinthian order,
and she niches between them are Salled
with the images of apostles and
angels. The paintings oS the doine
are good ; the six marble pillars of the
Corinthian order wish gilt buses and
chapiters attract the eyes ; but there
is a crucifix of white marble that excels
all of its kind that l have seen
in its workmanship. The cardinal's
tomb stands in the middle of the choir.
The cardinal is represented fee'ule,
languid, and in a declining posture, a
Sine and truely elegant figure, with religion
supporting the fainting hero,
and the fciences eeping at his fee:.
1 am, till further opportunity,
Yours &c.
E. J^
The Difference between Arbitrary Pe^wet,
and Sovereign Authority, inferibed
to a young Prince.
'^IOTHING is so diametrically red
^ pugnant to the designs of God,
and to the first institution of royal
power, than arbitrary government.
And the Prince that is so happy as to
be well instructed in their essential difference,
he will be most likely to reign
a happy l^ing over a happy people. In
order to which M Duqrret laid down the
e
following characteristics to the Prince of
Piedmont.
First, Sovereingn Power, which is
no: degenerated neither from its origin
nor final fcope," is to govern by the
ltiws^ to regulate itfelf by them, and
to look on every thing as interdicted,
which those lawrs forbid.
Thus the Prince and the laws command
the same thing, Authority is not
divided. The Prince's example does
not enfeeble the laws, and the laws,
do not condemn the Prince's conduct.
—But arbitrary power prescribes its
will for laws, and its conduct for rule.
lta authority is divided from the public
established law. lt despises the authority
of the laws, and she laws condetnn
the abuse it makes of its power.
Secondly, Sovereign power reunites
all that is wife and prudent in the States,
and thinks and acts as if the republic;
itfelf thought and acted in person t it us
at once its Soul, its interpreter, its head,
and its arms. But arbitrary power
looks upon the state as an alien, and a
Seperate body, whole interests are often
seperate from, and often contrary to its
interests. A tyrant is always jealous
of the State ; fears its growth ; pines
at its advantages ; tries by all secret
means to weaken the hands of the people,
and when force does not promise
success, he employs all his cunning aid
art against it, as against his greatest r ival.
Thirdly The Prince that governsv.cll
confrders himself as the shepherd of his
flock i he watches to preserve Iris people
from their enemies i Ire endeavours
all in his power to make his yoke and
the laws eusy to them t he places his supreme
pleasure in feeing tlrem flourish
an.d increase t and exposes lrirnselS with
cliearsul undaunted courage to protect
*em. But atbitray power considers the
people only as a hard to be sacrificed
to its will. lt takes care oftbein, but
it is to eat them up t it feeds tlrern, but
it is for itself i it not on ^ fleeces t lie an,
and sucks their nrilk, but it fucks there
bleed and marrow t it treats them taa
beings

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beings of another Species, made only for
its pleafure.
Fourthly, a good Prince only considers
his elevation as an honourable Servitude,
which by raising him above all. charges
him with the care of all. He knows
that authority is not given Sor his Sake
to whom it is intrusted, but in their behalf
who are to obey it ; and that his
greatest happiness consists in dispensing
his authority to thena with eaSe and Success.—
But arbitrary power thinks all
to be due to itself, and that it owes
nothing to any other, but what it plaafes.
It considers authority as bom.with it,
incorporate with it, and natural to it.
It reigns for the pleasure os reigning,
and for no other end. Grandeur aired
power are its only aim : it has no concern
for the gocd of others ; but tramples
them under its feet, is they stand in
the way of his ambition and domination.
Fifthly, a Prince that would govern
well, is instructed in tow ehential points:
That the peaople are incapable os
absolute liberty. (2) That they do not
delerve abSolote Servitude. Thus he'll
know that there is a wise middle betweeo
a weak government that would
be hurtful to the people, and an unjust
one that would oppress 'em. He takes
no liberty from them but what they
would abufe to their own hurt, and preserves
them in possession of all that liberty,
which is requisite to their happirief"s.
He occupies the first dignity so
keep out the SactioUS, and ^to maintain
good order among his Subjects, but not
to shackle them as slaves. He contents
himself with reigning over an obedient
family, and will not pervert paternal
into defpotic government,— But a delpotic
Prince exacts every thing. hecaufe
Something is his due. He deprives the
people of all theip liberty, hecauSe
be has a right to a part. He does not
acknowledge them as children, becaufet
he wants the bowels os a father. He
looks upon them as slaves, because his
ayes are open to nothing but his power.
Lastly, a Prince worthy of reigning is
always able to give a good reason for
his actions t he is never reduced to
give his wit.L Sor the sele cause of them :
and he considers it as an injury done to
mankind, and to him in particular who
is charged with the government of ment
to be able to give no other reason for
his conduct but instinct and impulse.
But this is precisely what despotic poW.
er glories in. He thinks it mean to
give any other reason for his actions
but his will and pleafure ; takes great
offence at those that ask his motive ;
and only then fancies him Self supreme,
when he has reduced every thing and
person to submit to his whims and pas.
lions. c
In this extravagance therefore, properly
Speaking, arbitrary power consists.
It never examines motives it is enough,
if it be its honour or will to do a thing.
It cannot hear the most prudent remonstrances.
Good reasons opposed
to its will serve to make it more headstrong.
To represent the publick interest
to it is guilt.
A wife Prince, tho' young. who Serioilsly
considers and takes a near view
of a conduct so opposite to reason and
equity, cannot imagine that any one can
preserve his right wits and fall into Such
excesses : but if the best of Princes is
not iipon his guard, he hirnseif may he
tempted to degenerate into them like
others, who Set out with moderation
and ended with tyrany.
^ ^ ^
Whether by Natural Philosophy ewe can
know the END which GoD proposid to
hisnsilf in the Creation of the World.
'|T is rashness in a mortal creature to
| enquire for what end all things were
produced by God, and what reasons the
estcient cause of all propounded to himself
in calling them out of the abyss of
nothing., His Secrets are unseerchable,
and past stoding out : nor docs it be
long to mortal man to question with
his Maker, why he hath done So and
So, Wc ought rather to meditate on
our

cur own xveaknefs, limited perfections.
and incapacity to account fully for
our own actions ; and that God is immenSe,
infinite, all-wife and omnipotent,
able to produce innumerable
things, the reaSon whereoS could never
enter into the thoughts of man. For
if the use of many things hid in eour
earth, is hid from our eyes ; and ate
destined by the divine Author tea ends
altogether unknown to us. what folly,
what wickcdnefs must it be for us to
dare to pry into the Secrets of oatrmost
gesoel, powerful, aiid glorious Creator^
lt would more become the wisedona of a
rational creature to adore his goodness,
without determining os those things,
which it is not allowed man to know,
nor permitted to search into. In moral
things indeed, where conjectures
are of more authority, it may be conducive
to piety, to enquire into, and
to determine the end God might propose
to.himself in creating the world.
But lt savours too much of sully to
guess in natural philosophy, at anv end,
which Grid should have proposed to
himself in the creation of the world ;
because in this Science nothing can be
admitted, but what is built upon the
most unshaken reasons and arguments.
If it be answered, That we are informed
by Scripture, that all things
were made for our fake ; and thence
infer that the sou was created to give
lis sight ; the soul of man to contemplate
its Creator ; and that all creatures are
serviceable to man : and, therefore,
that God's ends may be known bV us
as well as any other caufes ; permit
me to reply, That man Seems to be
the chieS end Sor whom all things were
treated, according to the account in
secnesis.- but besides, observing that this
history of Genesis was penned Sor the
salte oS mankind, rand thai therefore the
Holy Spirit was plcaSed chiefly to Set
down thoSe particulars, which have reference
to man, it doth not appear at
that all things were created Sor. the
ake os man alone. For, how do we
iiow, whet and how many thenge God
JUL Y, i7^.
hath made in the stars and elsewhere
besides this earth, Yvhich we inhabit ^
How do xve know. but that there may
be other creatures, Specifically distinct
Srom any oS thoSe, which we See, other
animals, other men, or at least
creatures analergous to men i.i some other
places? And why are we thus
ignorant os thefe things^ BecauSe ths.
divine ends and counsels are hid Srom
us.
Therefi are when it is Said, That all
tilings were created for the uSe oS man,
we are not So to understand it, as if
flay had no other ulc, Save what they
render to mankind ; but only this ;
That man can and must exercise his
wit and understanding about thera.
Now it is a quite different thing to Say,
that man yvas created, that he might
celebrate and praise God Sor the excellence
oS his works, and to assert that
all these things were created Sor mara'rs
Sake alone. For in the former, man's
duty is intimated ; but in the latter.
the end and aim of the Creator in
making the world is determined. Besides
it is abfurd to imagine. that the
sun was created for no other end, Save
only to enlighten us : and that the
stars and planets were ranged in their
Several vortices, only to assist and pleasure
us ; since we are the very least
part oS the earth, and the very earth
itfelS(in respect oS the heavens). is no
more than a Small grain of Sard compai'd
with a mcountain. And as for
those, who, pretending zeal for the
honour of God, tell us that Gnd's glory
was the end and aim he proposed to
himself in the creation of this universe;
as if Gnd's aim in the production of
this world had been only to display his
magnificence, and to exalt his own
glory ; let them answer theSe queries ;
could not God provide Sor his own glorv
by ether means different Srom these ^
Would his honour have been ever the
less, if he had created another world ^
IS they can't ; then it mast he owned,
That Iris glory was not the sole motive
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he proposed to himSelf in creating oS
the world.
Such T n 1 ao s as hurt and prolong
r. Lira.
| T is an inconteilible truth, that
P. health is the foundation of life, and
that it forms its principal pleasures.
It is in like manner true, that nothing
in the world is so frail and brittle
as this same health. and that the least
irregularity disorders the whole machine
of which man is composed Its mechanism
discovers inconceivable wonders.
as liltle as we make of those Serious
attentions it deserves.
This frailty demands our study, to
know the variety os humour., these
are the elements and principles of liSe ;
this knowledge would tame our impetuosity,
and maintain that peaceSul repose.
on which depends our good conflirtation.
This repoSe would easily he kept in
our bodies, if we could discover the
remedies which mav cute without hurting
it.
Experience shews that nothing is so
contrary to life. as Srequent letting
blood, and violent medicines, which
Sar from helping. only destroy us: if
any one find himself hereby, thro' the
pure effect of a good temperament and
constitution, any wife better 'd, it must
be allowed at the Same time, that an
infinite number have suffered ; and
what is worstos all. when we have often'
imagined we have expelled one
slight indifposuion, we unhappily find,
in lieu of it. another more considerable
grown upon us.
Trie true means to prevent this danger.
Weould be the art tO find tilings
lo bomergeneous to nature, that may
augment it without i flaming it, and
support it wthout dinlinishinglts forces;
the progress of our duration in this life
being to lest continually till we have /est
all f
It muff also be acknowledge^. that
all mixtures include so many disscretit
M A G A 2 1 N E of M A G A ^ 1 N E
Substances, as make it impossible bat
that their contrary qualities must prejudice
out bodies, instead os berng any ^
ways advantageous to them ; Some are
hot, others cold, Some are moist, others
dry, a ^reat many laxative, and
as many astringent t what mad effect,
must ot e not expect, when we malt.'
tise of them without due regard or at.l
tent ion ?
In order to core and prevent which, J
one must know how to extract frora i
every mixture it^ pure juice, andfeprrate
it philosophically by natural agent-, t
which are rain water. the air, and the
rays oS the sun ; this operation wonla
reduce it to a pure, incorruptible lishstance,
and so exceedingly bnght sioa
luminous. that being pot into a cry sta
phial with distilled water, and carried
into a dark place, it weuld cast ossl
ravs of light like glow worms.
Thes luminous Substance would bay: 1
qualities So vivifying, that it would
pen. unstop, and gently cut through the 1
obstructions which daily concur to de t
stroy us.
A destruction which would be et^ l
tirely evaded, if these extracts antl
quintessences of mixtures, were well
conditioned, and inclosed within them
nothing but their pure Spirits, Seperand f
Srom their fieces^ which corrupt then
goodness.
These quintessences are drawn front J
animals, minerals, and vegetables, 1
which have the greatest conform'^
and relation to the principle of eater life, I
as being perfectly analogous or uniform 1
to it.
The perfection of thefe quintessence 1
consists in their preparations ; it is Sol
different in the operation, that ver^l
often thoSe essences frem not the fan:: 1
thing drawn from the Sane principle.
There is essence, sor example. r.' 1
vipers, which would preserve health l 1
groat many years, if it w-as truly es'
tracted according to art ; this enenct 1
is more Salutary than the powders I
vipers, which carta: : it: t'.t^l a Is )
terrestrial matter.
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The essence of myrth preserves from
corruption even things inanimate.
The balfamic oil of Sulphur, which,
to Speak in the language os Parace/ses,
permits nothing to corrupt either alive
or dead ; it does always good. but never
harm, according to Fiorermeetis
when one has pliiiofophcally extracted
thefalt. the tincture, and essential oil. one
proceeds to the operation of its balsamic
oil.
The oil of Msrt, or vitriol, extracted
from its salt and oil, which being
rectified and boiled together. prnduce
the fixed oil of Mars, the virtues of
which are not ksiown to every body.
The true tincture of coral, drawn
by the rays of the sun. and aqua vite
calestis, or the juice of lemons.
The quintessence of poearls, So uSeful
to SortiSy the principle oS life against
poisons.
The quintessence of ambergrense
for health, not Sor PerSumes, which
augments our natural heat without in.
flaming, and Soments it without reSulv.
ing it ; it restores the lost strength of
old persons, bv the universal Spirit wish
winch it is replete.
The quintessence of Sugar. os which
Isaac Hollander has left us the practice,
which is So Savourable to all temperaments
: he pretends it sovereign against
the dropSy, phthisic and consumption,
as well as epilepsies and lyings-in.
The quintessence oS honey, made of
dew and flowers, which contains in it
a spirit truly celestial.
The tincture of natural gold, reduc.
ed by Seven operations to the true oil or
tincture oS gold
Of all these essences in tinctures, is
composed the diapborou, os which Bartbolomew
Tborudorser Speaks in these
words •
It would be difficult to explain the
virtues of the diapboron, against all sorts
os distempers.
IS you mingle it with our aqua aura.
tei at every clofe, you will enjoy a
musi vigorous health.
^OL VI,
lt is the balm of life. God has
done miracles by its effects.
A King oS the Gentiles by it preferred
his life to 3oo years.
I have So much re established by it,
mySelf, and a friend of mine oS 89
years of age, that we were as brisk as
at 2o.
I have given half a SpoonSul oS it to
dying people, who have thereupon revived,
and grown very well.
.gS t e^i e^s e^, e^ e^, e^r te^e^, e^t e^i ^t e^. .• e-S,
A Dictation on the PcrssiottS.
^'^Hthout entering into the detail of
1 r the irascible, the Sensitive, and
the rest oSthose Scholastic terms, which
rather Serve to puzzle, than to obviate
my discourse and my thoughts, l shall
tell you, that l give the name of passion
only to thofe things which are
capable oS being regulated by reason.
but cannot be destroy 'd by it ; because
they being born with us, are
absolutely nereslary for our perfection.
On this principle l admit no
more than three pastiont, love, hatred
and ambition : which are movements
attached to the Soul to render a man
capable oS loving what is good, hating
what is evil, and oS Seeking tho
means to acquire glory by his virtues.
And l look upon theSe three
passions as So many emanations Srom
the divine essence to the creature ; by
which we are taught to know , to
Sove, and to render ourselves worthy
the protection oS our Almighty maker.
All men are born wish them, and
though the difference of our humours,
tempers, constitutions, times.
places, occasions and education frequently
oblige us to act different from
one another. and from ourselves too
in other junctures ; reason, which is
one of the most beautiful parts of the
Soul, conducts and sets them bounds
that they may not turn into vices.
But it is not so those other
movements, auger, revenge, sear, prie^
D sealed

yealeuly and pity, which are only diseases
os the foul, and improperly called
passions. Anger and rcstrenge when once
entered are very powerful : and the
rational man must exert bis whole force
of reason in combat with shem, or he
overthrown. Grief yealeuly, and pity
also have their turiiS to reign : it is the
business oS reason to drive out the u-
Surpers. and as il is impossible for them
to unite. the wnrk is the more easily
completed. Besides, as these must
have Some incident to excite them,
whenever that is pest and over, the emotion
ceases os course t which I think
is a very plain proof that they are not
natural, nor born with us.
In infancy we are not capable of
some aof these, if indeed of any ; but
we possess love, hatred and ambition
in the Same degree then, as in maturity
: we love, we hate, and have an
ambition for things agreeable to our
age : years do not, all augment them :
they are only more discoverable, as
well as reason : for every one is born
also with the same share of reason,
which is destined for his whole life ,
age and education may serve to render
it more conspicuous : but the three
passioits I fpeak of, stand in need of
nothing to make themselves known.
It is natural for us to love good, to hate
evil. and to desire perfection ; which
desire l call ambition. But we cannot,
unprovoked, be angry, nor study re.
venge where there is no offence. Some
misfortune mult arrive before we can
be sensible of grief ; and we must behold
our likeness in misery, before we
can pity another. Yes anger vanishes
at the approach os any pleasing enter.
taanrnent- We think no more of re.
venge, when the offending person
asks forgiveness ; joy sor some good
event obliterates our grief for the past
ill; and when the person, whole af.
factions touched us. is relieved from
them, pity is no mure.
This is entirely different from the
effects of that^fore, that hate, and
that ambition, which are born with
M a c A 2 i N 2 of M a ^ a 2 i N ^
us : they have no occasion for objects
to excite or maintain them. We love
gand without object t we bate evil
without object, and without object we
are ambitious of knoaving borhtheone
and the other. We wait not to be
loved beSore we love, nor to be hated
before we hate ; and we desire before
it is offer'd But it is not so with anger,
revenge, fear, grief, or pity t we
are, as it were, constrain'^ by their
emotions ; and when deliver 'd fiorn
them, we breathe, as tho' fatigued
with their force, the soul is glad to
take rest. Whereas love, hatred, ambition
give us a continual employment
; but so agreeable, so satisfactory
a one, that we can never tire.
And how can it be otherwise, since
these passions, while in Sree and uncontroul'd
operation, eliSengage us
Srom all the frailties and troubles of
humanity, and turn our regard wholly
on him, who has created us t our
love is acts of adoration four hate a
detestation of what he has forbid, and
our ambition a desire of berng united
to him.
Hence I infer, That as we are undoubtedly
bom only for good.* and
that the author of nature has given
us the knowledge of evil. for no other
purpose than that we mav avoid it t
so our soul cannot be Sensible of the
one, nor oS the otber without love,
bate aod ambition ; and that be gave
us these three passions in order for
our perfection t but foreknowing the
weakness to which humanity would be
liable, be added reason for a guide,
lest these passions, by being misappli.
ed, should turn to vices.
In regard to ploy it is no more than
an amusement ; not faulty in itself,
but as the will os man has made it.
An immoderate love of it perverts the
passion of love, given as a virtue, into
a vice ; and the avarice, which for
the most part is attach 'd to it. renders
it still more pernicious. The games
of the antients were no more than a
relaxation from business and study, that

J U L Y, i7^. ^7
it might resume its useful occupations Supeestitious CUSTOMS and Sa^tnea
with greater vigour. They had nothing now in Use.
in them sordid or mercenary. Ho- ^ ^
nour and glory were their only aim : ^ a s H E custom of pairing nalh, 11
and to excel in Witt address, or agi- I certain times, is a relick os anhty
of body, was the emulation of tient superstition, derived from the
thoSe who play'd The modern games heathen Romans, who would never pair
with eardS and dice ate founded on co- their nails upon the Aoudine, observed
vetousiaess, and the end os them is loft every 9th day, and other certain days
of time, money and reputation, with- of the week.
out any one advantage. Voluptuouf- The custom oS faying, God bless you,
neSs alio is much unworthy the name when a person Sneezes, is generally
of a passion : it is produced by a too derived Srom a disease in England, its
nice delicacy oS taste aod inclination. which they that Sneezed died about
Yet there is a desire of the pleasures of 400 years agoc : but this can't be a
this world, which is not to be con- true account thereof : for we are well
demn'd ; and that is of Such as pur- assured it was a custom in the days of
Sues them not to excels. and enjoys Nero ; and was Sound by our first nathem
with moderation. Tranquility, vigatOrs in the remotest parts os Afri-
Chearsulneft and purity oS manners are ca and the East ; therefore the ground
the companions os this propensity, and of this antient and extensive custom
one csnnot he without it, and he en- was probably, that the antients held
tirely free from a certain austerity serening to be a good or bad fign : and
which is irksome to society, and disa- consequently, ufed to congratulate the
greeable to ourselves : nor does this one, and deprecate the other by this
consist in tables loaded with provisions, Salutation t for, iS we naay give any
or in the variety as beauties : we may credit to Plotarch. Aristotle, &c. Sneersindulge
it, even in the most frugal re- ing at certain times was held lucky, at
past, and with the woman, who to ail others unlucky t And St Austin writes,
eves but to onr own is the least lovely ; that the antients were wont to go to
Such is the reiish that content gives to bed again, iS tbey Sneezed while they
the meanest pleasure. As lor the put on their shoes. Perhaps the ori-
Chace, it is neither a passion, nor a ginal of nailing a horseshoe on tbe^
vice, but an innocent and noble exer- threshold assume people's doors, though
cise: it gives us martial sentiments. now pretended to keep out witchest
and an activity os body : it inures us might be from the like custom practifto
fatigue, and renders us more able ed at Bungley House, near Oakham, in
to undergo it when required. But as Rntloedihire .• which lordship was enexcess
in all things is condernnable t joyed with shis privilege. That if any os
this ought not to be without bounds, or noble birth came within the liberty of
take up ton much os cur time or at- that lordship, tbey should forfeit as an
tcntion. homage, a shoe from the horse where-
But to conclude t these are neitber on they rode, or else to redeem it
vices, virtues nor passions in themselves, with a Sum os money.
hat amusements which Succeed each ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
other, and are alternately their own desttuction:
whereas the three passions. Memoirs of the Life of Caaa Las Tas.ovt,
hate and ambition begin with nor, ^ Lord High Cltancellor oS'
^r lives, and continue in old age; in Eisc.La o.ta.
ickness, in all miifortunes, ano in all ^
remai nor cease their operate till d^HARLE^ TALROT, Lor^
e cease also to bet ^ Tclbot, and Lord High Chance^
lot

^ ^tS M A G A 2 S N E
lor of Great- Britain, was descended
from Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grasson,
Knight banneret, and Knight os the
most noble order of the Garter, third
fouof John the Second earl of Shrewsbury.
He was eldest Son of Dr. Wibsiam Ta/bot,
successively Bishop of Gxscrd,
Sa/ishury, and Durham, by Catherine,
daughter of • King, Efq ; one of
the aldermen oS the city of London, and
was born on the 3d of December, 1686,
May 3 i , 1717, he was appointed Solicitor-General
to his preSent Majesty,
then Prince of W ales, and in the same
year was chosen Member of Parliament
for Tregory in Cornwall, and in the two
succeeding parliaments one of the representatives
of the city of Durham.
On the 23d os April, 1726, he was
made Solicitor-General, and on the
29th of November, 1733, Lord High
Chancellor of Great-Britain, and was
Sworn of the Privy-Council; and on
the 5th of December following, was
created a Baron of this realm by the
title of Lord Talbot, Baron of Hcrfo/
in the county of Glenacrga.s.
He married Cecil, daughter and heir
of Charles Matthews oS Castle Menich iii
Glaamorgaastt're, and great grand-daughter
oS David Jenkins, of Hensel in the
Same county, Efq ; one of the justices
of South Wales, distinguished for his
learning in his profession, and for his
steady adherence to the royal cauSe
during the civil wars ; anal by that lady,
whodied in the year 17ao, he had
five Sons, Charles- Richard, who died in
1733, aged twenty-Sour years ; William,
now Lord Talbot ; John, a member
os the preSent parliament for Brecon
in South Wales, and second justice
os the counties of Chester, Flint, Denbigh,
and Montgomery ; George, prebendary
of the cathedral of York ; and
Edward, who died an infant.
His Lordship died at his house in
Linco/n^'s-lnn-Ficldr, on Monday the 14th
of Fehruary^. 1736-7, in the 52d year
of his age, and was interred at Barington,
in Gloucestershire.
e
of M A G A 2 1 N 2 s,
His character is drawn in Vol.
p. 4^o. os the general dictionary,
which follows. It is a maxim indeed
generally received and generally
true, that difficult and unquiet times
form thcofe great characters in life,
which we view with admiration and
esteem. But it is remarkable, that
this excellent man obtained the honour
and reverence of his country at a seafon,
when no foreign or domestic occurrences
occasioned any considerable
event. Therefore as facts cannot he
related, from which the reader may
himfelf collect a just idea of him, words
must faintly deferibe thofe extraordinary
qualities, which combined to complete
his character. And though future
generations may imagine thefe virtues
heightened beyond their true proponion,
it is a sufpieion not to be apprehended
from the present age. Eloquence
never afforded greater charms
from any orator, than when. the publie
attention listened to his fentiments.
delivered with the most graceful modesty
; nor did wifdom and knowledge
ever support it with more extensive
power, nor integrity inforce it with
greater weight. In apprehension he to
far exceeded the common rar.k of mea
that he instantanecasty, or by a kind of
iniuition, Saw the strength or imperfection
of any argument ; and So penetrating
was Iris sagacity, that the molt
intricate and perlexing ma^es of the
law could never So involve and darken
the truth, as to conceal it from his discernment,
As a member of each houSe
of parliament, no man ever had a high^
er deference paid to his abilities, trf
more confidence placed in his inflexible
publick Spirit ; and So excellent was hil
temper, So candid his disposition in debate,
that 1 e never offended thoSe,
whose arguments he oppofed. When
his merit, and the unanimous Sutfr^t
oS his country, induced his Prince t^
intrust him with the great Seal, hrs
universal affability, his easiness of at'
cess, his humanity to the distress'^

^y ^ U L Y
which his employment too frequently
prefented to his view, and his great
dispatch of business, engaged to him
the affection and almost veneration of
all, who approached him. And by
constantly delivering with his decrees
the reasons, upon which they were
founded, his court was a very instructive
fchool os equity, and his decisions were
generally attended with Such conviction
to the parties, against whose interest
they were made, that their acquiescence
in them commonly prevented any
Surther expence. A^ no Servile expedient
raised him to power, his country
knew he would use none to Support
hitnself in it. He was constant and regular
in his devotions both in his family
and in public. His piety was exalted,
rational, and unaffected. He
was firm in maintaining the true interest
and legal rights of the church of England,
but an enemy to persecution.
When he could obtain a short interval
from btdinefs, the pompous formalities
of his station were thrown aside; his
table was a fcene, where wifdom and
Science shone, iulivened and adorned
with elegancy os wit. There was joined
the utmost freedom of difpute with
the highest good breeding, ahd the vivacity
of mirth with primitive sianplicity
of manners. When he had leisure
for exercise, he delighted in field-Sport5;
and even in those trifles Shewed, that
he was formed to excel in whatever he
engaged ; and had he indulged himfelf
more in them, especially at a time,
when he Sound his health unequal to
the excessive Satigues oS his post, the
nation might not yet have deplored a
loSs it could ill Sustain. But though he
was removed at a Season of life, when
others but begin to shine, he might
justly be Said, sutis & adndianr & ad
glerium vixtsse ^ and his death united
in one general concern anation, which
Scarce ever unanimously agreed in any
other particular ; and notwithstanding
the warmth of our political divisions,
each party endeavoured to outvie the
other in a due reverence to his memo-
The LtV^ of MARY ^tieensfSCOTs
continuedfrom VOL. p. 395,
r I 'HO' Sentence was thus Solemnly
L passed upon the (^ueen of Scots,
Elizabeth was in no hurry to have it
executed ; she was unwilling to make
this her own act, and in order to throw
the odium of such an unwartantable
proceeding upon the nation, She summon
'd a parliament, who were made
to address her Majesty for the Speedy
execution oS the (^ueen of Scots, alledging
that the Safety of the (^ueen
and the nation, and of their posterity
depended thereupon. E/inaheth thanked
them for their great care for the
preservation oS herself and the nation ;
pretended to be Sorry that the life of
the S^ueen of Scots should be incompatible
with her own, and the welfare of
the nation t but at last yielded to their
request; tho' in such ambiguous terms
as left room Sor an evasion. In the
mean time the King of France, amazed
at the newsos such violent proceedings
against Mary, (^ueen of France and
.Scotland, Sent an ambassador to ufe the
utmost endeavours to divert the stroke ;
but to no purpose .• for Elin.aberh an-
Swer'd himroundly, That She had done
nothing without mature deliberation ;
and that she was determined to abide
by the rel'ult of her council. And the '
warrant or commission being made
out and passed the great Seal for the
Earls of Shrewsbury, Kent, Darby, Cumberland,
&c. to attend the execution
of the (^ueen os Scots, these commissioners
repaired to Folheringhay castle,
where she was prisoner, and together
with St. Amias Paulet, and Sir Drngo
Drury, went to the (^ueen of Scots, signified
the eauSe of their coming, read
their commission, and desired her to
prepare for death against the mortow.
The (^ueen with a steady and Smiling
countenance thanked them for their
message, which would put an end to the
distress she had So long^for'sered in prifon
t laid her hand on the holy bible.
and protested Sire had never conspired
against the life and di^nitv of E/iza-
bcth

^dt Tt^ M A G- A 2 1 N ^ .of M A G^A 2 1 N E
beth s and-requested that shensght he come forth ; wlpchshe presently aster
indulged with the company of hat al- did, with a princely majesty, having
moner or confessor. But that was nor her head covered with a linnen veil ;
granted. and the dean of Fetrronronyh haiaging down almost to her feet ; with
ordered to attend lrer to the placecof her beads hanging by her side, and an
execution. ivory crucifix in her hand- Inthegal-
Mary, on her part, refused ail con- lery the Earls met her, and several overfation
with the dean ; and complain- ther gentlemen; where Mefor'n her
ed that she was denied what the very Servant, upon his bended knees full of
Turk would have granted to a 'dying tears, depfor'd his own hard fortune,
person. She then withdrawing into that be should carty into Scotland the
her closet, wrote to her almoner to ftd news of his lady's most unhappy
pray Sor her, and to absolve her from Sate ; but she comforting birn, Saidall
her Sins. Then calling together " Do not lament thus, thou Shalt by
her servants, admonished them, as and by See Mary Stuart freed noin all
they wept bitterly, io pray to Gad to her cares, say (continued she) that I
give her a happy passage thro* death, died constant in my religion, and firm
and to pardon her enemies. Sand per- in fealty towards Scotland and France.
ceiving the sortow with which they Gnd forgive them who have thirsted
were overwhelmed, she bid them wipe for my blood, as harts after a fpring.
away their tears and rather rejoice ; for Thou, O God, who art truth itself,
that she was now to depart out of this and ki.owast truly and throughly the
life, in which there was norhing but most inward secrets of my heart, knowa
world of miseries. Aster supper, est how earnestly l have desired that
the look'd over her will, and read the kingdoms of Eng/and and Scotlond
the inventory os her goods aod jewels ; might grow into one. Commend me to
and writ their names Severally by my son, and certify him that I have
them, too whom she gave any of them ; dor.e nothing which might any way deand
to some of them she distributed re-gate from the kingdom oS Scot/and .
money with her own hands; distin- warn him to hold amity with the Screen
guishing each of them according to of England ; and fee that you do him
their circumstances : she also writ let- trusty service.'' And then the tears
ten commendatory for her servants to gushing out, she bid Me/viz, who wept
the King of France, and the Dake of also. again and again, adieu. Then
Gaisc. At her ufual hour she went to turning herself to the Earls, she rebed,
slept three or sour hours, and then quested, " That her servants might be
arose, and Spent the rest os the night courteously intreated. that they might
in her devotions, receiving the most fa- ouietly enjoy what she had severally
cred body os Christ (as Coneas Sailh) toequeathed them, stand by her at her
from her own hands by a privilege gran- death, and be sent back into their counted
to her Srona Pope Pius Y. try with poblick caution.'' The for-
, The fatal day being dawned, which mcr os these requests was granted, but
was the Sth oS February, i 5.CS7. she that they should stand by her at her
made herself ready, putting on her best death, the Earl of Kenf was very loth
apparel ; and calling her servants tnge- to grant, for SearoS Superstition : To
thet, commanded her will to he read, whom the ^ueen Said, 'ear ne ashing r
and desired them to take their legacies " These poor wretches desire earnestly
in good part, Seeing her estate would to give me my last farewell : I know
reach no further. And then withdraw- the (^ueen, my sister, would not deny
ing herself intOsher cleSet, she cc.nrinu- me So Small a request ; iS but out of
ed in prayer tilr the sheriff of thctoun- refprct to me as a weoman, that my
ty gave her notice that it was time to maids might Stand by me : I am neatest
in

.e ^ ^ y ^J u L Y, i7^. ^
blood to her, descended from Hen.
^'ll. (^ueen dowager of France, and the
anointed (^ieen of Scotland" Having
thus Spoken, and turned heiSelf away,
was permitted that the Servants
whom she would nam", should stand
by ; so she named 'Athein, BurgOin her
physician, her apothecary, claiturgeon,
two women, and others ; os whom
Me/nly bare up her train. So the gentlemen,
the two carls, and the sherif
of the county leadingthe way, she came
to the Scaffold, which was set up at
the upper end oS the hall, where there
was a cha t, a cushion, and a block,
aad all things covered wish mourning t
^s Soon as she was Sat down, and silence
bidden, Beale read the commission
; which being read, the Dean os
^cterboeough, Dr. Fleet's reminded
her of her fore-past life, and the condition
os the preSent and future world,
earnestly persuading her to repent, aid
by a lively faith to trust in Christ :
^he anfwered him, " That that was the
very Same religion wherein she was
ham, brought up, and would now die.*'
'l'he Earls faying, That they would
pray with her ; She faid, " She would
^ive them great thanks iS they would
^ray for her ; but to jeoin in pravers
vithyou who are of another profession,
ta me (Said she) were a sin and an office."
Then they commanded the
tlean to go to prayers, and while the
tympany there loined with him, she
Sailing upon her knees, and holding up
the crucifix in both her hands, prayed
vith her Servants in Latin, out of the
^ice oS the blessed Virgin : After the
tkan*s prayer was ended, she in English
Unamended to God, the church, her
and S^ieen E/izaheth. Praying
^ d to turn away his indignation and
^rath Srom this island, and professing
||at she hoped for Salvation from the
^ioed of Christ, at which she held up
tlie crucifix, and invocated the holy
tympany os Saints to intercede for her
^liim; and then forgiving her enekissing
the crucifix, and signing
^is with the Sign of the croft, she
faid, " As thy arms. O Christ, were
spiead forth upon the cross, fo embrace
ine with the open arms of thy mercy.
and forgive me my sins.'' Then the
executioner asking Iter pardon, She
granted it. And her women, while
she made haste, helping off her other
garments, and breaking forth into
shrieks and cries. she kissed tbem, signing
thern with the cross. and with a
chearsul countenance, desired them to
leave lamenting, Sor now an end of her
fortows was at hand. Then turning
herself in like manner to her men servants,
which wept also, she sign'd thera
in the fame manner, and frniling on
them, gave them her hand to kits, and
bid them adieu. Then asking the executioner,
if he Wt.s a kisight, and he
answering in the negative, he: Majesty
dabhed him with that honour. And
covering her Sace with a linncn veil, she
laid down on the block, .and after repeating
the pSalm, Io Thee, O Lord.
have I trusted, let me never he confounded
t and into thy hands. O Lord.
I commend my spirit, several times o-
Vet, she gave the sign, and the executioner
with great difficulty. Sever'd her
head Srom her body at two blows.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
CaiTtcisM on V O L T A I R E .
(Continue / from Vol. V. p. 553.1
[P. 169^'IFH one huudeed and thirteen
men bo defeated the inhah
ilantr of Mecca, wbo attacked him so
the number of ene thousand] Abu/btala
fays, that Mohammed's army consisted
of 313 men, others 319.
^P. i7o. Mahomet at the end of nine
years, partly by preaching and partly by
the fword hadconquered all Arabia, &c.]
He was very far from having conquered
all Aralin .• the greater part of it
was at that time nnhtleevers, and not
intirely subdued till after the death os
Moscilama, and of Moba.amed himself.
[/hid L^on his first succ^bo wrote—
to a monarch called Mandet, who reigned
in a province boralering upon tit Pcrsian

an gulph.j His true name, was Mondar.
he was prince oS the territory called
al-Baibrain.
[P. 170. Mahomet at the end of
nine years allackedSyria, at thett lime helengin^
to the emperor Heraclins and tock
several towns from him.J Mohananaed
made an expedition into Syria and advanced
as far as Taboc a town half way
between Medina and Damais or Damaso
eus, whither several princes and towns
sent preSents to him and made their Submillion,
particularly a Small city named
Aiaht : but this seems to have been rather
in a civil or religious manner, desiring
his alliance and fiiendship, which
he accepted of, and returned hack again
to Medina the same way he came.
without so much as visiting any of these
towns.
[Ibid Mahomet, resolving that his
List moments sinu^/ evince him, the hero as
west as the rtpright man s " Let him,
" cried he, to whom / have dene violence

^ J ^ Y,
fifth.] He shotild have said fourteen
Calises of the Omrnindes or family of
(dmeneya, who were Succeeded by the
Ahhesssides or descendants of Abbas the
Uiicle of Mohammed
—Of wbom the celeboated Aaron Rachild
was the siftb ] His true name is
Harun al Rashid.
[Ibid P. 176. This appellation of Rachald
is the most suh/ime of all titles,
which the Mustuhuen durst not even bestow
upon their prophet ] The word RaSla'dy
for So at ought to be wrote, signifies no
m ore than a /over of pasties, and was
particularly applied to the Sour firtt
CaliSes, as well as to Several other persons.
^/hld. P 176. Tin's Aaron Rachild
and his son Monabdalla were cotemporary
with Charlemagne t this was that Abunabdaila
Wbo translated the seat of empire
to Bagdad in Chaldea, which city
bo is said to have boi/t.] It would have
been extremely difficult to guess which
oS the Sons os Harun he means under
the name oS Monabdasla, or Abonabela/la,
had he nor mentioned this circumstance
oS the budding os Bagela.d, and
the translation oS the Seat of empire
thither, which was the work os she
Calise Abujaster a/ Mansur, the fecond
Calife of the Abbassides, who was the
Cranssatbor , not the fon, as our author
has it, of Hamn a/Rashid
Thus have I pointed out, as briefly
as l could, these mi takes, which perhaps
are not the only ones, (some of
them of the grossest kind) that occur in
the fnall Space os five leaves ; the rett
of his work will l fear upon examination
he found to he not much more accurate
; but that is a disquisition l leave
toothers.
Ciyr/ish, June Yours &c.
7th. 1753. RusT r cos .
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Curefor the G R A yl L andSToNE.
Mr (Srhan,
reading in your Magazine for
Dither last, p 346| Dr. llarlly'S
YoL.VI.
33
account os his lithontriptlck mass anul
electuary, as acure fear the gravel, and
preventative of the stone, I was moved
to publish by your Magazine (if vou
pleafe) my Curefor the Gravel. ( and I
have faith enough to believe, the stone
alto) and my preventative, neat only of
the stone and gravel, but in great measure
all other distempers to which we
mortals are liable.
Tbo Preventative is:
Take of pure water, or any other scse
liquor, between it and iwe/ve shi/lrnd beer,
in ihe frst part of eaeh mea/, .double the
weight of the dry food you eat, and bleed
warm.
Tbe Cure for the Gravel t
Treble the weight of tbo same kind of
lequer in tbosame manner, arid of the fiime
degree of boat.
For she Stone.
Take a fourseldportion of liquor in the
seme manner.
Note, If any approve tbe remedy but
dislike the trouble of measuring the
quantity, such persons need only to
make Sure that they take the proportion
of liquor, in which if they exceed
there is no danger of mischief ; if the
method proposed differ never so widely
from a person's present custom, it is
so Salutary to nature, that three days
practice will render it pleasant as well
as profitable.
I freely SubScribe to what the Doctor
from the Highlands offers in your last
November Mag. Register of Books, and
believe l can produce another living
witness.
The following case, tho' not similar
to the Hon. Horatio Walpole's, or Mr.
David Millar's yet l think it as singular
as either of them t
, A man burn in the year t 697 re-
< members certain fits os the strangury
< about the year t 7ot, from which time
< to the year 1733 he had much pain
< in the loins, and frequent fits of the
< strangury ; from thence to the year
' 174o he generally voided at least a
' tea spoonful of red sand every r.ighs.
< when (for a trials he^ook to drink
h according

^4
< according to the above receipt for
< cure of the gravel. and in three days
• observed he ceaSed to void Sand, and
' continuing to adnere to the rules for
< prevention, he has hardly since the
' year 1740 had a fy mptom of the
< gravel.
A sriend to the bunrarn Race.
Hi/tshire, March 31, 1753.
[Our Wiltshire correspondent's above
method of diluting may prohah.^i prevent
the serration of gravel in many casts,
and palliate the semplomr of the stone in
some .' it maty alio he of use in obviating
so.-b other distempers as arise front concretions
in the stuih, and callosities in the
solids, hut then it would make seme persons
dropsical, disorder the stomach, and
create fiatuleneier j
[In anfwer to Some queries concerning
Dr. Halrt/ofs Lithonriptic, and the
difficulty of getting oyster she// lime, we
see by a new edition of his receipt, that
be approves of quick /ime of any kind,
in fine o swdet, and thr t is all the alteration
from what we published in Oct.
last, p. 346, except the word strain
instead of potrr, ; and he tells us,
that the decoction os marshinall..ws,
propofed try P B instead oS common
water, can add no virtue to the medicine.]
Some Account of the N A T t v E s of Louiislana.
fSee Vol. 5. p. 5i9)
By M LE Pace nu PrtATz.
^S FN the French entered this firre
tS q country, they found it inbabited
by a great number os different rra'ions :
I will only mention the most considerable,
which are, the PastagSrrlas, the
Oremae, the Tonicae, tire Ausehez. the
Chfeaches, rheTcha'Car. the Tinsus, the
Natsitnehei. the Adiesis, the Assioaii, die
Asanas the Cadulnqurous, the Yoe ^.ours,
and the TchetiumU^ has. — T h e Oumai
and Tonicar being in the neighbourhood
of New ldileane, are reduced to a very
few families by the immoderate ufe os
brandy, wn^h they found means to
M A G A 2 1 N 2 of M A G A ^ 1 N E
procure in Spite of all the precautions
the governor could take.—The To,./cas
have always been Sis attached to the
French, that the king hath decorated
their chief with a blue wreath, with a
medal pendent from it, presented him
with a gold headed cane, and made
him brigadier of the Red Armies i e.
the auxiliary troops of the natives.—
The A^atsitoches are Seated upon the Red
river : The Asiris to the Weft of them,
and the .dysin.-ris further Well, and to
the North of them lie the Caaledajanius.
The Allaneras and Iiszous are seated
upon the risers of those names. The
Chicachas, our declared enemies, are retired
into the country to the East ofthe
river os St- Leuis, thither the Natchez
too retired in the last war we had with
them. 'lire Tinses, Tchatcas, and Tchetimactchae,
ate branches of the Natchez.
These varinus nations, besides the
language peculiar to each, have one
common language, by means whereof
they can converse together, and is os
the Same utility as tbe Lingua Franca of
the Levant. Their manners and customs
are pretty much the Same. The
character therefore of the catcher, who
are a great people with whom I lived
7 year's, and am best acquainted, may
serve for that of all the rest.
The Natchez, as well as all the other
natives of Louisiana, have very regular
features, arrd are strong and well made.
and in general talk they live to a very
advanced age. and, in their old age,
arenot very infirm s To this the plainnes
of their diet, their sobriety, their
exercise, the Solubrsty, of the ait, and
the wisdom of their physicians, who
content themselves with purging the
sick, and never bleed, do not a little
contribute. Their women differ in this
from the Europeans, that they have
doulie breasts; i. e. in the midst oSeach
breast there rtses another Small one, a.
bout 4 inches btoad, with a very long
nipple.
The Natchez are ol a very mild and
humane disposition, when one gives
them no causc os distrust or discontent.
They

They love instruction, and it is more
the fault of the F.r.raopearrr than theirs,
that they are not better civilized. They
are grave and prudent, enemies to lying,
faithful in their promises, of Sew
words, never the first to do injuries to
others, and never forgetting the injuries
done to them. Their language is not
copious, their stile, or manner os expressing
themselves is aery figurative,
and ltke that osthe Oriental^
The men build the cottages, hunt,
go to war, make their buvvs and arrows,
and prepare the ground for the
feed; all other work and business whatever
falls to the lor of the women.
The women Sow the Seed and get in
the harvest, they make baskets, mats,
and all other houshold furniture, they
prepare food for the family, they make
all pieces of stuffs and ornaments osed
by way of apparel. When the men sell
trees, they leave them, and send the
women to fetch them home ; nay they
will not fo much as bring home the
beasts they kill in hunting ; they only
cut out the tongue .and flea off the Skint
and fend the women Sor the carcafe.
The pre-eminence and Superiority oS
the male to the Semale Sex ; and the
paternal authority, are looked upon amongst
them as the most inviolable
laws of nature, and are Strictly observed,
and rigidly maintained : The youngest
boys take place of, and are presetted
on all occasions to the oldest women,
and in their entertainments and
ordinary repasts, are Served hefore leant
And let the descendants of an old man
he ever fo numeions, they all live together
and ayc Subject to him, his power
over them is absolute, and all his commands
reverenced and punctually o-
The men Seldom marry till they have
attained the age oS 25 : nor are any
marriages celebrated without the consent
arid concurrence as the old men,
^ha are the heads oS the respective
sstniber • bridegroom instead of
living a portion with the bride, al-
^ays makes a present to ber father.
a^r J U L Y , 3^
As soon as a ehild is born, both tbe
mother and child are washed in river
or fpring water: a sew days aster, tbe
the child is rubbed with bears oil ; this
unction, together with their continual
exposure to the heat of the sun (for
both Sexes go quite naked till they are
1 2 years old) gives a red colour to their
skin, which is as white as ours when
they are born, that no time can efface.
Their cradies are very light and made
of reeds, arid instead of rocking the at
as we do, they slide them backwards
and forwards upon two large canes
whereon they are placed.
The nation as the Natchez consists of
nubles and common people. The highest
rank of the nobles are called Suns ;
they are a different race and d a not
mix with the rest of the people: When
one of these Suns dies, not only his
wives, but also a considerable number
of the common people are strangled
and buried along with him.
They have a temple wherein is kept
what they call, Tbo fiicred and eternal
Fires This fire was originally kindled
by the rays of the fun, arid is fed with
wood stripped off the bark. The Suns
alone are permitted to enter this temple
: All their religious worship Seems
to consist in preserving and keeping up
this fire, and nine officers ate appointed
Sor that purpose. IS by neglect, or
any accident, this fire is extinguished,
it is looked upon as a Sign of Some
great impenimg calamity, nor can
they rekindle it tall after a long timet
and with much difficulty. I ingratiated
myself greatly with the chiess oS the
nation, and received considerable presents
Srom them, for giving them, and
shewing them the uSe of a convex lens,
by means whereof they would always
have it in their power, immediately,
and easily, to renew the Sacred fire t
Nothing could equal their joy and surprize
upean seeing the effect of" the glass.
The men do not all go ^o war: The
warriors are a particular class, properly
educated t They are not brave, lout
act against their enemies ubiesly by stra-
E a lseaasem

T^f M A G A Z I N E
tagem and Surprize, and Seldom engage
Sairly. The principal wartiors, and
women oS distinction, mark their skins
with the figaires of anim a Is. This they
do by pricking out the designed figure
upon their Skins, with a sharp pointed
instrument, and then rubbing coal dult
into the punctures, by this means the
fine coal dust enters the skin, and the
figure can never he effaced.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
A/. D a RaAUMUR'S extract of sinera/
Experiments, made by him, concerning
Anim-i/ Digestion, reael at the R^yal
Aradenty of Sciences at Paris ; an.l
published with his Approbation.
Oalern naturalists and physicians
l v | rest the bufinefs oS digestion on
these two queries : i . Is it the work
of trituration alone ? 2. Is it brought
about by the joint operations of trituration
and dissolvents ? Experiments afor.e
mult Settle the controversy ; and
birds, l think, f r many reasons, are,
of all animal Subjects, by fan the propert:
It to try them upon.
The structure of' the Stomach in
birds, is as various as their outward
form. In some it is very fleshy, thick,
and of a close texture, called gizards ;
others very thin, though of a much
larger capacity, in proportion to the
body, being a fort os membranous
pouch : lu Some, the stomach is partition
'cl into gixard, and membrane ;
and lastly in orlrers it is all over of a
middle texture and tbickneSs, between
the one and the other.
The gir.ard is the stomach which
Seems the mostfaveoUrable teo the Syltem
oS trituration. Its lhicknes., Solidity,
and compact texture lead us to think it
destined to act wrth a mighty force ;
an S birds that have it are known to
Swallow Sand, gravel and Small flints,
with otlieralittle stones, Some of' which
are alwavv Sound within them. Such
stomachs lhereSore Seem fitted as mrlls
'for grinding and brat ing the grain they
eat for load.
ofMAGA21N2^
The experiments of the Florentine a-
Ccsemy, repealed by Reds' and Bore///,
have further confirmed this plausible
notion. Hollow particles of glass,
which they gave to chickens, ducks.
and turkeys, were Sound reduccd to a
fine powder. However Valiseicrr', famous
Sor a multitude oS fine observations
in natural history, and ever ready
to oppose popular prejudices, could
not rest Safsfied in these Sects. He
looked upon the resemblance between
a stomach and a mill as chimerical :
He could not but think, with a great
many others, that a stomach thus capable
oS grinding corn, mast also
grind itself away. He considered the
reduction of glass to powder as the effect
of a powerful dissolvent, and found
proofs thereof in the stomach of an ostrich.
which he judged incontestable.
I shall name one in particular ; he there
met with bits of glass perforated with
a vast number of holes more minute
than those of the finest Silver wire
plates.
Having my felf experienced .how easily
final I glass beads of various sixes
and shapes were powdered, without at
all excoriating the gazard ; I caused
chickens, ducks, and turkeys to lwah
low Short tubes os glass, which w ere abuut
five lines in length, and 4 in diameter
of which the bore was about t^a
lines. TireSe, after the death of the
fowls, I found no longer to retain their
former shape, for they were all spot a-
Sunder lengthwise. They had resisted
the pressure which acted upon lhem inwards,
from without, which must have
been prodigious to have broken thern ;
but they yielded to that Sroin within
outwards ; Sor it is certain that their
Splitting was the effect os the pressure
os some Small stones acting as wedges
against their extremities. No dissolve^
by any conceivable action upon a tube,
could have divided it into two neatly
equal parts.
I then got a parcel of tin tuber made,
whose Small diameter render'dthem capable
of sustaining much stronger es-
^ ^ sotts,

forts, the diameters of their hollow heing,
at most, but a line and 3 quarters
; and, to add to their Strength,
they were cover 'd a line and an half
thick with folder, which also doled up
their orifices ; thev were about seven
lines long l caused a turkey teo fwalleaw
one os them; to another l gave
two ; and to a third six at once. When
l opened these birtla, twenty sour hours,
and two days after, l cou'd ncot find a
single tube whole solidity had been
proof against the Sorce that attaek'd
it. That which bad Suffered the least
was grooved Srom end to end on two
opposite sides ; most oS the rest were
absolutely flatted, and Some of them
in part unrolled ; the little plates that
had heen firmly soldered to their ends,
were forced away, some of them being
driven into the tubes, and others
push'd outwards.
What a mighty resistance must the
gizard have been able to overcome in
flattening theSe tubes, and producing
the other remarkable alterations in their
figure? Taie result of fame different
tryals l made upon the like tubes, may
serve in some measure to convey Some
idea of it : Several of these. for instance,
l squeezed between the cheeks of a
vice, by hanging weights on the en./
as the handle ; and it required about
437 pounds to flatten them as the gizaid
bad done.
A large nut witb its shell is easily
ground to pieces in a turkey's gizard ;
and the recipe for fattening them by
giving them one or two a day, is not
So ridiculous as may at first appear. I
have Carried the point So Sar as to Sorce
Sour and twenty large ones into a turkey's
craw at once, where they might
be heard to rattle, upon filliping the
neck on the outside 1 next mrorning
they were all gone, having underwent
the operation of grinding, in the gizard
But notwithstanding this amazing
force which the gizard exerts, in grinds
ing the aliment it receives. does it not
require the assistance of a dilfulvent^
J U L Y , 3T
And is not Such a one actually to be
found there ?—1 he force of thegiaard
great as it is, has its limits; and I
have cast lead in moulds, whose shape.
it could not alter. Into one leaden
tube, left open at each end, l int reduced
a grain of raw harlev, with its
husk on ; into anroiher a gaain of the
fame hulked, and into a third a grain
ball'd till it was ready to crack. These
lubes continued at least twenty four
hours. and Sometimes double that fpac e.
in a turkey's ^r2ard ; and the experiment
was repeated divers times t
The grain, whether raw and in its
hulk, or without the husk, or boiled,
perfectly retained its figure and solidity,
without any sensible alteration, except
perhaps a little fwelling, Such as it
would have acquired in any moist
place.
lt is well known how quickly ducks
digest flesh food. I cauSed one to
Swallow several leaden tubes, in each
oS which was a bit oS raw beeS or
veal, of the size of a barlv corn. When
these tubes were taken out of the gizard,
several hours after, the bits of
stefh extracted from them, were found
no ways altered either in Smell, consistence,
weight, or colour.
It is sheref re fairly demonstrated.
that if the aliment were not comminuted
in the gizard, by grinding, it would
not be digested ; since no diffluent exists
there, capable of dividing it ; and
that the comminution it undergoes in
the gizard, equal at least to that of
corn in a mill, is entirely owing to the
action of that vifcus. I do not however
imagine that a simple trituration of
aliments, like corn milled, is a persect
digestion : To that, I think, a seasoning
of certain liquids is requisite ; but 1
have not now time to explain my idea,
much less to recite tire facts on which
it is founded . nor have I leisure to remove
the principal difficulty that has
been opperS'd to trituration. namely.
that a stomach which can divide exceeding
hard Substances, must destroy
itSelf nat to explain the nature of the
summing

3^ T^rr M A G A Z I N E of M A G A ^ l N E S ,
Seeming callous membrane which
lines the giaard S nor even to Say any
thing of the gizard of a Species of Indian
pigeons. arm'd with two malls.
thought to be stone, but are really hard
horn. I hasten therefore to the experiments
l have made on the membranous
stomachs of birds. of a texture
differing in all respects from that of
gizatds. DE BaaUmUe.
fTo he COntirrraed.s
ADVENTURER. No. 69, July 3, 1753.
Fere /ihenter homines s'd qued e^al^et
credunl. CtEs A R.
r -'LILLY hat long ago nbferved,
P that no man, however weakened
by long life, is so ConfciouS of his own
decrepitude, as nor to imagine that he
may yet huld his stalion in the world
Sor another year.
Of the truth os this remark every
day furnishes new confirmation : there
js no time of life, in which men, for
the molt part, feem less to expect the
Stroke of death, than when every other
eye fees it impending ; or are more
busy in providing for another year,
than when it is plain to all but themselves,
that at another year they cannot
arrive. Though every funeral that
pastes before their eyes, evinces the deceit
fulness of such expectations, since
every man wheo is borne to the grave
thought hitnself equally certain of living
at least to the next year, she Survivor
fttll continues to flatter hiiuseif,
and is never at a I ft for fome reason
why his life should he protracted, and
the voracity of death continue to be
pacified with feme olber prey.
But this is only one of the innumerable
artifices prectifed in the universal
conspiraey os mankind against themselves
t every age and every condition
indulges Some daring fallacy ; every
man amtfes himleis with projects
which he kn^es to be improbable. and
which, therefore, he resolves to pet sue
without daring to examine them.
Whatever any man ardently desires,
he very readily helieves that he shall
Some time attain : he whole intemperance
has overwhelmed hian with diseases,
while he languishes in the Spring,
expects vigour aid recovery from the
summer fun ; and while he melts away
in the summer. transfers his hopes to
the SroSts os winter : he that gazes upon
elegance or pleesure, which want os
memey hinders hira from imitating or
partaking, comforts himself that the
time of distress will soon he at an end.
and that every day beings ham nearer
to a Sate of happiness ; tbongh he
knows it has passed not only without
acquisition of advantage, but perhaps
without endeavours after it, in the formation
as schemes that cannot he executed,
and in the contemplation of
prospects t-hich cannot be approached.
Such is the general dream in which
we all slumber out our time; erery
man thinks the day coming, in which
he shall be gratified with all his wishes,
in which he shall leave all those competitors
behind, who are now rejoicing
like himself in the expectation of victory
; the day is always corning to the
Servrle in which they shall he powerful,
to the obscure in which they shall be eminent,
and to the deformed in which
they shall he beautiful.
If any of mv readers has looked
with so little attention on the world at
out him as to imagine this representation
exaggerated beyond probability.
let him reflect a little upon his own
life ; let him consider what were his
hopes and profpects ten years ago, and
what additions be then expected to be
made by ten years to his happiness t
those years are now elapsed ; have they
made good the promise that was extorted
from them, have they advanced
his fortune, enlarged his knowledge,
or reformed his conduct to the degree
that was once expected ? I am afraid
every man that recollects his hopes,
mult confess his disappointment ; and
own, that day has glided unprofitably

^t' J U L Y,
after day. and he is still at the fame
distance Srom the point of happiness.
With Yvbat consolations can thefe
who have thus miscarried in their cities
design, elude the memory oS their ill
Success ? With what amusements can
they pacify their discontent, after the
lot's of So large a portion os liSe ? They
can give themSelves up again to the
lame delusions, thev can form new
fchemes os airy gratifications and fix
another period of felicity ; they can again
resolve to trust the promise which
they know will be broken, they can
walk io a circle with their eyes shut,
and persuade themselves to think that
they go Sorward.
OS every great and complicated event,
part deper.ds upon cauSes out oS
our power, and pert must he effected
by vigour and perseverance : with regard
to that which isstiled in common
language the work as chance, men
will always find reasons for confidence
or distrust, according to their different
tempers or inclinations 1 and he that
hasheen long accustomed to please himself
with posfibuities as fortuitous happiness
will not easily or willingly he
reclaimed from his mistake t but the
effects of human industry arid skill are
more easily subjected to calculation ;
whatever can be completed in a year,
is divisible into parts, of which each
may be performed io the eornpafs of a
day ; he, therefore, that has passed the
day without attention to the task assigned
him, may be certain that the lapse
of lafe has brought him no nearer to
his object ; for whatever idleness may
eitpect front time. its produce will be
only in proportion to the diligence with
which it hat been used. He that floats
lastly down the stream, in persuit of
Stanrething berne along by the same current,
will find himSeff indeed move forward
; but unless he lays his hand to
the oar, and inert rises his fpeed, by his
osvn labour, must bealways at the same
distance horn that which he is sollow-
3^
There have happened in every age
fome contingencies of unexpected and
undeserved Success, by which thole who
are determined to believe whatever savours
their inclinations, have been encouraged
to delight themselves with suture
advantages ; they Support confidence
by considerations, of which the
only proper use is to chaceaWay deSpair,
it is equally absurd to fit down in idleness,
becauSe fome have been enriched
without labour ; as to leap a precipice.
because some have fallen and efcaped
with life ; or to put to Sea in a storm,
because Some have bern driven Srum a
wreck upon the coast to which they
were bound.
We are all ready to confess, that beliefonght
to be proportions to evidence
or probability : let anv man, therefore
compare the number of those who have
been thus Savoured by fortune, and of
those who have failed of their expectations
; and he will easily determine.
with whatjustnesshe has registered him-
Selfin the lucky catalogue.
But there is no need on these occasions
Sor deep inquiries or laborious calculations
; there is a far easier merhnd
oS distinguishing the hopes of folly from
thoSe of reaSon, oS finding the difference
between profpects that exist before the
eyes, and those that are only painted
on a SOnd imagination. Tom Drowly
had accustomed himself to compute the
prosit oS a darling project, till he had
no longer any doubt oS its success ; it
was at last matured by chose consideration,
ad the measures were accurately
adjusted, and he wanted only five hundred
poonds to berome master os a Sortune
that might be envied by a director
oS a trading company, Tom was generous
and grateful and was resolved to
recompense this Small assistance with an
ample fortune t he, therefore, deliberated,
for a time, to whom amongst
his friends he should declare his necessities
; not that he Suspected a refusal. but
berause he could hot suddenly determine
which ol them wa'Vld make the
best

M A G A st 1 N P.
e
best uSo oS riches, and was, therefore
most worthy oS his favour. At last his
choice was Settled ; and knowing that
in order to b arrow ire must shew the
probability os repayment, he prepared
for a minute and copious explanation
of his project ; bat here the golden
dream was at an end : he soon discovered
the impossibility of imposing upon
other's the notions by which he had
so long impoSed upon himself, which
way fhever he turned his thoughts, impossibility
and abtisrdity rose in opposition
on every Side ; even credulity
and prejudice were at last forced to
give way, and he grew ashamed of
crediting llimlelS what shame would not
Suffer him to communicate to another.
To this test let every man bring his
imaginations, before they have been
too long predominant in his mind ;
whatever is true will bear to be related,
whatever is rational will endure to
be explained t but when we delight to
beoed in Secret over future happiness,
and silently to employ our meditations
upon Schemes os which we are conscious
that the bare mention would expose
us to derision and contempt ; we
should then remember, that we are
cheating ourselves by voluntary delusions
; and giving up to the unreal
mockeries of fancy, those hours in
which solid advantages might he attained
by Sober thought and rational
assitSuity.
There is, indeed, so little certainty
in human affairs. that the most cautious
and Severe examiner may he allowed
to indulge some hopes, which he cannot
prove to he much favoured by probability
; since after bis utmost endeavours
to ascertain events, lie must often
leave the tfine in the hands of
chance : and so scanty is our present
allowance of happiness, that. in many
situations, liSe could Scarcely be supported,
if hope W ere not allow ed to relieve
the present hour by plaafure horrowed
Siom Siiturity ; and reanimate
the langou^eS dejection to new efforts,
by pointing to distant regi ns of feli-
of M A G a ^ 1 N E
city, which yet no resolution or perseverance
shall ever reach.
But thefe, like all other cordials,
though they may invigorate in a Small
quantity, intoxicate in a greater ; thefe
pleasures like the rest. are lawful only
in certain circumstances, and to certain
degrees ; they may he uSed in a due
sobserviency to noble purpoSes, but
become dangerous and destructive,
when once they gain the aScendant in
the heart : to Snoth the mind to tranquility
by hope, even when that hope
is likely to deceive m, may he Sometimes
useful ; but to lull our faculties
in a lethargy, is poor and deSpicable.
Vices and errors are differently modified.
according to the state of the
minds to which they are incident t to
iaidulge hope beyond the warrant of
reason, is the failure alike of mean and
elevated understandings ; but its foundation
and its effects are totally different
: the man of high courage aid
great abilities is apt to place too much
confidence in himself, and to expect
from a vigorous exertion oS his powers
more than Spirit or diligence can attain ;
between him and has wish be Sees obstacles
indeed, but he expects to overleap
or beeak them ; his mistaken ardour
hurtles him forward ; and thou^la
perhaps he misfes his and, he nevertheless
obtains some collateral good, at^
performs something uesul to mankind
and honourable eo himfelf
Thedrone of timidity presumes likewise
eo hope, bue without ground and
without consequence ; the bliss wish
which he Solaces his hours, he always
expects Srom others, though very often
he knows not from whom ; he folds
his arms about him, and fits in expectation
of some revolution in the state
that shall raise him to greatness. ot
some golden shower that shall load hiai
with wealth ; he dozes away the day
in musing upon the morrow ; and at
the and of life is roused from his drestu
only to discover. that the time oS acti'
on is past, and that he can now she^
his wisdom only by reper.lance 1

J U L Y, t^I
To tbo Proprietors of the Magazine of The imperial salutation is made in
Magazines the following manner ; as Soon as any
one is at the gate, he begins to run in
Ga NTLtMEN, as graceful a manner as possible (to
run among the Chinese, is a mark of
Tbo Pleasure I hatv met with in reading respect Ooserv'd when an^ one passes
your Magazine, turd not only enaage by a person of distinguish d rank) till
me to recommend it in mpTravele, and he arrives at the buttom of the chamamongst
my Acquaintance s but also to her which is opposite to the emperor ;
become your Correspondent, for I shall after which he stands upright for a moesteem
it a Favour to bo graced wide mem, with his hands extended on each
your inserting any Thing / shal/bo a- fids. and then falling on his knees, he
ble to cdlect Abooady that may Coutri- buws to the earth three different times,
bote to the P/easure or Prosit of your rises up, and foon after performs the
Readers. Wbiih which intention 1 pre- Same ceremonies, winch he repeats a
sent you with an Absinact of mp Obser- third time, when lie is desired to adanstioui,
lately made in China ; and am Vance, and Sails on his knees at the em-
Yonrwellwisher. peror's seer.
The imperial colour, which is yel-
Obseati.etious on tbo Authority, Power, low, is forbioden to every body but
Revenues, usuul Expences, and magni. himfelS; his vest is atdorn'd with draficeut
March of tbo Emperor of China, goas, which are his coat oS arms, and
when bo comer out of bos Palace, none but bimSelS can carry them with
^THERE is no state more monarchi- five claws. He is the Sovereign arbi-
I cal than that oS China, where ter oS the life, death, and fortune of
the authority of the sovereign is un- his subjects ; for tbe princes os tbe roybounded,
and the respect paid him a- al blood, howes'er much elevated amounts
to adoration ; since no person, hove others, have neither power nor
not even his elder brotber dares spoak credit, So that the wbole empire is goto
him without kneeling, and the lords vernld by one master, who disposes os
who accompany him are only permit- all the officers of the state, establishes
ted to stand, and bow but one knee viceroys and governors, and elevates
when they Speak to him. or degrades men according to the cle-
The Same reverence is paid to the grers of iheircapacity and merit. The
officers when they represent the person prances of his own bland dare not ass
oS the emperor, and intimate his or- Suisse that name without his express
den, either as envoys or mandarines leave, and would not obtain it, iSthey
oS presence. The grandees os the should render themSelves unworthy of
court, and the princes of the bland, it. by the bad conduct or want of care
not only Sail proSlrate besore him, but in the performance of their duty.
also frequently pay the Same respoct to The emperor cbufes Such oS his cbil-
Iiis arm chair, his throne, and every dren as he judges proper to Succeed
thing he ules, Sor fornetimes they fall htm ; and when in his own family he
on their knees upon seeing his habit or finds no princes capable of governing
his girdle. well, he is free to fix on such of hia
No person, of whatever rank or subjects as he thinks most deserving.
quality, dares pals the great port of his The sentences of no tribunal are of
Palace, either on horseback or in a force till they are ratified by the Erathaise,
but as Soon as he comes within peror ; but Such as proceed immediatea
certain distance he must alight, and ly Srom the royal authority are pertly
remount at the place detcnnmcd petual and irtevocahle, the vacefer
hat purpose. toys and tribunals of provinces dare
to^. VI. ^ nut

42 M a c a 2 i N E of M a G a 2 i N 2
not delay a moment to register them.
The authoritv oS the Prince is not confined
to the giving, but alSo extends to
the dead, Since he recompenses the per-
Tonal merit as thefe last, or that oS their
descendants, by giving them titles of
honour which devolve to all the family.
This power, however absolute, has
a proper check in the fame laws which
established it. which permit the man.
darins to represent in the most humble
and respectful manner, the faults which
he may have committed in the ad mi.
nistration of the state, and which have
a tendency to subvert the order of a
wise government. If he should pay no
regard to these remonstrances. or make
the effects of his indignation felt by the
mandarin who had she courage and
zeal to tell him of his errors, he would
Iofe the affection of his subjects, and
the memory of the mandarin would
be immortalized.
IS the Emperor of China is so powerful
by the vast extent of countries
wbicb he possesses, he is not less so on
account of the prodigious revenues he
draws from them.
'Tis neo eafy matter to determine
to how much thefe revenues amount.
Since the annual tribute is paid partly
in Silver. partly in commodities, and
arises from the lands os all kinds, the
mountains not excepted, from Salt,
from silks, from stuffs os hemp and
cotton, and from Several other pieces
of merchandize ^ from ports, barks.
shlpr, the forests, gardens, confiscations,
&c.
The personal tribute os all those between
twenty and sixty amounts to
immense sums, on account of the vast
number of inhabitants. In the eoumeration
of those made under the late
Emperor Changht, in the beginning os
his reign, there were eleven millions
fifty -twc, thousand eight hundred severity-two
famrlree t and of men capable
of bear.ng arms. fifty -nine millions
Seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand
three pandrcd and forty-sour. In
this number we include neither the
princes, the officers of the court. the
mandarins, the officers who have Serv'd
and been discharg'd, literati, beaming,
doctors. bonzes. people under twenty,
nor the vast crowds who live on the
Sea. on rivers, or in barks. The number
of bonzes amounts to much more
than a million, and that os the hatchelors
to cigbtv-four thousand ; and
'tis to be observed, that since that
time China is become incredibly more
populous.
Besides, ten thousand barks are Supported
at the Emperor's c- pence, for
bunging annually to the court she tribute
paid in rtee, stuffs, filks, &e.
The Emperor every year receives forty
millions a hundred and fifty-five
thousand four hundred and ninery bags
os rice, wheat. and millet, eaeh bag
containing twenty pounds ; a millaeort
three hundred and fifteen thousand nine
hundred and thirty-seven loaves as Salt,
each containing fifty pounds ; two
hundred and ten thousand sour hundred
and Seventy sacks of beans, and
twenty two millions five hundred and
ninety seven thousand trusses os straw
for the support of his horses.
In stuffa, or in Silk, the provinces
furnish him with a hundred and ninety-one
thousand a hundred and thirtyfive
pounds of wrought Silk, each pound
containing twenty ounces ; four hundred
and ninety thousand a hundred
and ninery-six pounds of raw filk;
three hundred and ninety-fix thousand
a hundred and ninery -sic pieces os cotton
; five hundred and sixty thousand
two hundred and four pieces as liont
stuffs ; without courting the prodigious
number ofstuffe, velvets, sattim,
damasks, and orbers ; the varnish, the
oxen, the Sheep, the hogs, the geeft,
the ducks, the game, the fifh, the frtrits.
the pulses, the Spiceries, and the din
ferent fasts os wines which are Con'
tinually brought to the imperial pel tee
Upon computing all that the Fmperue
receives, his ordinary revenues
are estimated at two hundred millions
of eaels, and taeI is an ounce oS
Stives

^ J ^ ^ y
Hirer, which is worth a hundred French
sols. intrinsic value. Most of the imperial
taxes are cousum'd in tbe provinces.
by pensions, the Support as the
poor, and especially as old persons and
invalids, of whom there are vast numbers
; the salaries of the mandarins,
the payment as the troops. and the
public works ; the serPhis is brought
to Palling, and laid cut on the common
expences of the palace, aneI of
the capital, where the Prince resides,
and supports more than sixty thousand
regular troops, besides their wages,
which are paid in silver.
Besides, at Paling they daily distribute
to near five thousand mandarins.
a certain quantity as flesh, fish, salt,
pet-herbs, and every month so much
lice, beans, wand. coal, and straw ; and
all these are divided with the greatest
enact nets.
The fame is ohServ'd with respect to
those cassd from the provinces to the
court. or whom the court sends into
she provinces ; they and their retinue
are equip'd, their whole expences de-
Sray'd, and their hatha. horses, and
carriages furnished by the Emperor.
The troops which the Emperor supports
on the great wall, and elsewhere,
amount to more than eight hundred
thousand men 1 he also maintains about
five hundred and sixty thousand horses
for the cavalrv, and for the service as
the posts and couriers, who cairy his
ortlers and those oS the tribunals of tbe
provinces.
The ambassadors of foreign powers
are also supported at the Emperor's eaprnce,
from the momer.t they enter
into the empire till the time they leave
it ; upon which occasion he mrniShes
them with barks. horses, carriages, and
esery thing else neceffary for the voyage
1 he bears all the expences oS their
tuble, when they are arrived at court.
lie lodges them in a palace, and to teflifyhis
friendship, ferrets them every
day dashes Srom his own table
We de not here Speak of the other
essences as the Emperor for all the
43
poblic works. which serve either for the
ornament of the cities. thecornmodity
oS the people, or the Support oS his palace.
which is of a vast extent,
When he goes abroad, he is always
accompanied by a crowd oS nobility
and courtiers. His equipage is the
most Splendid imaginable ; arms, harness
of the hordes, the flags, umbrehat, fans.
and all the other ensigns of royalty.
glitter with the greatest Splendor Of
imperial dignity. The princes and
lords head the march. and first appear
on horseback ; they are Succeeded by
the calaos or prime ministers. and the
most honourable mandarins ; they
march in two wings. and very near
the houses, so that they leave the middle
os the streer vacant s after them
are carried twenty-four banners of
ycllow fiIlt, which are the Emperors
livery. and embroider 'd with g lelen
deageons, as bis arms ; these banners
are followed by twenty-four umbrellas
of the Same colour. and as many great
fans, which make a rich appearance,
and are very valuable. The body
guards are all dresS'd in yellow t with a
kind of helmets on their heads, anal a
kind of javelins or gilt half-pikes in
their hands. ending in the figure os a
fun, or a c eseent, or the head of some
animal ; twelve officers cloatbed its
the Same colour hear on their shoulders
the F.mperor's Chatr, which is very
magnificent ; and on the road there
are several other officers to relieve each
other on the march ; and a company
as musicians, trumpeters, and performers
on Several instruments. accompany
the Emperor, and make a great
noise ; finally, a great number as pages
and Sootmen close the march. But
them is nothing equal to the magnificence
with which he goes annually to
offer Sacrifices in the temple as Tins,
or the God oS Heaven.
This march begins with twenty-four
drums, rang'din two files. and tweratyfour
trumpets follow in ^e Same hoe ^
twenty-Sour men arm'd with staves. seven
or eight sect long, varnish 'd over
^ te with

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44 M A G A 2 I N 1
with red, and ornamented with ^old
Soliages, then follow a hundred soldiers
bearing halberds ; the steel as which
terminates in a crescent 1 a hundred
fpear-men, whose lances are painted
with vermillion mix'd with bowers,
and gilded at the ends t neat come four
hundred great lanthoms, very beautiful,
and wrought with great art; fonr hundred
great flambeaux, made as a wood
which bums a considerable time, and
Spreads round a great light , then are
Seen two hundred lances, enrich 'd part.
ly with tufts of lilk of different colours,
others with tals of panthers, foxes,
and other animals ; twenty-sour ban.
ners come next, on which are painted
the Signs os the zodiac; fifty fit orber
banners, in which are represented the
fifty fit constellations to which the
Chinese reduce all the other stars 1 then
two hondred Sans, Supported by long
gtlded staves, whereon are pointed difa
ferent figures, os dragons, birds and olher
animals ; twenty-Sour umbrellas
richly ornamented, and a buffet sop.
ported by the kitchen officers, and Surnash'd
with Several golden utenfiis, as
basani, ewers, &e.
After all this equipege and shew has
proceeded in good order, then comes
the emperor on horseback richly cloathed.
and with a grave majest re air. They
hold on each fide oshim a great umbrella,
which is lar^e enough to shade
both ham and his horse, he rs surrounded
by ten white Sumpter horses, whose
saddles and bridles are decorated wish
gold and precious stones. attended by
a hundred Spear-men and pages of the
bed-chamber. After this we see in
^he Same order all the princes os the
blood, the regulars, the first mandarin,
and fords at court, all in particular habits.
five hundred young gentlemen in
waiting at court, richly drefsed. a thousand
Seoormen in red c loathe, embeoider'd
with flowers and stars of gold and Silver
; immediately after thirty six men
carry an chaise, after which follows
a close one, which is much larger
Supported by one hundred and twenty
of M A G A 2 1 N E
porters ; lastly Sour great chariots, two
oS which are drawn by elephants, and
the other two by horses cover 'd with
golden trapplagt, each chair and each
chariot is follow 'd by a company of
fifty men for its guard.
This march m closed by two thousand
mandarins of letters, and two thousand
mandarianS as arms, or officers of war
richly dressed in habits suited to she
ceremony.
Such is the grandeur and power of
the Chinese Emperor.
An ArCennt of the ant ient Raaos's.
^^IHereas the Spectator of glorious
y 1 and immortal memory, has tired
and convicted the Rebus of a complication
of crimes, of ignorance, false
taste, and solly ; and condemned it for
a Spurious and unnatural excrescence
as wit ; in persuaorre of which condemnation
it ought immediately to have
been banished these kingdoms. and never
to have appeared here again.
And whereas, notwithstanding the
censure and condemnation it then te*
censed, it begins to make a fresh appearance
and io meet with a kind se-
Ception and visible encouragement ^
your Magazine : it is therefore high
time in order to curb and restrain ibis
growing evil. and to prevent the Satther
eolation of all such Spurious wit,
and elaborate trifles, to enter into an
enquiry after the origin and name, as
well as the nature of a Rebus ; and ly
being it once more forth, and to ex pete
it to open view. and to make a poblicia
example as it, that so they who ate
guilty oS Such a peophanataon of wat
may be ashamed any longer to perli^
therein. and they who are yet innocent
may by their example learn to bo*
ware.
The word Rebus is taken from the
ablative caSe plural of the noun Ret,
and in its literal Siense denotes the intimation,
or Signification, a man gives

I^r J U L Y
of his opinion, affection, or intention.
by things, instead as words, and the
snaking material and visible objects the
interpreters os our hearts, and the signs
and tokens as the ideas which (without
words) we would communicate to
any of our fellow creatures.
Where words are wanting, or where
men os two diffelent languages meet
together, or where words ether Spoken
ot wrote are liable to be fished out, or
intercepted ; or where we are inclined
to convey not minds in a manner more
especially striking and emphattcal ; on
these and all Such like occasions, significant
emblems, and expressive signs
are either absolutely necessary or highly
convenient ; and it many times so falls
out that a visible model, a rude sketch,
or imperfect delineation, causes a quicker
apprehension. a deeper impression,
2nd a stronger conviction than the most
literal descriptions. or florid metaphors
are able eo prodasce. In any Such case
a Rebus was proper and beautiful, and
fally answered the above-mentioned ety
tocology as the word. and end, and
design for which it was made use of,
and herein its true nature did consist ;
but afterwards models and copies of
tinags. as well as originals. and gestures
end actions as well as senfibe object:,
tame by use and custom to he reckone.S
in the Same class, and to pass under
the general denomination as a Rebus.
La give you a sew instances as these
Several kinds of a Rebus.
When king Daium sent to the Scytheour
to demand earth and water. instead
of a verbal renly they lent him a bird. a
beg. and a mouse. together with five
•trowt, leaving him to extract then anhee-
from thefe Symbols 1 and, as l remember.
Buohaouau. in fas history as
valued, tells us, That, when a fiend
oS Robert Brave wanted to draw him a-
^vay from the English court to Scotland,
he Sent htm a pair as Spots and ten
btod pieces.
Anutber kind as Re/we is eitber an
-^lusl model, or a representation in
h^i relievo, or a graphical delineati-
on in shades and colours, as animals.
rivers, trees. mountains. or castles, m
the manner as the Egyptian hieroglyphic^
; where these copies are either
carved. engraved, or painted ; and the
Sense and meaning of the author is to
be gathered from a judicious interprets
i n, and ape connexion of these figures.
A third fpecieS of a Rrhws is, when
pregnant actions are performed, snd
gestures made use of. expressive and significant
as the secret sentiments. advice.
and admonition as the authors
as them ; under which class that action
oS Iarquin in striking off the heads of
the most eminent poppies in his g a t d e n
will Sor ever remain an illustrious example.
a
To these three Species of mental inn
terptetatron. or dumb expression. we
freely allow she word Rebus to he truly
and properly applied. and under these
precise limns we absolutely confine and
restrain the word According there-
Sore to this standard thus famed and
established. let us now consider and examine
the modem Rtbise. so frequent
in the magazines. and See bout well it
agrees and tallies therewith.
^ Now in order to the formation and
construction of a modern Rebus, a word
or name oS Some place. person or object
must he sought out and made
choice of. which when Sound and fired
upon. must he laid down and Stretched
Sortb in order Sor an anatomical
dissection —It may consistastwo, three.
or sour Sylables. the more the merrier,
then it must he disjointed and laid open
in all its parts. IS a compound. the several
iouredren's of that composition
are to he seperaed one from another,
tohelaid apart and examined distinctly ;
It it he no compound. then it is to he
resolved into its Sylables. and afterwards
into its Simple elements ; the vowels
are to he consider in a...- ^.ht, the
consonants in another, the setters ate
to he Surveyed in their natural order
then m their numerical edacity. then
with a view to the word art words they

^ M A G A 2 1 N ^ of M A G A 2 1 N ^
with red, and ornamented with gold
foliages, then follow a hundred soldiers
bearing halberds ; the steel of which
terminates in a creScent ; a hundred
fpear-men, whofe lances are painted
with vermillion mix'd with flowers,
and gilded at the ends : next came sour
hundred great lanthorns, very heautiful,
and wrought with great art; four hundred
great flamheaux, mace as a wond
which burns a considerable time, and
Spreads round a great light , then are
Seen two bundred lances,enrich'd part.
ly with tufts of lilk asdiffererat colours,
others with tails of panthers, foxes,
and other animals ; twenty-four banners
come next, on which are painted
the signs of the zodiac, sifty six other
banners, in which are represented the
fifty sit constellations to which she
Chinese reduce all the other stars ; then
two hundred fans, Supported by long
gilded slaves, whereon are painted different
figures, of dragons, birds and tether
animals ; twenty-sour umbrellas
richly ornamented, and a buffet Supported
by the kitchen officers, and Surnish'd
with Several golden utensils, as
bafona, ewers, &c.
After all this equipage and shew has
proceeded in good order, then comes
the emperor on horseback richly cloathed.
and with a grave majestic air. They
hold on each side of him a great umbrella.
which is large enough to shade
both him and his horse, he is Surrounded
by ten white fumpter horses, whose
saddles and bridles are decorated wish
gold and precious stones. attended by
a hundred Spear-men and pages oS the
bed-chamber. Aster this we fee in
the Same order all the princes oS the
bored, the regulars, the first mandarin,
and lords at eourt, all in particular habits,
five hundred young gentlemen in
waiting at court, richly dressed, a thou-
Sand footmen in red cloaths, embroider *d
with flowers and stars of gold arid silver
; immediately aster thirty six men
earry an op^ chaise. aster which follosvs
a close one, which is much larger
Supported by one hundred and twenty
porters ; lastly Sour great chariots, twts
oS which are drawn by elephants, and
the other two by horses cover 'd with
golden trappings, each chair and each
chariot is follow'd by a company of
fifty men Sor its guard.
This march is closed by two thousand
mandarins of letters, and twothoulaod
mandarianS of arms, or officers of war
richly dressed in habits Suited to the
ceremony.
Such is the grandeur and power oS
the Chinese Emperor.
An Account of the auticnt Ranus's.
^^lHereas the Spectator os glorious
y y and immortal memory, has tried
and convicted the Rebus of a conaplication
of crimes, of ignorance, false
taste, and folly ; and condemned it for
a Spurious and unnatural cxcrefcence
os wit ; in persuance of which condemnation
it ought immediately to have
been banished these kingdoms, and never
to have appeared here again.
And whereas, notwithstanding the
cenfore and condemnation it then received,
it begins to make a fresh appearance
and iO meet with a kind reception
and visible encouragement in
your Magazine : it is therefore high
time in order to curb and restrain ibis
growing evil, and to prevent the Surther
eisofion of all such Spurious wit,
and elaborate trifles, to enter into an
enquiry aster the origin and name, as
well as the nature oS a Rebut ; and so
bring it once mote fortb, and to expose
it to open view, and to make a publick
example of it, that fo lhey who are
guilty of fucb a prophanaiion os wit
may be ashamed any longer to persist
therein, and they who are yet innocent
may by their example learn to he-'
ware.
The word Rebus is taken from the
ablative cafe plural os the noun Re^,
and in its literal Sense denotes the intimation,
or signification, a man gives
ins

of his opinion, affection, or intention,
by things, instead oS words, and the
making material and visible objects the
interpreters oS our hearts, and the Signs
and tokens of the ideas which (without
words) we would communicate to
any of our fellow creatures.
Where words are wanting, or where
men of two different languages meet
together, or where words either spoken
or wrote are liable to be fished out, or
intercepted ; or where we are inclined
to convey our minds in a manner more
especially striking and empbatical ; on
these and all such like occasions, significant
emblems, and expressive signs
are either absolutely necessary or highly
convenient ; and it many times So Sails
oat that a visible model, a rude sketch,
or imperfect delineation, cauSes a quicker
apprehension, a deeper impression,
and a stronger conviction than the most
literal descriptions, or florid metaphors
are able to produce. In any Such case
a Rebut was proper and beautiful, and
Sully answered the abuve-mentioned etymolngy
oS the word, and end, and
design sor which it was made use of,
and herein its true nature did consist ;
but afterwards models and copies oS
things, as well as originals, and gestures
and actions as Weil as Sensible objects,
came by uSe and custom to be reckoned
in the Same class, and to paSs under
the general denomination os a Rebus.
To give you a few instances of theSe
Several kinds of a Rebus.
When king Darius Sent to the Scythianr
to demand earth and water, instead
of a verbal reply lhey Sent him a bird, a
Srog, and a mouSe, together with five
arrows, leaving him to extract their an-
Swer Srom these lymbols ; and, as I remember,
Buchanan, in bis history os
Scotland tells us, Thai, when a Srlend
os Rohert Bruce wanted to draw him a-
^ray Srom the English court to Scotland,
he Sent him a pair oS Spurs and ten
broad pieces.
Another kind of Rebus is either an
actual model, or a representation in
hassa relievo, or a graphical delineati-
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on in shades and colours, of animals.
rivers. trees, mountains, or castles. in
the manner of the Egyptian hieroglyphic^
; where these copies are either
carved, engraved, or painted ; and the
feose and meaning of the author is to
be gathered from a judicious interpretation,
and apt Connexion of thefe figures.
A third fpecies of a Rehut is, whea
pregnant actions are performed, and
gestures made ufe of, expressive and significant
of the feCret sentiments, advice,
and admonition of the authors
of them ; under which class that action
of Tarquia in striking off tbe heads of
the most eminent poppies in his garden
will for ever remain an illustrious example
d .• , r
To these three fpecies of mental interpretation,
or dumb expression, we
freely allow the word Rehus to be truly
and properly applied, and under these
precile limits we absolutely confine and
restrain the word. According therefore
to this standard tlius formed and
established, let us now consider and examine
the modern Rebnr, So frequent
in the magazines, and See how well it
agrees and tallies therewith.
Now in order to the formation and
construction of a modern Rebus, a word
or name os Some place, person or object
must be Sought out and made
choice of, which when found and fixed
upon, must be laid down and Stretched
forth in order for an anatomical
dissection.—lt may consist of two, three,
or four fylables, the more the merrier,
then it must be disjointed and laid open
in all its parts. If a compound, she several
ingredients of chat composition
are to be sepera ed one from another,
tea belaid apart and examineddistiiictly :
If it be no compound, then it is to be
resolved into its fylables, and afterwards
into its simple elements ; the vowels ^ -
are to be consiele^ in al^h^bt, the ^
consonants in another, the setters are
to he surveyed in their natural order
then in their numerical capacity, then
with a view to the word or words they
are

are able to produce, by inversion or transposition
in their own or any Soreign
tongue, in any living or dead language.
Thus is the poor word forced to undergo
a most dreadful inquisition, to be
east into a variety of forme, and examined
under every different shape and
posture it is able mandate ;itis potto
the rack and mangled and tortured
without merey, neither is it suffered to
have a moment's reft, so long as there
is the least sanSe of life, or drop os blood
remaining in if
Ifthe three or four initial letters as
that word. happen in the Same or. for to
be three or four initial letters of some
other word. whether belonging to land,
sea. air, or fire, to animal or vegetable,
to any art, science, or profession, or
whether belonging to the French, Greek.
Latin, or our own mother tongue, and
if the things themselves couched under
those words, be as wide from, and as
Contrary to each other as light is to
darkness, and truth lo falsehood, yet
yon are to take two or three quarters
os that (nor thing but) word o, which
in like manner added to the other ports
osorher words, which happen to agree
in the fame letters, till yon have by
this means gone through the whole
word, and then after joining and cementing
all these ports, thus collected,
into one word, you are called upon
and invhed to a wild goose chaste to
trace not and extract the wonderful
mystery that lyes covered and enveloped
under this cloud of words; and
ahrs renigma. thus formed and constructed,
when covered over with a
poetical dress, and tagged with rbyme,
is thenceforth dignified and distinguished
by the stile and title of a Btbiar ;
a name as properly deriv'd from Res,
and apply'd to Such conundrums, as
Locus is from Lux, quia nou facet.
^ tfe hes.e eoferted int f w ffebastr my of she
ouiskers fme to us, mid aiate gan.easly resetted
os are thaouoa.^P^fod,]
fy trddesor oseCe, Uie me iafirmed is the
v^t oyprssia,]
M a G a 2 i h ' ^ o f M a G a 2 i N ^ ,
An example will sully illustrate this
alfait : The word Birmingham after it
is properly dissected and disjointed will
appear thus Brr-saing ham ; then say,
Take three fourths of a creature which ma.
ny admire.
That ia often confined in eaffse of wise;
Three soarsths of era herb that a gar 'en doth
yield ^rhe held ;
And a term aafed by husbandman ploughing
With abut part of a Swine tb 1 is now maieh
in fashion, ^Enr^iik nasi-es .
and e town yon' 1 direr aver in tins foe
From which poetical composition, is
you are eridowed with a proper degree
os sagacity, arid a great share os potience.
you may at length extract the Se^
veral constituents os the word Biroeing^
/•am, and aster having unravelled ta.e
important mystery, and forced the citadel,
notwithstanding all its deep infrenchmen
Li, you may then in en etta-
Sy of joy, cry, ^t^Sprce, and be amy
rewarded for your p-ins and troue
by the satisfaction of so happv a
discovery. A modern Rebus therefore
is a slat contradiction, pretending to
deal with things, when all the while it
is concerned only in leteers, Syllables,
and words ; it is nothing but a meet
shadow of a species of false wis ; it
has no foundation in nature, but only
in the meer arbitrary formation and
casual Similitude of words ; its Suasisls
ence is entirely precarious and liable to
be lost and destroyed, together with
the words on which if deperids ; do
but offer to translate a Ribut into anotber
language and the charm is immediately
dlfsoived, and the wit, whatever
there was. is all vanished into
Smoke.—I would therefore recommend
the study and composition of the meo^
dern Rebut to men whore knowledge is
confined to words, and no ways conversant
m things. whose senses lead
them to thrash, Sift, and grind worm
down to powder, and thenee to wort
them up again into whatever Sorm or
similitude tney please, l would likewise
recommend to their care the Anagram
an Acrestiek and fuller tl.em in
weather

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weather, as often as tbev pleased to amule
and divert themselves with the
echo ; in doing which they will follow
some great examples, and l would
have them henceforth known and distinguished
by the stile and title of wordcatchers.
And as for yon, Sit, I think
you would act a judicious part, and agteeable
to the majority as your readers,
if you would lay all tbe A^^sgmat,
Conundrums , Anagrams, and o Aerofeicks,
by themselves, togerber with all
she Rebustes, that your correspondents
furnish you with, and, when they rise
to a sufficient number, to publish them
in a Supplement separate from your other
magazines. by which means other
more useful materials may be inserted
is their room, and your magazine may
he free from the imputation as delighting
in and encouraging any fuch low
and fpurious productions, and wretched
pretensions to taste and wit, If you
approve oS and comply with shis request.
you will very much oblige
Your bumble Servant,
Mlso-oOTa.
lPe horn am seserted the terah poet of thofe
ourpytroes thai have ti.ast.eS anil
An Account oS the Great Lake of
Titicaca in fouth America.
frem the Spanish of Den Aurora re do Ullcae.
ny, called by she first .^peonrarde Bogas.
There is great plenty of geele of various
forts and other birds npon it. Its
banks are covered with large strong
flags and rnfber, as which the lnca
Capac Yopanqui made the floating toridge
which he laid over the large canal or
drain which runs between the lake
Of Pssriel.
In this lake are many islands, one
whereof is much larger than any of
the rest and is called Titicaca and gatoe
name to the lake. Titicaca signifies
the bo// of tbo plummet or leve/, there
having been formerly an ball in the island
which the Incas ordetld to he levelled.
In this island it was that the lnca
Manco Capac the founder of the Peruvian
empire, pretended to have been
set down by his father the Sun. together
with his wife and ss.ter Manna Oslo
llaaco with orders to instruct and civilian
the Indians. The Indians therefore
look'd upon this island as sacred, and
the lncas erected in it a most magnificent
and superb temple consecrated to
the Suu. the hill above mentioned having
been levellld to make the situation
os the temple more beautiful and commodious.
The walis of this temple were entirely
cover'd with plates of gold and silver.
There was besides in it a vast
and incredible treasure arising from the
gifts annually brought by
^ . the su
all the provinces os the empire being
HIS lake is in tbe province of obliged to visit this temple once a year
C'oflao or Charcai in Perue, and is and to bring by way of offering a cershe
greatest oS all the lakes in South
tain quantity os gold, silver, or precious
a^nerica. lt is Ho leagues in circuit,
stones. It is the common opinion that
of a figure Somewhat oval, and runs
when the Indians Saw the Spaniards in
needy from N. E. to S. E. in Some
possession os their country, and that
parts it is 7o or 8o fathoms deep, and
they greedily laid hands upon all the
receives the waters of 1o or 12 great
wealth they could meet with, they sank
tivers, besides Several Smaller, which
all these riches in the lake Titicaca, and
rmpty themlclves into it. Its waters
that they I ike write cast into ancst her lake
see neither very hitter nor unwholesome
about 6 leagues South oS Cazco in the
hat so muddy and ill tasted that they
vale as Onees, the greatest part as the
are not potable. There are two Sorts
wealth of Canco the capital of the em-
of fish in it, one larp^e and well tasted
pire, together with the l"c^/boayna Ca-
ndled by the Indians Sucliis ; the orber
use's famous golden chain ; Some Spa-
lmalland as an ill Savour and very bu-

aiardi have used their utmost endeavours
to recover these immenSe trea-
Sures, but rise depth of the lakes and
the quality of the bottom, which is a
soft deep mud. has hitherto rendered
their attempts fruitless.
A Methnd for taking an lmpressan seom a
Copper Plate on Paris Blaster, with
Colours, as in common Points.
E T the plate be filled with ink
^ s (made of the best ivory black,
mixed with drying linseed oil, and
ground very fine on a painter's stone)
and the surface cleaned with the hand
and wniteing, as common copper plate
printing ; provide yourself with a
hoard about half an inch thick, just
the Size os your plate, round the edge
of this wrap some stiff paper, raised half
an inch above the fursace on one side,
and level on the other, in form of a
trough ; into this put your plate, with
the prepared side upwards, then mix
your Paris plainer with water to a proper
consistency, and pour it on the
plate, then lifting up the trough, let
it fall flat upon the table again, to
drive the bubbles of air from the place,
thro' the fursace of the plaister, which,
usteryou have repeated about 12 times,
let it stand an hour ; afterwards take
the plate out of the trough, and the
plaister, now hardened from the plats.
and you will have a very neat impression
on the plaister, fit to put in a
frame, and by fat preferable to the
best prims. Yours, l. B. N
^ w r a o s I o a ^ i i rl^.s' a i
^ r'^ r r ^fe ^ 'r o s 'r r
Afor'ee to the Electors in Great-Britain.
H E great Bacon concludes the
a draught of a proclamation for a
parliament in lsixo, in the fallowing
manner :
" And beraufe as well this great
eause [the invasion of the Palatinate^
(there to be handled amongst the rest,
and to he Sighed by the beam of the
kingdom) as also the true and as-tsent
M a G a 2 1 N ^ o f M a G A 2 f N E ^ ,
institution of parliament, do require the
lower houSe, at this time, if ever, to he
compounded of the gravest, ablest, and
worthiest members that may be sound :
we do hereby. out of the care of the
common good, wherein thernselves are
participant, (without all prejudice te
the freedom oS elections) admonish all
our loving Subjects (that have votes in
the elections of knights and burgesses)
of thefe sew pcoinls following.''
« First, that they east their eyes up
on the worthiest men of all sorts, knights
and gentlemen, that are lights and
guides in their countries ; experienced
parliament men, wife and discreet statesmen,
that have been practised in puhlick
affairs, whether ae home or abroad;
grave and eminent lawyers, sobstantial
citizens and burgesses, and generally
such as are interested and have portion
in the estate.''
« Secondly, that they make choice
as such as are well affected in religion,
without declining either on the ore
hand to blindness and superstition, or
on the orher hand to schism or turbulent
disposition.''
" Thirdly, and lastly, That they he
truly sensible, not to difvalue or disparage
the house with bankrupts and ne•
cessitous persons, that may defire Icing
parliaments only for protection ; lawyers
os mean account a^id estimation;
young men that are not ripe Sor grave
consultations ; mean dependants upon
great persons. that may he thought to
have their voices under command, and
such like oblcure and inferior persons
so that to conclude, we may have the
comfort to See beSore us the very Sac:
of a Sufficient and well composed house,
Such as may be worthy to be a representative
of the third estate of our kingdom,
fit to nourish a loving and com'
Suitable meeting between us and mtr
people, and fit to be a noble inltoi'
meat, under the blessing oS Almighrt
God, and our princely care and power,
and with the loving conjunction aso^
prelates and peers, for the settling of
so great affairs as ate besore expressed

' ^ J U L Y, ^ ' 4^
JOURNAL of the I^ROGEE DINGS smd O^BATE^ th^
POLITICAL ^LUB, continued from
/n the Debate begun in your last, the next
that seohe atrutes C Numisias, (R b-t
N—g--nt, Eso ; whoso Speech was as
sulews.
Afr. Prescient,
SIR.
A LTHOUGH it is not very usual
I k or proper to take notice in this
heme oS what passed in the orhet, yet
the Hon. gentleman who sooke last
obliges me to take notice of it so far
as to observe, to the honour os the
reverend bench, that the bill now be-
Sore us was oppoSed by very Sew of
them. On the contrary, it was strenuaoully
Supported by Some os them,
which shews, that our present set of
bishops have thrown off their old prejudices,
and that persecuting Spirit, which
has for so many ages been the bane of
Christianity ; and that they have embraced
those truly christian principles,
which sir strongly inculcate humility,
meekness and charity, and teach us
ever. to love our enemies, Bait, Sis.
it was not only from the fundamental
principses os Christianity that they Supported
this bill ; Sor in duty to their
religion they were bound to Support,
and to contribute as much as in them
lav towards its being pasted into a hoy,
because it will tend towards the propagation
oS the religion they profess t
and beratase it will prevent the profanation
of one of the most sacred and
solemn mysteries os our holy religion.
As to the propagation os the christian
religion, Sit, I do not think there
is any thing that will contribute more
awards the conversion os the Jews
taan that of freeing them from all
banner of persecution, and empowering,
and even inviting, them to be-
^ l^rchaser^as land estates. From
ad laaforles we may learn, that persecution
onosnc ^ beget i obstinacy
Vat., ^'1. ^
on the other ; and from late experience
we may he convinced. that a general
indulgence promotes a free inquiry.
and prepares the way Sor reafon and
found argument, which will always at
last prevail, when the stumbling blocks
of passion and prejudice are removed.
Besides this, Sit, there is a fashion in
religion as Yvell as in every thing else :
It is unfashionable to he os a religion
different from that established in the
country in which we live ; and even
in this country there are many advantages
attending a man's berng of the
established religion ; for unless he is.
he can neither be a magistrate of any
ciry or borough, nor can he hold any
office of honour or profit under out
government, And as l am fully convinced,
that reafon and solid argument
are os the side of our established religion.
I am therefore of opinion, .that
as soon as we have removed passion and
prejudice by indulgence, reason and
solid argument, with the assistance os
fashion, and the advantages to he acquired
by yielding to them, will at last
prevail ; and that the Son or grandson
of every Jew who becomes a landholder.
if not the purcbafer himself", will
embrace Christianity, and declare hiin-
Self of the religion established by law.
In this opinion, Sit, l am confirmed
by the example of what has passed in
Ireland; for molt of the landholders in
that kingdom are now become Protestanes.
The farmers indeed and cottagers,
ae least such as are originally
Irish, and too many of ehe tradesmen
in their cities and villages, continue
still to be Papists, but most of the
landholders have now, thank God 1
abandoned thar superstitions religion e
and I do not wonder at it ; for it is so
much in the nature of mankind, whether
Christian, Jew. or Gentile, aster
they become possessed ofopolent land
estates. to asm at honnotY and prefer-
G incuts

T^C M A G A 2 1 N I of M A G A ^ IN
ments and to hate being out oS fashion, Jew may have privately received bap.
that nothing can prevent tberr com- tiSin and cotafirmation, without its being
plying with this human passion, but a known to the clergyman from whom
Superstitious bigotry, sounded upon ig- he requires the sacrament ; and it is
norance, and raised to the summit of now, I think, admitted, that a clergyenthusixstiek
madness by persecution. man is liable to an action, if he re-
Now, Sir, with regard to the pro- fuses administering the sacrament Withfanation
of one as the most sacred my- out just cause, and the person requtrfteries
os our religion : By the law, as ing it suffers damage by such refusal
it now stands, no Jew can he natura- I have likewise shewn, I hope. ^'t,
lined, without first receiving the sacra- ehat the passing os this bill into a law
ment of the Lord's-Supper according may contribute towards the propagato
the rites and ceremonies of the tion of our religion, by converting
church as England, or in some pro- many as the richest Jew families,
testant church or chapel : Would it which would as course produce the
not be a most abominable profanation conversion of many as the poor ; and
of this holy mystery to admit any Jew, it can be of no dangerous consequence
still continuing in his heart a Jew, lo to our religion ; for l never beard that
be a partaker in this mystery In the the Jews busied themselves in making
Jew bimfclf, indeed, it would be no converts either in this country or any
profanation, becaufe he did not be- other, and, l believe, we have no reallege,
there was any thing religious or son to apprehend that any Englishman
Sacred in the ceremony ; but in Chrif- will Submit to be circumcised, or Swear
lians, who ley him under the necessity never to taste a Yorkshire ham, or s
to do fo, it is a profanation, and in bit as good pork or bacon- Therefore
my opinion a very heinous offence a- this bill is sir far from being inconsistent
gainst the religion we profess. Tn a- with tbe prophecies relating to tbe Jews.
void this for the suture was I am per- that in my opinion it hat a resident
Sanded. a prevailing argument with the towards the completion of them. i
reverand bench in theorber house, and, hope the time is now come, or reat
I think, it ought to be a prevailing ar- coming, when tire times as tbe Getgumerac
in favour of the bill wlch every tiles are to be fulfiled, and nor only
true Christian in this. the Jews but all the Gentiles converted
Thus. Sit, I hope I have shewn, that to the christian faith 1 Sor tho' no one
what is proposed by this bill is so far can with any certainty point out the
Srom being inconsistent witb our re- ways of Providence, yet from expe
ligion, that it is absolutely neceffary rience we may see. that universal eaha
Sor presenting a very great abuse. and rity and indulgence, which are so pran
abuse that has actually been prac- thetically recommended by the christian
tiled. if 1 am rightly informed ; for I religion, is tbe most effectual aseabsl
have been told that m king William's for inducing all men to submit to rer
time, there were fome Jews who ac- son. and the true principles as the
tuafly complied with the law, by re- christian religion, sss now professed in
reiving the sacrament. in order to their tho ltingdem.
being naturalized ; and inched I do nor But it is nor only to ortr religion
See bow any clergyman as our establish- Sir, that this tall, if passed into a lay.
ed church can sasely refuse administer- may be as advantage 1 for it wiH,
ir g. the sacrarrtcn.t to nny man who re- likewise, be of great advantage toths
quires it, if be professes himself of the shoe. and to tbe nation and people in
church of England, and cannor be ac- general. Tbe Jews. Sit, by llay
s used of paving been guilty of any knowledge in trade, and their cotrtt
IeinoOS essence ; for even a reputed pondcoce or er the whose hoowtl works.

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have been of great service in all coun- by exporting our manufactures. and by
tries where they have been encouraged supplying our government wish large
to fettle. They contributed greatly sums of money. for carrying on the exto
wards the establishment of the Dutch pensive wars we have been necessarily
trade and commerce in the infancy of engaged in.
that wise republick ; and it was they From what is post, therefore, Sit, we
chiefly that raised the citv of Amster- may judge with Some certainty of what
dam to that height of Splendor and is to come. and consequently. of what
riabes. at which it is now amred. On will be the effect osthe bill now before
the oeber hand. we know that Spain us, if passed into a laws. In my opinion
and Portugal have bern in some mea- it wail bring rich Jews from all parts of
sure ruined by banishing them their the world to Settle amongst us, which.
country ; sor neither of these kingdoms besides inereafing our trade. will be of
have now any trade but eo tberr own great use to the state whether we conc
colonies. and even a great port of that tinue in peace, or be again involved in
is carried on by foreigners under the war. h we continue in peace, such an
borrow 'd names of Spaniards or Portu- accession of wealth will reduce the inreguese.
Bur, Sit, we need not go hat rest peyable upon our poblick sunds beyond
sea to look for the advantage a low what it is to be by the laws now in
nation may reap from having the Jesus berng. at the same time that the consettled
m it ; for ever since they were sumption os these new families will i tare-admitted
into this country. they crease the produce of the taxes ar^oeoh
are been in many respects usesul eo us. prineed to ebe payment of these sonde ^
in the reign os king Charles II. when and is we should be unhappily engaged
they began again to settle in thiscoun- in a new was. this bell will then appear
cry. they contributed greatly to increase to be not only uSesuI but neceffary , for
our exports a though but a sew of as we can carry on no war without borthem
were in that reign admmitted by rowing money yearly, we must find
letters of denization. from the king. lenders as well as sonde, and this bell
with a smn obstante clause in each for will surnish us with a number of perfreeing
them from the povment of the Sons who have money to lend, aid at
aliens duty ; yet .before the revolution the same eime encourage and enable
they began to have a large concern in them to come and Spend the yearly inoor
foreign trade. Of this we have an terest of tberr money amongst us.
ine arrestable proof upon record ; for That this bill will be oS advantage to
these uou obstante clauses berng at the re- the state is, therefore, evident ; and it is
Volution deemed and declared to be il- as evident, I think. that it wall he of ade
legal, a question arose, wheiber these vantage to our landholders by raising
Jew densaens were liable to aliens duty. the price os lands over the whole kingand
an action was brought against some dern. which will of course occasion
of them for no less a sum than 58o00l. their improvement : for if a landholder.
far ^oods they had imported and export- by laying out 1oool upon improving
ec during the year 168^, which shews his estate, carl add 5ol. a year to his inhow
much the few Jews we had then come. and cannot add ahove3ol. a year
amongst us contributed to the increase by laying out the same firm of money
as our trade and commerce ; for we upon a new purchase he wall certainly
cannot reckon the value of the goods improve rather than purchase. and the
imported and exported by them within improvement m not onlv an advantage to
that time. at less then double the Sum the nation in general. but Surmfhes emlaid
in the information be ought agarnst ployment sor numbers of our laborious
ftaem. And since the revolution we all poor neither as which is the consequence
kaow hew useful they have been, heth as a man's making a tlew purchase.

^ M A G A ^ 1 N ^ of M A G A Z I N E
Then with regard to our farmers, the
recession of a number as rich families
will of course procure them a better
market for tbe produce of their farms ;
ondour manufacturers of all kinds will
reap an advantage, not only by the en-
^reaSe os the consumption oS their manufactures
at home, but also by the increase
of their exportation abroad. In
short, Sit, I know no Set oS men in the
^kingdom that will not be benefitted by
this bill, except thasse met chants and
shopkeepers who love to deal at an extravagant
profit; but Such men, Stately,
deserve no encouragement, much less
any privilege from the publick.
Th'us, Sit, if we regard our interest
either in this world or that which is to
'come, we mast, I think. be for passing
this bill into a law ; and, therefore, I
Ihall be for its being committed,
The next Speaker was M. Valerns Corv
us, (Sir J n B rn rd, Ant ) wboso
Speech was thus.
Mr. President.
SIR,
^ A M sorry 1 should find mvself un-
^ der a necessiry to speak against those
I have long lived and conversed with,
and for many of whom I have a particular
esteem ; but whilst I have the
honour of a seat in this house, no personal
friendships or connections shall indace
me lo keep silence, when l see
anything brought into this house, which
I think, will be not only injurious but
dishonourable to my country. If this
hill had been general t If it lead been a
hill to open a way for the naturalization
of all Mahometans, and Pagans, as
well as Jews, I should more reaesily
have agreed to it, because it would not
have brought Such a reflection upon us
as Christians : Such a general bill, like
the late bill for a general naturalization
oSall foreign Protestants, might have
been deonieal^to proceed, as that biH
slid, from some mistaken maxim in 'po-
liticks ; but to give a particular invitation
to the Jews, really Seems as iS we
contemned, and were resolved to abandon,
the religion we now profess. The
Jews, Sit, are, and always have bern,
the most professed er.emies to ChrtStia.
nity, and the greatest renders of Christ
bimfelf t They are the offspring of
those that crucisied our Saviour, and
to this day labour under the curse pro.
nounced against them upon that ac.
count. I know, Sir, that, as a Christian,
I am obliged to love my enemy;
but while he continues to be fo, no precept
of Christianity injoins me to take
him under my roof, much leSs to put
him in away of making himself matter
both of me and my roof ; and how the
Hon. gentleman who spoke last, could
imagine, that the possession of a land
estale should have an influence upon a
man's religious principles, I canneat
comprehend. If any Jew should be so
loose as to all principles, of religion, as
to abjure the religion os his ancestors
for the fake of heing in the fashion, or
for the fake of acquiring any honour or
preferment, stately his desire oS possessing
a land estale will be an additional
motive Sor this declaring himfelS a
Christian, when he finds he cannot otherwise
acquire Such a possession.
But, Sir, iS Jews should come to he
possessed of a great share of the land
estates of this kingdom, how are we
Sure that Christianity will continue lobe
the fashionable religion, or that the profession
of it will continue necessary for
qualifying a man for any hotiour or
preferment. To me it really Seems at
prefent to be the fashion Sor a man to
declare himself of no religion ; and isiour
fashionable gentlemen should at last sis
upon any particular religion, the Jewish
may, perhaps, stand as good a chance
as any other ; for fashion, we know,
depends upon nothing but whim ; anal
ifthe Jews should become our ublef
landholders, they will have the clausing
of most of the members of this house,
and may thenrseIves be chosen ; and
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prrserments, they have nothing to do
but to join with the other dissenters in
getting the test act, and all the other
•laws for Securing our established church,
repealed. Whatever fome gentlemen
may think, iS we consider their numbers,
and the vast estates they have acquired
in this kingdom within these last
50 or 6o years, this veill appear to he
no chimerical apprehension ; and their
having thus a view to get possession os
the whole strength and power os this
nabon will rasher confirm them intheir
obstinacy than induce them to turn
Christians, becauSe they will look upon
it as a preparatory step made by Providence,
which is to he fallowed by their
expected Messiah ; but in this view
they will certainly he Some way or either
disappointed, as they are never to
have any fixt habitation untiIl after
they have acknowledged Christ to he
the Messiah • and when they de this,
they are to be restored to their native
land ; therefore the Hon. gentleman is
very much mistaken, if he supposes that
our giving them a fixt habitation in
this country before their conversion.'
can any way tend towards a completion
os the christian prophecy relating
to them.
1 hope, Sir, I have now shewn, that
our passing this bill into a law can no
way tend towards the conversion of the
jews, but will on the contrary render
them more obdurate ; and to pretend
that we ought to pess it, in order to
prevent a profanation of the Sacrament
oStlie Lord's-Supper, is an argument
that goes a great deal too Sar ; for it
would equally hold prood for repealing
that law, by which all officers, civil or
military, are obliged to receive that Sacrament
within three months after their
admittance ; Sor a place oS great trust
and profit under the government is Sure-
^ as great a temptation to a Jew burn
here, as a naturalization can be to a Jew
ham abroad. ^ if anv Jew . should
by artifice get the sacrament administered
to him, in order to intilam
to same office or employment,
I believe no man will say, that the
guilt of Such a profanation lay at
the door of those who refused to
Consent to the repeal as the law.
But, l believe, we need not give ourselves
any concern ahout tliis question ;
for whatever danger a clergyman may
ere ose l.imSelS to by refusing to administer
the Sacrament, I am persuaded,
no one would administer it to a reputed
Jew, without a Sufficient testimony
as his having regularly embraced the
christian Sauh, not privately, but according
to custom, before a multitude
of witnesses.
Having now answered all the arguments
which the Hon. gentleman endeavoured
to draw Srom religion, I
shall now consider tbe advantages hoped
Sor from this bill ; but must begin
with Some general observations in relation
to the Jews ; and in the first place I
must observe, that it is a very great mistake
to suppose, that the' Jews ever didt
or ever can, let up trade in any country;
for the origin of trade in all countries
is manufacture ; but none of the Jews,
even of the poorest fort, are ever hre
to be manufacturers or rnechanicks, or
indeed to any laborious employment ;
therefore they can never be the beginners
of trade in any country. It was
not they that began the Dutch trace,
after the establishment os that common
wealth, but it was the persecution
and oppression os the Spenifh government,
which drove the manufacturers
and mechanickS from all the otber
provinces of the Netherlands i Nor was
it the expulsion os the Jews which
ruined the trade os Spain and Portugal,
but the emigration of the inhabitants ;
Sor such multitudes of their people
went to America, that there was nor
enough left to carry on any Sort of
manufacture susticient for their home
consumption. No instance can be given,
Sir, as the Jews having been the
beginners of trade in any country,
but many instances to tl^ contrary.
In Poland there have been multitudes
of Jea.s for many ages, yet no mast
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will say that Poland is a trading country.
In this country, tho' they were
Settled here from the time of the conquest
to the 1 8th of Edward the First,
near 230 years, yet they never fet up
any, but dealt chiefly in usury, which
indeed was most excessive, Sor we have
among our records some regulations
prohibiting them to take above ad per
pound per week. The truth is, in
thoSe countries where there is little or
no trade, they deal mostly in usury,
or in collecting the taxes ; and where
a trade has heeii already established,
Some indeed os the richer sort may engage
in foreign commerce, but the
poorer Sort deal only as brokers, ped.
lars. or hawers, as we may n.iw sire
Srom daily experience ; for but t'orber
day I met no less than sour of them
together, going upon a pedling pro.
gress into the country.
But, Sir, tho' the Jews cannot he
the firit beginners of trade in any
country, yet alter it is begun, they
m ay contribute to its increase ; for as
they either cannot or will not purchase,
oa take lands to farm in any country,
they have no way oS employing their
money but in trade or usury ; and as
they are dispersed over the whose world,
and keep a correspondence with one a.
nothet, they know where all sorts of
manufactures may he Sold to the best
advantage ; therefore by lending their
money to the native manufacturers,
they may enable them to extend their
manusacture, and by their foreign correspondence
they may increase the ex.
portation. For this reafon, in the infancy
of the trade of any country, it
is right to encourage the Jews to come
and settle amongst them; as the manu.
fact a iers have not then money of their
own sufficient for carrying tberr manufacture
eo any great extent, and as the
native merchants have nor a foreign
correspondence Settled, perhaps, in
those Countries, where si tar re of a beer
manufacttf^S may be sols io the best
advantage. But in a country where
trade and commerce, have been sully
of M AGA21NE^,
and long established, where the manufacturers
have money Sufficient oS their
own, or os their friends. to carry their
manufactures to the utmost extent. and
where the native merchants have a
correspondence SertIed in every foreign
country wbere it is possible to carty on
any commerce, and consequently must
know where every Sort of manufacture
may he sold to the hest advantage: h.
faich a country, l say, it is madness, if
not worse, to pot Jewrs or any other
foreigners upon an equal footing witr.
natives, because it only enables the former
to take the bjead. or part of
the bread, out of the mouths of the
latter, without increasing m the least
the national trade or commerce; for
no Jew, no more than a native, wiH
export more of your manufacture ehaa
he can sell to advantage, and so much
your own native merchants will always
export, if there were n ot a Jew in the
kingdom ; nor does an English merchant
ever defire a greater profit than
will saeisfy a Jew or any orber soreigr
merchant ; for in socb a multitude ot"
merchants as we now have of our owtr
to all parts os the world wbere the
trade is open, it is certain, that they
will uudersel one another, till they
being the market down to what cart
he deemed nothing but a living praoiit
let us take, sor example, Sit, the
kingdom of Portugal : Does any mart
think tbae we oo not now export as
many of our manufactures thither n
can possibly find a vent there, or that
our Portugal merchants and their sactors
there, who are so numerous, and
So independent oS one another, do not
sell those goods as cheap as they estt
he Sold ? Suppose then, that we export
yearly thither eo ehe value of a miliar
sterling, and ehat this is the utmost
that can be exported. if see should
naturalize all the Jews in the woed
they could nor and eo ehae exportatt'
on : They could only come in for 2
share e,f it 1 and suppose that Share to
be aoo.ooo l. worth of goods yearly.
is it nor evident, that in this cafe oca
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fifth of our English Portuguese merchants
slilil. give up the trade, or all
os them together must trade for one
fifth less than they used to do ^ This
therefore could be of no advantage to
our trade or to eour manufactures : it
would aonly transfer the profit upon
200,00o I worth of goods yearly from
our native Euglish merchants to our
naturalized Jews ; and this 1 must
look on as a loss eo ehe nation, because
l think we are as vet a christian natinn
t The estate got by an Englishman
we are sore will remain here;
but a Jew, tho' naturalized, may be
here to day and gone to-morrow t
When he has goe an estate here, he
may go and live upon it in a climate
which he thinks more agreeable to his
Constitution-
Tins example, Sit, may be applied
to every country in the world as
well as to that of Portugal , for there
is no country wbere we have nor now
houses and factories established ; and
therefore it is, l think, a demonstration.
that the bill now before us can be of
na advantage to our trade or manufactures,
but must be os disadvantage
lei the nation in every branch of our
foreign trade t And now with regard
to our domestick. The Jews, it is
true, have as yee contented themselves
with hawking and pedling t ^sesy Sew
oS them have beeome shop keepers,
because it would Subject them to taxes
and parish rates. But suppose they
should begin to engage in this branch
of bnsineS,, could it be of any ad van.
cage to our trade or to our manufacturers
^ Have we not already as many
Fnglish shopkeepers of all kinds as can
be supported by the consumption t
sdaes not the most petty fhorizecper
know, that what maketh rich is afmall
profit and a quick return ^ Consequent.
ly. must not every one of them sell
bis goods as cheap as he can possibly
alford ? Therefore we cannot suppose
that Jew shopkeepers would sell cheaper
than our English now do, but they
^ht perhaps cheat oftner ; and if
Jew shopkeepers should increase, the
Christian must diminish in number ;
so that if io ihis way the bill now besore
us Should have any effect it would
only be a transsesring os a share os the
prosit upon our home consornprion from
our native tubrtstians to our naturalized
Jews. i
But, Sir, both in our foreign and do.
meltick trade the transferring of a part
ot the profits from the Christian to the
Jew, is not the only had consequence
we have to sear from this bill : Sectaries
of all kinds, especially the Jews,
are more zealous and more diligent in
recommending one another, and in
playing into the hands of another.
than those of the established church.
By this means they may in time ten.
der it impossible for any Christian to
carry on any trade, eiaber foreign or
domestick, to advantage t Jews may
become our only merchants and our
only shopkeepers. They wall probably
leave the laborious part of our
manufactures and mechanical trades to
the ponr Christians, but alley will be
the epararnount masters, as the merchants
and shopkeepers in every country
must always be ; and if our landed
gentlemen should find it impossible to
provide for their younger font by making
theni merchants or shopkeepers.
nor for their daughters bv marrying
them, with a Small fortune, to a merchant
or shopkeeper, we may judge
what would Soon be the fate of most
os our ia. dholders ; they must give
Such large fortunes to their younger
children, or at least to most oS them,
as might be Sufficient Sor tberr Support.
by which means a new incumbrance
woud by every generation be brought
upon the estate. and that without any
resource : At prefect, a younger beother
often gets by trade Such a sum of
money as Save- the estate oS his family
; or the heir, by marrying the
daughter of a rich merchant or shopkeeper.
gets fuels a fortune as redeems
his estate from a .-former '^cumbeances ;
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one another, were our only merchants
and shopkeepers, bush thef'c resources
would be cut off ; which wouleLevery
year bring so many oS our land estates
to marker. that I doubt much if they
Wonld ofe in their price, until the
Jews had got possession of most oS
them.
Tints, Sit, the bill now before us,
instead of being of advantage, may
probably be fatal to our present landholders
; and whatever esteem Some
gentlemen here may have for the Jews.
I doubt much if onr English farmers
would like to have Jews, for tlaeir
landlords. tho' they could hardly he
treated worse than some os them are
at present by their christian landlords.
From all which I must conclude, that
there is no rank as men in the kingdom,
to whom this bill, if pasted into
a law, can he of any advantage, but
tbat on the contrary, if it takes any
effect it will be os immediate disadvantage
to our merchants, and may at
fast be fatal to every rank of Christians
in this kingdom. And as to the advantage
it may be of to the state, by
supplying our ministers with money
in ease of a sear, or by enabling them
to reduce the interest payable upon our
poblick funds, in ease of the continuance
of peace, I must observe that if
tbe Jews cannot get an equal interest
and equal security any where else, they
Will let ns have their money withaaut
being naturalized ; and if they
aan get an higher interest and equal
security any where eife, they will not
let us have their money, even tho' we
should naturalize the whole Hebrew
nation at once. So that to compensate
all the dangers and all thedisadvantages
we shell expose ourselves to by the
passing as this bilJ, we can expect no
one advantage but that of having a sew
rich Jews come here to fpend their income
from our funds, which they fpand
abroad ; and even this I think very
precarious ; sor when a man grows old,
be does not^ike to leave the country
in which he has been beed and perhaps
of M A G A' 2 1 N E
horn, which is the reason that I have
seldom seen bills of naturalization applied
for by rich foreigners who have
got their for. tines abroad, but by
foreigners who have long lived, and
have got estates, or are in the way of
gcttingestateS, in this country.
But, Sir, tho* l think this gand effect
os the bill very precarious, l am
convinced, it wiil have a very extenfive
bad effect We may, if we pleafs.
call it only a bill for imPowering the
parliament to naturalaze, but it will in
effect be a general naturalization os the
Jews, l^n old rich Jew. who has given
over trade, may nor perhaps expole
himself to the fatigue and danger ol
changing his country and climate ; but
all the rich Jews, who are still eugaged
in trade, and resolved to continue
in it, will corne here to be naturalized i
and where the rich come the pour must
follow. We staall have crouds of them
coming over every dev, and as their
children afterwards burn will as course
he natural born Subjects. iS the doctrine
he established, that all Such Jews may
purchase and bold land estates, l am
afraid, that a great part of the land
in this kingdem may Soon Sail into their
hands, So that from henceforth the
prophecy. at least with respect lo them
in this country. will he deSeated ; sal
whilst our constitution remains in in
present form. those that are possessed
as our land estates mutt necessarily hate
a she re in our government t .Tho' they
may not be members as parliament,
nor ministers as state, yet they must
have a great influence upon those that
are, consequently, they can neither be
called vagabundS, nor can it he sai^
that they. have soand no ease. nor test
for the Sole os their foot in this conntry,
or that they have here a trembling
heart, or any Sorrow as mind. Bus.
Sit, whatever ha^ happened. whatever
may happen to fome particular menot
that nation, I am Sully convinced.
that tbere is a curse attends the nation
in general, and will attend them utitil
they aaknmwleuge Cindl to he the
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Messiah: To socb of them as will do
So, l shall be ready to grant every indulgence
; but by indulging ihofe that
wilThnt, l am afraid we Shall bring
our nation into the same contempt in
which they are held by all nations under
the Sun ; and l wish, that bv being..
ing them here, we may not bring aloaacr
with them the curse that has pur-
Sued them thru' all countries, and Sor
so many ages
The next Speech / /ha// ^ive was that
made by Atop. Hardonhis, (N ch-l-s
H rd-g, Esq 1 which was thus.
Mr. President,
S /R,
Y NEVER was more Surprised at
| any thing than I am at tbe opposition
made to the bill now beSore us,
in this house, and at this time. I do
not, indeed, wonder at the clamour
railed against it without doors, be-
Caaise dealers of all kinds, either in our
SOreign or domeshek trade, are jealous
oS rivals in their respective business,
and willing to reduce rather than increaSe
the number in every branch.
Bat as it is certainly the interest of the
pablick to increase the number of dealers
in every branch of trade as much
as possible, and as it is the duty of evlay
gentleman, woo has the honour
os' a feat in this assembly, td consider
tie publick interest, without regard
to the private views of any Set of men
-whatever, I cannot but be amazed,
that a bill fo clearly calculated as this
is siar the publick good, should meet
with the least opposition in this bouse,
especially attbistimeasday. lfthe Same
narrow way of thinking with regard
ta religion still prevailed, which was
the bane oS this island, from our first
conversion to Christianity, quite clown
nrthe revolution; IS there were amongst
us any set of men, who thought it
a crime, and an abomination, to hold
a cortispondence with, or to admit
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to breathe the Same ait, Such as differ- r
ed-from us in any oS our religious opi- o
nions, Srerm Such men I should, upon
this occasion, have expected to have
met with opposition. But ever since
the revolution, a generous and contrary
Spirit has been So much propagated,
and now, I hope, So universally
prevailsl that I did not apprehend
the least oppa sition to a bill for admitting
thoSe to live amongst us, who,
we are Sure, will add to the wealth,
and increase the trade, os our native
country.
I say, live amongst us, Sir ; for this
is the only privilege they ate to acquire
by the bill now under consideration
; and even this they are not to
acquire, unless it shall please Some Suture
parliament to grant it. They
are neither to have, nor will it be
possible Sor them, or any oS their posterity,
to acquire the least Share in
our government, without first declaring
themSelves Christians. As to any
place, or office oS trust, or profit under
the government, every one knows,
that no man can hold any Such, unless
he he os the religion established
by law ; and even as to voting for,
or being chosen a member of parliament,
we all know, that the oatha
may be tendered to, and when tendered,
must be taken by, every man
that appears either as a voter or candidate
at any election ; and that Some
oS these oaths are such, as can be
taken by no man who is not a Christian.
What is it then they are to acquire
by this bill, should it be passed
into a law ? Nothing but the power of
obtaining Siom parliament, at a very
great expence, a privilege to live and
Spend their money here, instead os
Spending it abroad. This is really all
they are to acquire by this bill, or by
any thing in consequence os it, unleis
they have a mind to contribute to the
increal'e of our trade, by engaging ur
it, or to the taising the value of our
land estates, by making ^ purchase a
and how either of these can be inju-
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ons to the national interest, I cannot
comprehend.
With regard to trade, Sit, if our
manufactures and native commodities
of all kinds were sold as cheap as possible
in all foreign markets, and as
great quantities of them exported as
can possibly find a vent at thole markers,
l shall grant, that the naturalizing
of foreign merchants would only
be a transferring of part of the profits
of our trade from natives to foreigners
t bur theSe are facts which it
is impossible to ascertain : New men
will prohably make new experiments,
nnd by new experiments, new channels
os trade may be discovered, thro'
which new and additional quantities
of our manufactures may flow tea a
foreign market : No people can he
soppoSed more capable, or more ready,
than the Jews, to make these new experiments,
becauSe of their great propenfity
to trade. and berause of the
curse that attends them. By being
dispersed thro' all nation^ and by being
the chief traders in every nation
wlrere they sojourn, they know what
fort of fabrick in every kind of manufacture
is best suited to the taste of
the people of every country, and
they may give directions to our manufactures
to work up Several new Suits
of fabric ks hitherto unknown in this
country. We have been told in this
house, and the fact is certainly true,
that a very eminent Jew merchant
now living in London, directed a new
Sort oscambletS to be made, but a Sew
years ago. os which great quantities
have since been yearly exported
to Spain ; and tho' we have excluded
them from being our factors in Turkey,
yet the lew merchants that are, or
mav be settled here, in consequence os
this hill, may, by means of their correspondence
with those os their nation
in Turkey, give socii directions .to our
manufacturers here, sor the inventing
and working up of new Sorts os fabricks,
as may reva^: and greatly increase our
Turkey trade ; for there is no coun-
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try in the world where the master ma.
nufacturers are more ingenious and ex.
pert than ours ; and notwithstanding
the multitude of our taxes, and the
effect they may have in railing the
wages os workmen, yet as there ate
taxes in every country as well as here,
and as bread, the staff of life, is chea.
pet, and famines or Scarcities less fre.
quent in this country than any other,
l am of opinion, that by proper care,
and some new regulations with respect
to our poor, the price of wages
here may he reduced, at least as low
as they can be in any country where
there is an equal plenty of gold and
silver in circulation.
Therefore, Sit, as it is impossible
to know, whether our manufactures
are fold as cheap as possible in every
foreign country, or whether as large
quantities of them are exported as can
possibly find any where a vent, the
wiSeft method we can take, is to make
the naturalization of foreign merchants
as general and as easy as we can.
This, in my opinion, is the only method
we can take to come at any certainty
as to thefe two questia ns^; for if
they are both to be answered in tire
affirmative, l think it is highly pro.
bable, that no Soreign merchant would
desire to Settle, much leSs to he naturalized,
here ; and as numbers os them
are daily desiring it, l think it an incontestable
proof, that both thefe questions
are to be answered in the negative
; consequently 1 must think it as
much a demonstration as the nature of
the cafe can admit of that the exportation
os our manufactures and out
foreign trade may be very much increased
by the naturalization oS such
Jew merchants as may desire to Settle
in this country, And as to our domestick
or shopkeeping trade, I very
much doube. whether our shopkeepers
or warehoufekeepers fell at as low a
price as they ean possibly afford ; he
causae I have been told, that you may
buy most sorts os English manufactuteS
as cheap at the shops in Lisbon, or
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Amsterdam as at the shops in London.
If this fact be true, which, indeed, l
cannot assert upon my own knowledge,
it is certain, that our shopkeepers in
London do not fell at so low. a price as
they can possibly asses rd ; for our manufactures
must go to the shops at Lisbon
aiid Amsterdam loaded with the additional
charge off eight, insurafrce, commission,
and Several other charges ; and
I must obServe, that the redaicingthe
price of our home consumption, would
cemtribute to the increase of our exportation,
as it would enable our people to
live cheaper, and to work for less
wages than they do at present, which
of course would lower the price oS our
manufactures at all foreign markets.
Consequently, if naturalized foreigners
should set up shopkeeping, and feil at a
cheaper rate than our shopkeepers now
do, it would be an ease to all the rest
of our people and a great advantage to
our foreign trade. And what makes
mefufpect, lhat neither our merchants
nor our shopkeepers content themfrlves
with such a fmall profit as they think the
lews would be satisfied with, is the
clamour, that has been raised without
doors against this bill ; but this very
clamour, instead of being a reafon against,
should be a prevailing argument
wish us, for passing this bill into a law;
for the selfish foundation of this clamour
will plainly appear, when the pretences
by which it has been raised are all
found to be false and counterfeit,
Now, Sit, wish regard to land estates,
Some gentlemen, I find, make it a question,
whether a person professing the
Jewish religion, tho' horn in this kingdom,
can purchase and hold an Estate
inlands, tenements, or hereditaments ;
hat that they always could, l think
there is nothing more plain from any of
our antient records. Even long before
sheceonquest it Seems to me, that they
raruld purchase and hod land estates;
for there is a charter from Wiglass, king
of Mercia, above 2oo years before the
conquest, by which he confirms to the
monastery os Croyland all the land and
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possessions granted to them by the kings
or nobles of Mercia, or by orher faithful
Christians, or Jews ; but whatever
was the cafe beiore the conquest, it is
certain that ever since that time, or at
least ever since the reign os Henry II.
they could purchase and htrld land eftatcS,
as appears from many records
still extant ; for of the four fines levied
which is all we have extant of that reign.
there is one by which it aopears that
one Jornetus, a Jew of Norwich, had
purchased of William de Curson, amefsuage
in that city, to the said Jornetua
and his beirs, for five marks of silver,
and a yearly rent osfive shillings, in
lieu of all services ; and in the reigns' of
Richard I. John, and Henry Ill. we
have several records still extant which
shew that the Jews could purchase and
hold manors or lordships as well houfes
or tenements ; therefore as there has
been no statute made since that time
for rendering the Jews incapable to
purchafe and hold land estates, we must
conclude, that Jews who are not aliens.
that is to say, such as are born within
the British dominions, or naturalized,
may still purchase & hold land estates as
well asany other ofhis majesty's natural
born subjects. Consequently, the bill
now before us can no way contribute
towards giving any Jew burn abroad a
greater right than hisfon would have if
born here, nor any greater right than he
hiinself may acquire by living seven
years in our plantations, or by engaging
for three years here at home in several
forts os manufactures ; and I have already
shewn that no man processing
the Jewish religion can have any share
in our government, nor so much as a
vote for any member of parliament, let
him have never Such a large estate in
land ; so that the apprehension of the
Jews becoming our masters, instead of
being our feliov.. subjects, must be altogether
chimerical. They can interfere
with no man in the pursuits of ambition
nor can they be hurtful t'many set of
men in the kingdom but usurers. and
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those who exact an. extravagant profit
npon what they export, import, or retail.
By being hurrsul to Such they
will be b.aneficial to tire publrek, and
to the people in generate ^ aid if any
eaS the Jews> who may be naturalized
in coniequence of this bill, should become
purchasers of land estate's, it will
be an advantage to every landholder
in the kingdom, by raising the value
of tire property he is possessed of.
But fay gentlemen> Sit, it will be
injurious to our character as Christians,
and bring dishonour upon the nation in
all christian countries, thus to invite
the Jews to come and fettle amongst
lis, and tao incorporate them with our-
Selves. Gentlemen who make this objection
have not Surely considered the
histories of Europe ; for in every part
thereof, except Spain and Portugal,
the Jews are treated as natives, and
enjoy the Same privileges which it is
proposed they shall have here. In every
par: of Italy, no: excepting she
territories even of the Pope hlmlelf,
they are treated as natives, and indulged
with synagogues on paying a small
' tax for each. In Rome a!one it is
reckoned the Jews have nine lynagngues,
and in the other parts of the
ecclesiastical state the number of their
Synagogues amounts to no less than ess.
making in the whole too. In France,
So long ago as in the reign os their
Henry 11 about 2oo years ago, an eelict
or law was made, by which it
was enacted, that the Jews should he
Srom thenceforth deemed the king's
subjects, and should be capable to purchaSe,
inherit, and enjoy land estates,
as natural burn Frenchmen ; which law
was renewed by Henry Ill. of France,
and by I.ewis XlV and has been twice
revived and confirmed by the piefeirt
Lewis XV. and it is remarkable, that
by this law all Jews, whether rich or
poor, are by this law naturalized in
France, whereas by the bill now before
us, riub' Jews only are lo be i eiideted
ca^aalle of being naturalized,
and that only in cale the parliament
of M A G A 2 s N E ^
should agree to it, not generally, bat
particularly with reSpect to every single
Jew that shall hereafter petition to be
naturalized. And even in Spain and
Portugal, it is only by the Superstitious
vulgar, animated by their priests, that
the Jews are held in Such contempt ; Sor
in both theSe kingdoms the men of
Setae esteem those that are privately
known to be Jews, and are as ready
to deal with them as with anv Set of
men whatever; therefore the Small Savour
intended to bo granted by this bill
to the Jews, can bring no dishonour
upon this nation in any part oS the
world, nor any way injure our character
with those whose esteem is wattlr
preserving.
As to the making of this bill general,
Sir, So as to comprehend Mahometans
and Pagans os all kinds as well
as Jews, l should not be against it, iS
there were at present any occasion Set
it ; becauSe it is a maxim wish me,
and mutt, I think, be a maxim with
every one, who judges impartially,
and without any childish or Superstitious
prejudices, that it is Sor the publick
Interest not 'only to enab.e but invite
the rich men of all nations and
religions to Settle themselves and Sa milies
in this country ; and tho' the Bumans
were shy in granting the freedom
of their city to distant cities or couritries,
or to Such as were to remain in
them, yet they always granted it readily
to Such as came to live in the city
of Rome itfelf; witness their Scr
Srequently farming the people lately
Settled in the city mto new tiibe5, arad
particularly their having in the ^ery
infancy of their republic^ granted not
only the freedom of the city, but the
privilege of being a patrician, to Appius
Claudius, whose followers had ^
likewise the freedom of the city, ard
were formed into a new tribe, callcd
by his name Claudia Tribus- But, Sir,
as we have not at present the least
pectation that airy rich Mahometan of
Pagan will apply for being naturalised,
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this bill general ; sand besides, we
have several particular reasons for being
ready to grant naturalization to the
Jews, which cannot be pleaded in favour
of any other fet os people whatever
; for in the first place, they are
more likely to improve and extend our
foreign trade than any other Set of people
whatever. In the next place, they
support their own poor in all countries
where they are, so that we are under
no apprehension that any of them yvill
become burthenfome to any parish.
And in the third place, as they have
no country they can properly call their
own, nor any country where they can
live wish so much fecuriry, we are in
r.o danger that. after ihey have gained
an opulent fortune by trade in this
country, they will retire to spend the
income of it in any other.
These, Sir, are Strong inducements
Sor our being more inclined to grant
the Savour os naturalisation to the Jews,
than to any other denomination os people
; and to these I must add, that the
Jews have great merit to plead with this
nation, and particularly with the present
happy establishment of our govermer.t.
They have very much contributed not
only to the increase aoS our trade, but
also to the establishment and preservation
oS our publick credit, co which we
in a great meaSure owe the preservation
both os our religion and liberties ; and
in the year 1745, when rtur present
happy establishment was in the most
imminent danger, the Jews in general
shewed themselves zealous for the fopport
of our government ; and one os
them in particular, a gentleman whom
I have already had occasion to mention,
on account os a very great addition
that has been made to our exports to
^rain by his means t That gentleman,
I Say, upen hearing in 1745, that the
government was in distress for want of
a Sufficient number oS Small ships oS war
to guard our coasts, in order to prevent
the rebels receiving any Succour Srom
France, came to the lords commissioarrspf
she Admiralty, and told them,
that he had rto less than five stout pri.
vateera in the river, all ready to put to
Sea, every one oS which should be at the
government's Service, and at their disposal
pand Surtber, that he was So Sar
from expecting any recompence or reward
Sor this testimony of his loyalty,
or Sor the Service they might be of, that
as long as the government had oecaSron
for them, he would maintain them at
his own exper.ee.
Sit, if these are not soch inducements
as should incline us to naturalize sueh
Jews as may hereafter desire it, rather
than any other foreigners whatever, I
am sore, they are such as Should prevail
with us at least to put it in the
power of the parliament to naturalize
them, which is all that is intended by
this bill, and therefore l shall most
heartily give my vote forits being committed-
The next Speech / am to aive in this Dehalt,
was that made by Carso Fablus,
(^1 ch Is F • z-k-lyt Efq ;) which war
as follows.
Mr. President,
SIR,
| RISE up chiefly to rectify a mistake
P which an Hon. gentleman sell into,
with regard to the Papists in Ireland.
hi order to make us heiieve. that our
giving to the Jews a privilege to purchafe
land estates in this country, may
he a means to convert them to Christianity,
he told us, that most os the
Papists in Ireland had been converted
by means of their being possessed of
land estates ; but l must tell him it was
not their possession os land estates that
made them turn Protestants but the necessity
they were laid under by law to
turn Protestant in order to preserve that
possession ; for before that law was
made, they had continued in possession
of tliofe land estates for s e v e r a l generations
aster the reformation, without
having ever had the leastainclination to
turn Preotestant ; but esn the contrary
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cies for compelling all the Protestants in
that kingdom to turn Papists, and ro
murder and banish all such as would
not coir ply t and as the Jews are at least
as obstinate as the Papists, l make no
doubt of their forming Some Such conspiracy
against the Chnsliaaas osall denominations,
if they should ever come
Sonumeioss and powerful in this coaintry,
as to entertain any hopes oS Succeeding
in Such a project ; Sor we may
jucige os their reSenrment and cruelly
Srom the story of Esther, which we
have from incontestable authority, and
which informs us, thai upon getting
the power into their hands,. tliey put to
death in two days near ^6,ooo oft hole
they were pleased to call their enemies,
without either judge orjury.
Now lam up, Sit, l'niuet declare
that when l consider the Several ^ras
that have been remarkably favourable
to the Jews in this country, l ana fo
far froin being forpriv'd at the opposition
made to this bill, that l am amaeed
it should have been thought of
by any gentleman who pretends to be
a friend to our present establishment, or
to have a rear trd to the Sovereign now
upon our throne. That we had Some
Jews in this country before the conquest
is probable, but that we had not many
is certain, becauSe all our historians take
notice of that bein^ the :era oS their
first introduction ; and Such as we had
were in a most abject condition ; Sor by
a law of Edward the ConfeSfor it is
declared, that the Jews, and all they
have, belong to the king, Jndei et omnia
fua, regis sunt. Therefore it is
plain, that if any Jew purchased a land
estate, he could hold it no longer than
the king pleaSed to allow him : and the
grant to the monastery of Croyland,
which an honourable gentleman was
pleaSed to mention, must certainly relate
to converted Jews, for none but
a converted Jew would grant his lands
to a christian monastery. William the
Ceonqueror w^o then the first of our monarchs
who was remarkably favourable
to the Jews ; and who was William the
Conquerer t Neot only an ufurpet, hut
one who treated the natives as accanquerred
people, and invited foreigners
oS all Sorts, the Jews among the rest,
to come and finite in this thetn unhappy
country. The next oS our monarens
that was remarkably favourable to the
Jews was kin^p John ? Not only a uforper.
but a murderer and a tyrant;
for after usurping the erown from his
nephew Geoffrey os Bnetagne, he murdered
that youno prince, and by means
of' an army of foreigners which was
chiefly supported by the Jews, he tyrannized
so much over his Subject^,that
they chose to submit to France rather
than continue under his ty ranny. During
the long and weak reign of Henry
Ill. the lows were allowed to continue
iii this country, and to oppress the natives
with their usury and extortion,
because the court could as often as it
had occasion extort money from them
for supporting its extravagancies : brrt
that great and wise king, Edward I.
who, I wish I could not lay, was the
only king we ever had, before his present
majesty, that perfectly understood, and
steadily pursued, the true interest of
England, Soon after the beginning of
his reign, that ia, in the third year of it,
consented to a law, by which it was ordained
and established, that no Jew
should in any manner practise ufury.
However, it is probable they found
means to evade this law ; and therefore
the king,at the repeated suit ofhis propie^
in the r8ih year ofhis reign, banished
all the Jews out of the kingdom
by proclamation on pain of being hanged,
if any were foaind in the kingdom
after the day prefixed. From this time
which wat'in tire year 1 they could
never obtain leave to fettle here again,
till an end was- put both to our eonstitutton
and religion by Oliver Cromwell
and his associates, when the settling of
many of them here, aid their privately
Setting up a Synagogue, was connived
at, Sirr even Cromwell was not
hardy enough to pel's any publick act
in their Savour ; and lho' isir.fl oSthem.
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oast of Sear, retired to Hoiland, upon
the rost .ration, yet urion finding how
things were like to go, Some of them
returned. serine oS whom, for a Sum oS
money I SuppoSe, obtained lelters erf
denization from king Charles H. with
a non obstante clause Sor freeing them
Srom the payment oS the aliens duty ;
but we hael no great inundation ol
them until the pernicious trade of
stockioboing was Set up Scoon after the
revolution, when Jews, and all other
foreigners, were invited by act of parliament
to practise that trade of usury
upon the Slate, which by Edward the
first's law they had been foibid to
practise upon the Subject.
From this short history of the settle.
ment of the Jews in this kingdeim,
gentlemen m ay see,Sst, that every ^cra
which was in this country favourable
for the Jews, was an unfortunate aera
for the nation ; for tho' the revolution
was happy in freeing us from the
bigotry of king James, and the tyran.
ny of the Papula, yes the custom soon
after introduced os raising funds, and
mortgaging those foods at a high interest.
which has bern so favourable for
the Jews, 1 must look on as a most unfortunate
custom Sor the nation, and a
custom that will. I Seat, and in its
tuin. Ever Since that custom was introduced,
we have been like a young
extravagant heit, who proportions his
expence not to his income, but to his
credit, without plaguing himfelf with
the troblescme thought how the money
he borrows is to be repaid, or what
difficulties he may afterwards bring
lamfelf under ; and now we are like
a man, who by high living has brought
himself into an ill habitat body, instead
of resorting to temperance and
sohriety, he applses to every quack remedy
f,e can thiirk of, and continues
his luxurious way of life, until his bu-
ILY becomes so extenuated, that it can
hear no regular cure. Instead of ap-
P^leg to the quark prescriptions of
naturalizing lews and foreign Protelt^ts,
we should lessen our yearly puh-
lick expence, which would enable us
to abolish fome of those taxes that enhance
the ptice of our mannsactures at
all markets hoth foreign and domestick.
By reducing our army to what it was
at the end of queen Anne's reign, and
our civil list eOtpeiice to what it was
during the whole of her reign, we
naiglit fave at least 4 or 5o^,ooci l. annually,
which would enable us to abolish
the duties upon Salt, upon leather,
and upon soap arid candles i and this,
betides being a relief to aH our manufactures,
would particularly encourage
our fisheries and cur manufactures os
leather, both of which are considerable
articles in our exports to foreign
markets. .
Thus, Sit, by lessening otir annual
expence, and abolishing some of our
taxes, we may revive, e.ur trade by
means ofourown people. without the
•assistance os naturalized Jews, or arty
other foreigners ; but as inucb as I arn
against this naturalizing bill, I do not
think it of such pernicious consequence
as the doctrine upon which it is Sounded.
That Jews born here are in every
respect to be deemed natural boin subjects,
and may confequenily porchafe
and hold what land estates they please,
is to me a drctrine that fcems quite inconsistent
with ihe whole tenor of our
laws, and with the very eflentce of our
constitution. That a Jew torn either
here, or beyond the sea, may purchase
a land estate, I shall readily agree, but
that he can hold it any longer than the
king pleales, l will positively say, neither
is, nor ever was, nor ever can be,
the law of this kingda.m, until it be
made so by act rf parliament ; farr that
• is the only method by whit h the common
law can be altered ; and that a
land estate purchased bv a Jew belongs
to, and mav be Seized by, the king, is
now, and lias always been the common
law os this kingdom, ever since
Christianity was established ; for even
that law os Ldward the ^nsessor was
but declaratory of the common law,
as appears by the very words as if
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And notwithstanding the great savours
granted by William the Conquerer and
Iris Succesfors to the Jews, they took
care not to alter this part oS the common
law, but, on the contrary, en-
Sorced it by often Seizing upon the
lands mortgaged to the Jews , Sor in
thoSe days she purchases made by the
Jews, and even, by Christians, were
generally by way oS mortgage ; and
Sometimes the king would grant a releaSe
to the mortgager, without the
concurtence or conSent oS the Jew
mortgagee. Can we SuppoSe, that from
the conquest, to the i8th year oS Edward
l. a period of 2oo years, there
were no Jews born in England 1 Yet
in all that time did we ever hear of a
di unction between Jews born within
or without the king's dominions ? They
were both equally the king's property :
They had equally a right to purchafe
and to hold, that is to lay: till pleased
the king to take it from lhem. Did
we ever hear of Such a distinction be.
fore the preSent age. So fertile in novelties
of every kind ? It is a distinction
expresly contrary to the common law
os this kingdom, by which every Jew,
whether burn here or abroad, and all
tliat belongs to him, is the king's property,
except what he may have in
our publick funds, which Seems to he
Secured by those laws which enabled
foreigners, without distinction, as well
as natives, to berome contributors ;
therefore, if this bill should past, l
would advise even our rich Jews born
here to get themselves naturalized ;
becaufe an act oS naturalization is in So
far an alteration os the common law.
But, Sit, if this bill should pals into
a law, I hope we shall revive that law
passed in the 54th year of Henry Ill.
wlai h enacts, amongst other things,
that no Jew shall have a free-hold in
any lands,' tenements, or hereditaments,
or rents issuing from thein ; and even
as to leases of lands, I think we should
revive the law of the third of Edward
I. which regains them to a term not
exceeding ten years. TheSe laws, l
Say, we should revive, or make a ne^y
law upon this plan t for l hope it will
be allowed that Christianity is as yet
a part of our establishment. and therefore
we Should be as careful io present
the enemies of Christianity, as we have
been to pievent the enemies os our
prelent royal family, from getting poS'feSsion
os any great share of our lands ;
Sor by our constitution landholders must
alway s have a share in our government,
even tho' they should not themselves
be capable of voting for, or being
chosen members of parliament, beeauSe
they will always have an influence up.
on those that are ; but l really do not
see what can hinder Jew landlords from
voting for, or being chosen, members
os parliament. I shell not say that they
will look upon any of our oaths, espe.
cially the oath os abjuration, to be an
oath, or any Tort of religious cercmonv :
They will fork upon them as forms of
words only, and fo1 that reason will
repeat them without the least Scruple.
For this reaSon. Sir, before we pass
this bill. I think we should conSult
Some oS the Jewish Rabbles, as to the
proper Sorms oS oatbs, and the proper
method oS administering an oath among
them, and add proper clauses to the
bill according to the instructions we shall
receive Srom these Rabbles, that Such
Jews as come here to be Sworn, may
be foorii in their own manner 1 for
which purpose an Hebrew Pentateuch,
or an Hebrew Talmud, should be provided,
and a Jew clerk appointed in
each house ; and in Suture times, prrhapr>
it may become necessary for otir
fpeaker to give notice, A Christian
member to be fworn, or, a Jew member
to be Sworn according to the religion
of the member then introduced.
Tho' this may look like raillery, Sir.
I am really serious ; Sor with regard
to all oaths, I think they should he
drawn up in Such terms, and administered
in Such a manner, as is most
likely to produce reverence and respect
in the perfaan who is to be Sworn;
therefore the seeming raillery of ^has

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I Ssv proceeds from the ridiculoufness
oS what is proposed by this bill, and
not Srom any jocular humour that I
happen to be in at preSent ; for I think
our constitution and liberties may be
exposed to the utmost danger, by the
prevailing humour of naturalizing foreigners,
efpecially Jews ; becauSe we
may from experience be ^certain, that
they will always be obnoxious to the
people, therefore they must be for depriving
the people of all power, and
lodging the whole power os the government
in the hands of the crown. They
may hereafter do as they did in king
John's time; They may furnish fome
future ambitious monarch with money
for supporting an army of foreigners,
in order to oppress his Subjects ; and
Srom Some late precedents it Seema to
have been an established doctrine, that
our king may, without asking the con-
Sent of parliament, call in foreign
troops, whenever he thinks himself in
danger. If the parliament Should. from
a just suspicion, refuse to continue the
mutiny bill, and our own army should
be honest enough to disband, would
not an ambitious king in such circumstances
think himfelf in danger t Would
he not call in immediately an army of
foreigners ? Would nor the Jews gladly
furnish him with money for this
purpose ? And if the Jews should get
an Ahafuerus upon our throne, and an
army of foreign mercenaries at his
disposal would not the people of this
kingdom have great reason to fear being
treated by them, as the Medes and
Persians were by their ancestors t
For what, Sit, are we to expose ourselves
to this danger ^ The Hon. gentleman
fays, for the fake of increasing
our trade, and raising the price of our
lands : As to our lands, Sit, I had rather
they should sell for ten years purchafe,
than that the most of them should
come into the possession of Jews ; and
I believe meost of the landholders in
England will join with me in opinion ;
and as to our trade, the increase of it
ms^st he allowed to be very precarious.
^OL. VI,
1^3* ^
The Hon. gentleman himself admitted
that if our manufactures are now fold
abroad as cheap as possible, and, as
many oS them exported as can find a
vent, our naturalizing the Jews will only
be a transferring oS part of the profits
from Christian Englishmen to English
Jews. But these, he Says, are
questions which cannot be certainly answered
; and the Jews desiring to be
naturalized is, he fays, an argument
for their being answered in the negative.
Sit, a branch of trade's being
overstocked is, Yve find, no bar to new
people's desiring to get into it ; because
every one expects, by his superior
skill and industry, to ingross a great
part of it to himself ; and in every
branch of trade that is overstock'el, we
are very sure, that every dealer must
sell as cheap as he can, and will sell as
great quantities as he can a Now as
every branch of our trade is overstocked,
it is, l think, a demonstration, that
in every branch of our foreign trade
our English merchants novy sell as cheap
and as much as they can ; consequently,
our naturalizing the Jews can
no way increase our trade. But, Sis.
the Jews have a particular reason for
endeavouring to get into every branch
of our trade. Their brethren are almost
tbe folebeokers between merchant
and merchant in all countries ; and if
they can, as Englishmen, Set up honSes
in all foreign countries, they hope, in
a short time, to ingroSs the whole of
the trade in each to tberuselvcs
alone, not by Selling cheaper than our
merchants now do, but by their Superior
interest amongst the beakers. IS they
should succeed in this, do we think, that
they would sell cheaper, or export more
os ourmantifacturesthan our merchants
now de ? We may judge of their confcience
in this respect from what they
did bere after the conquest, when they
had a monopoly of lending money at
interest ; for no Christian .could then
exact interest ; for any rt^ney he lent ;
and we find from our records, that they
then exacted above 50 1. per cent. in-
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terest. It would be the same should
they get a monopoly of any branch of
uur foreign trade : They would exact
a higher profit than our merchants now
do, and consequently could not sell so
great a epaantity,
Therefore, Sit, by passing this hill
into a law, we may ruin our foreign
ti ade in most ports of the world, but
can expect to increase it no where ; and
as to the shopkeeping trade, I very
much doubt of the fact which the Hon.
gentleman was pleated to mention ;
but if there be any trnth in it , it must
proceed from its not berng the custom
in those cities for shopkeepers to give
feo much, or so long credit as our shopkeepers
usually do ; for a difference of
a year or two's credit must make a
great difference in the price os the goods
fold upen trust ; and we know, that
oar Shopkeepers are fometimes seven
years before they can get payment, evenfrom
those thai are able to pav, and
even then they must perhaps poy poundage
to fome French valet, or some
French chambermaid ; for it seems to
be thought necessity in this country,
for a man of quality to have a levee,'
and if he can get no others to attend it,
he makes his tradesmen pay him that
. Comoliment year after year, in order to
SolliCit the poaeneut os what has bern
long due to them.
But in order to induce us to grant
what is contended for to the Jews, we
sare told, that ehev eriny ehe lame pris
vi leges in most countries in Europe,
and especially in Italy and France ;
and that even in Spain and Portugal,
Srom whence they have been long expelled,
such of them as are privately
there, are in high esteem wish people os
Sense and knowledge. As to Italy, Sir,
I do not at all wonder at their having a
great number of Synagogues there, espeel
ally in the Pipe's territories; for eveti
the devil inmsclfis indulg'd v.ith
having as many chapels there as he
pleases, on so^ng a Small tax : l meat,
the licensed w notes and brothels, which
I am told, ase every where to be met
with in that country. As to France we
know, that their edicts are very uncertain
: Sometimes an edict issues for
treating the Jews as natural horn subjects,
and Soon after, perhaps, a new
edict issues for barushing them all out
of the Kingdom ; therefore. I think it
very unfair to quote thofe edicts in
their favour, without mentioning thofe
against them ; but if they ever had the
privilege of purchasing land estates in
France, it is certain they have bern wise
enough never to make use of it, for I
never heard of a Jew that was a French
marquis, which Some os them must
have been, had they been landholders,
as most of the estates there are erected
into titles of noblesse. And as to Spain
and Portugal, it is allowed, that there
are fome gent semen of the Jewish nation,
who deserve the esteem of all men
of common sense ; but it is certain,
that the nation in general are despised
there and esery where else, and buttonmuch
deserve it, hecause they are too
ready i o Sacrifice every ehing to a little
immediate advantage : They were banished
out of Spoin and Portugal for
underhand assisting the Moors: ln this
country in the reign of Henry ll. notwithstanding
the protection he gave
them. it was found, that for profit they
furnished the rebels in lreland with
lar^e sums of money ; and but very
lately, w5 know that they were banished
out of Bobemia, for furnishing the
French army, whilst in that country,
with ail sorts of provisions.
But whatever privileges the Jews
may he now indulged with in abfolute
governments, where the people have no
share in the legislature, it can be deemed
no precedent Sor our indulging them
with the Same in this coon try, where
every freeholder, and indeed every freeman
of any city or burougbj has a
share in our legislature ; and as to the
inducements we may have to savour
the Jews ratber than any other unchristian
people, they will appear from
what l have laid to he of no weight.
The Jews, as I bave shewn, are
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more likely than any other people
to ingross and ruin our trade ; and as
^o their maintaining their own poor,
they have hitherto heen under a necessity
to do So, becauSe it was never
thought, that a Jew could obtain a
Settlement in any Christian parish ; but
iS Jews born here are to be deemed natural
burn Subjects to all intents and
purposes, they may obtain Such a Settlement,
and consequently, is reduced
to poverty and want, must be maint
auaed by the parish where they had
their last Settlement. As to their having
no country of their own to retire
to, if they have the fame privilege in
other countries, especially France and
Italy, that are intended for them here,
why may they not retire with their fortunes
to those countries t They will
certainly de fo, as the climate is more
egreeable to them, and whilst they no
way meddle with the government they
may live as securely : At least many
os them will de so ; unless they should
at last ger the government of this
country into their own hands, and if
they ever should, Gnd have mercy upon
such of the natives as Shall continue
Christian ; for l am Sure our rulers the
Jews would have none.
None of these therefore, Sit, can he
any inducement Sor our agreeing to
what is now proposed ; and as to the
merits osthe Jews by their having bern
instrumental in increasing our trade and
establishing our publick credit, I wish
the Hon. gentleman had pointed out
any branch oS trade that has bern increased
by their means; for my own
part, l keow of nut branch of trade,
to the increase of which the Jews, as a
people, could any way contribute, but
our trade to Turkey, and that has heen
upoat the decline ever since they came
aantangst us. And as to our publick
credit, l doubt much if it be a national
advantage, because it has encouraged
and enabled oor ministers to engage
us in needless wars upon the
comment, or Concinaie thole wars
longer than the interest os this nation
required But supposing it to be ats
advantage ; I do not think a lender cart
plead great merit from lending his money
at as high an interest as he can gee
any where else upon equal Security ;
. and we all know thai she Jews hav^
been as ready as any other let of people
to take advantage os the distressed
of our government, for railing the interest
and premium upon what money
they agreed to lend.
Thus,l hope, I have shewn, Sir, that
we can have no inducement for agreeing
to this bill from any advantages w^
have reaped in time post, or from any
advantages we can expect to reap ita
time to come; but on the contrary,
that it will bet if passed into a law, of
the most dangerous consequence to our
religion, to our liberties, and to ope
trade ; therefore instead of committing,
l think, it ought to be rejected wills
disdain.
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next ] .
Tbo Lira of B E N JO H N S O N.
|^EN JOHNSON, one of this
dy best dramatick poets of the 17sls
century, fays Mr. Cibbw, was descended
froin a Scots family, his grandfather,
who was a gentleman, being originally
of Annanrlale in that kingdom,
whence he removed teo Carlisle and aster
wards was employed in the service
of K. /lenry VIII. .His father lost hie
estale in (^ diary's reign, when he alio
suffered imprisonment, and at last ho
entered into holy orders, and died abuut
a month before our poet's birth,
who was burn at Westminster, in 1574-
He had his sirst education in a privato
School, iu the church os St. Mastinla
in the Fields, and was asterwards removed
to /Vesinanaster-Scboed, where the
Satnous Camden was then^n aster. Haa
mother having married a bricklayer tt^
her Second inland, took hint frora
Schoal

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School and obliged him to work at bis
father-in-law's trade ; but not at all
liking that employment, he went into
the low countries, where he distinguished
himself by his beavery, having killed
an enemy in the view of the army,
and stripped him of all his spoil.
On his return to England, he again
applied hianself to his former studies,
and was admitted into St. Jubn's collegs.
Cambridge, tho' he seems not to
have continued long there. Some time
aster this, he had the misfortune to
fight a duel, and kill his adversary,
having only received a flight wound in
the arm. For this he was committed
to prison, and cast Sor his life, and was
almost at the point oS execution. His
antagonist, he Said, had a Sword ten
inches longer than his own.
Whilst he was in priSon he was visited
by a popish priest, who finding
bis inclination quite disengaged as to
religion took an opportunity to impress
him with the helief os the popish tenets,
His mind then naturally tnelaneholly,
clouded with the apprehensions
and the dread of execution, was the
more easily imposed upon. However,
for 1 a years after he had gained his liberty,
he continued a papist, and then
turned protestant, wbether from conviction
or fashion cannot be determined
; but when his character is considered,
probability will be on the side
of the fatter, for he took every occasion
eo ridicule religion in his plays and
conversation. On his leaving the university,
he entered himSelfinto an obfeure
play-houSe, called the Green-curtain,
Somewhere about Sboreditch or Clerkenwe/1.
He was first an actor, and probably
only a stroling one. Shakespear
is Said to have introduced bin to the
world, by recommending a play oS his
to the stage, at the time when one oS
the players had rejected his performance
and told him it would be of no Service
to their company. His first printed
dramatiok pstformance was a comedy,
entitled, F'very Man in his Humour, acted
iii i which being soon fol-
lowed by several others, as his Sejanus.
his Vo/poue, his Silent Woman, and his
Alcbymist, gained him so high a reputation,
that in 1619, upon the death
of Mr. Samue/ Danie/, he was made
poet Iauret to K. crimes I. He once incurred
his majesty s displeasure, for being
concerned with Chapman and Marfion
in writing a play, called Eastward
Ilea, werein they were accused
of having reflected on the
•scotch nation, their sovereign's native
country, and from whence he was but
lately come. Sir James Murray represented
it to the King, who ordered
them to be imprisoned, and they were
in great danger of losing their ears and
noses, as a punishment of their insolence.
Upon their releafement from
prison, Ben gave an entertainment to
bis friends, among whom were Cam.
e^n and Sehan ; when his aged mother
drank to him, and shewed him a paper
of poison, which she had designed, if
the sentence had been executed, ta
have mixed witb his drink. after she
bad first taken a potion of it herself.
Upon the accession os Charles I.
he wrote a petition eo hiaae, praying,
that as his royal father had allowed
him an annual periston os i oo mark',
he would make them pounds. In 1629,
Ben sell sixk, and was then pnot, and
lodged in Some obseure alley ; his majesty
was applied to in his favour, and
Sent him io guineas: When the messenger
delivered the money, Ben took
it in his hand, and Said, •• His ma-
« jesty has Sent me 1o guineas, be-
" cause l am poor, and live in an al-
" ley ; go and tell him that his Soul
" lives in an alley*'
He had a pension from the city of
London, from Several of the nobility
and gentry, and poiticularly from Mr
Sutton the sounder of the Charter-houSe.
In his last sickness he often repented ot
the profanation os Scripture in his plays-
He died on Au^- i 1637, in the
fiad year of his age, and was interred
three days after in Westminster abbey.
where his bust is r.ow to be seen, With

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litis inscription under it, O rear Bcri
^hnsen 1 which may possibly Suggest
the esteem many great men bad for
him, or the high opinion he was known
to have of himself. He had Several
children who Survived him.
He wrote ahove 5o pieces in the
dratnatick way. His A/cbymist, his
Volpone or the Fox, and his Silent Woman,
have been performed to many
crouded audiences, with universal ap-
PlauSe.
Dr Dri^mmond (says Mr. Ce'bbor) has
represented the character os our author
in a very disadvantageous, tho' perhaps
not in a very unjust, light, that
he was a great lover and praiser of
hiinself, a contemner and seorner of
others, rather abusing to lose a friend
than a jest—he thought nothing right
but what either hiinSelf or some of bis
friends had Said or done—.
Mr. Pope remarks, that when Ben
got possession os the stage, he brought
Critical learning into vogue. Mr. Se/den
stiles Johnson his heloved Sriend, and
a singular poet, and extols bis Special
worth in literature, and bis accurate
judgment, Mr. Dryelen gives him the
title oS she greatest man os tbe last age,
and unserves, that is we look upon him,
when he was himSelf (sor his last plays
were but his dotages) he was the most
learned and judicious writer any theatre
ever had ; that be was 4 severe judge
es himSelf as well as others ; that we
cannot say he wanted wit, but rather
thai he was frugal ol it ithatin his works
there is little to be retrenched or altered
; but that humour was his chief
province.
He is allowed, fays Mr. Cebber, to
have been a scholar, and to have understand
and practised the dramatick
rules, but Drydin proves him to have
been likewise an unbounded plagiary.
Humour ay as his talent. We cannot
better conclude his character as a poet,
shan in the nervous lines of the prologue
to one of .^hakespear'S plays,
^lach, aster having shewn Shalc^pear's
boundless genius, proceeds thus:
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Then Johnson came instructed from the
school,
To please by method, and invent by
rule.
His stuuious patience, and laborious
art,
With regular approach assay 'd the
heart :
Cold approbation gave the lingering
bays, ,
For they who durst not censure Scarce
could praiSe.
Extract from a Book lately published, entitled,
The Co is DL'CT of a Maa-
RiED LlPt, In a Series of Letters.
written by the Hon Juliana-Susamrah
Seymour. to a young Lady her Relation,
newly married
I H A V E named to you, my dear,
| (Says the Supposed authoress) the
principal of the publick places, indeed
almost the only one l would wish yotl
to be at, ^meaning the Oratorio] l
cannot be fond of" the summer evening
at Renelagh or at Vaux-hall There
is something unnatural and mean in
people of virtue and decency. mixing
with the herd of common prostitutes.
and abandoned rakes, who are Seen
hate-faced there, and even make you
the confidants os their appointment.—
—As to the extravagancies wish which
people aie Sometimes entertained in
the town-season, l do not think it is
to a v.omarr of fashion's credit to be
Seen to countenance them t It is nor
worth while to tit an evening to see
de>gs dance. and in a morning, if one
comedian miniicks the test, you should
consider, that they are all beneath your
notice- lt is much more to your credit,
as well as your advantage, to be
Settling your accounts, and regulating
your family : These are diversions for
men t Indeed, if l have bern rightly
informed who the women are that most
frequent them, their ap^'rrance is she
best of all reasons sor your absence —
The

J^t' M A "G A: 2 1 N E of M tk ^ A 2 1 N E a,
The India-bottfes were at one time
the great places for loitering away a
morning : but the cheapening fans,
and buying Screens, was not found to
be at all that the virtuous ladies meant
by frequenting them. They becamein-
Samons, because it was discovered that
men were met there ; and tho' this did
not happen to one woman in a thousand
by appointment, all the rest shared
the ceiifure.
There are toy-shops in London,
which, l shall adrise you against visiting,
as strictly as is the bicfla-houses
were revive^ among us, and for "the
Same reason—What these do for a sew,
the auctions do for all the rown. I request
of you to avoid them : It would
be impossible tea advance one argusnent
in. savour osyour going to them.
They are injurious to trade, -aid therefore
it is not fit they should be encouraged-
They arc known placed of deceit
to the unwary, and you cannot be upon
your guard' against thein.— Were
there no other rensota againSt them, biie
the money that is Squandered axay, it
were sufficient ; but this is the least. It
is certain, that ill women ' frequent
them, to meet those ivhotn they cannot
with decency, or wish prudence,
See at their own houses You, nay
dear, will not wish to See Such persons
any where ; but you will he among the
innocent. who incur the censure, if
you are found where others do it.
You See , my dear, l have endeavoured
to point you not a medium for your
eonduct. It is best in all respect. ; but
of ali it 'is mot", so with regard to the
conduct of a married life. I would
neither have yeiu made an ant, or a
tortoise, with the ancient moralist ; nor
would I have you be a sly, according
to the practice ot the modern libertine,^
Be not wholly confined to the house
for your bushautPs honour, nor be eternally
abroad ion your o.vn. I have
always told yo i. that the woman of
reason will presen a saw select friends,
to a multitudes common acquaintance.
Make a great difference, my dear, be-
tween your friends visits. and you
calls of form ; avoid routs, and la
your favourits of your own lex be n
der than yourself. There is pride i'
giving protection, but it is more prudent
to receive it,
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A Summarv of the most important affairs
in the last Session of PAR Li a
MENT. ConfinutalseomVol. V. p. ^a
a LTHO' the resolutions of the
frp committees of Supply aid wayi
and means were all agreed to, yet Some
oS them were warmly contested for.
Jan. 26, a motion having heeai imde
in the committee os Supply by Henry
Fox, FSq ; Secretary at war, to resolve,
that a number of land Sorces, including
181 5 invalids, amounting to 18,8^,
effective men, commission and nuscommission
officers included, should he
employed Sor the Service of the year
1753. an amendment was proposed by
William Northey, Esq ; by putting
i 5,ooo instead of 18,857, wherent^as
ensued a debate, in which the amendment
was Supported by William Thornton,
ESq ; lvli alderman BerkSord, aul
tlie Eitl of F^mont ; and it was opposed
by the Said Henry Fox, Esq ;
and Her.ry PeIhana, laiq ; chancellor
oS the Exchequer , but upon a dtvision
the question was carried in the
negative by a5 3 to 65 ; aster wnich
the queition was put upon the motion,
and agreed to without any division.
This resolution being reponul
on the 29th, and a motion made fc^r
agreeing with the committee, it was
opposed by Humphry Sydenham, Usq 1
William 'Thornton, Esq ; and Admiral
Vernon. ; but, without any an-
Swer, the question was put and agreed
to.
Feb. 5. The house having resolves
itfelS into a committee of ways and
means, Henry Pelham, Esq; gave them
an account of what Supplies, it was
thought, would be necessary Sor the
curtail lei vice, and what methods might
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found to provide for them ; among
hich one was, to continue the land
x at 3s. in the pound, or to reduce it
25. in the pound, and to make up
e deficiency by applying the unapropriated
money then in the Excbeet,
amounting to above 2 to,00ol.
gether with Sue h a Sum as should he
r cellar y to be takeii Srom the finking
ad, in which cose it would be proper
continue the Salt duty for eves. and to
propriate it to the sinking fond after
aayment os what was then charged upn
it. but would not conclnde with
.ny motion. until he heard the Sentientsos
the houSe upon this alternative
pon this a great number oS gentlenen
Spoke, and many complained oS
he hard alternative we were reduced
, by not reducing the poblick expence
t time os peace ; but as all the memers
of that houSe are, and indeed must
e landholders, tbe general opinion
'ertnrd to he, to Submit to any thing
rather than not to reduce the land lax
to a.. in the pound ; whereupon Mr.
^elham stood up again and moved for
s land tax of as. tn the p'Ound, which
was agreed to without opposition ; and
the confequence oS course was tbe taking
oS 42o,o001. Srom the sinking fond
snd the three Surpluses mentioned in
our account oS ways and means, to be
applied to the current Service ; but bow
the first two oS these surpluses came
not to be carried to tbe aggregate fund,
we have not heen able to discover ; Sor
the first was eXpresly appropriated to
that Sund by act l . Geo. I. chap. l 2.
led. i2. And the Secand also Seems to
have been appropriated to that fund by
lect. 13, which appropriates to the
consequence likewise os thi^ reduction
of' the land tax, a bill was brought in
and passed into a law, Sor continuing
she duties upon Salt, Ac. without any
opposition.
As to the resolution of the committee
oS supply, in favourof capt. Iolm Vernon,
ir proceeded Srom a petition pre- '
Sented Jan. 29, with a recommendation
Sroin the crown, which was very long, ,
but in short Set forth, that the ground
upon Yvhich the Sort at Sheernescwas
built, had been Seized by the crown in
the first Dutch war in 16^4, and that
neither the then proprietor,' nor the petitioner's
ancestors, to whom the proptietOrhad
conveyed his' rtulat, had ever
obtained any satisfaction lor the fame ;
therefore he prayed Such adequate satisfaction
and relief as to the house should
feem meet, This petition being referred
to s committee, their report was
resetted to the committee of Supply, and
was the foundation ostitis resolution.
And as to the resolution in favour of
the company of merchants trading to
Africa, it was founded upon an account
of what had been done towards erecting
the fort at Annamabua, and a plan
of the said fort, both which had bern
laid before the house by order ; and
as the company were obliged to erect
this fort, in order to pre vert the French
from Settling themSelues, and erecting
a Sort at tbe Same place, therefore the
committee granted 6occd. over and
abuve tbe 1o00ol. usually granted for
the support of that trade.
From this short account of the committees
of supply and wavs and tnean^
the reader will See, that the bills passed
^ ^ ^ ^ last session into laws, in consequence of
Same food all publick moneys, which their resolution, were the malt-tax ball.
aster Michaelmas, 1715, shotild be the salt duty bill, and the bill for grantlaaought
into the Exchecauet, not being ing to his majesty a certain sum of
appropriated to any use, nor arising money, therein mentioned, out of the
the civil list revenue ; or at least sinking sund, and fear applying certain
fought to have bern carried to the surplus monevs remaining in the Exche.oouth-Sea
fund,as the funds for this qUer, for the service cof 1753, &c. As
^ery were all continued for ever. and to the residue os the sulking sund fair
appropriated to that company, by the this preSent yosr, the tea^ may oh.
South-Sea act in i7ao In Setse

serve from lhe State os the national
debt,Veol. V. p. 595. th at it had beenpreengaged
by an act of the preceding
session, Sor cancelling i,poo,oool. Exchequer
bills then issued.
Now as to the hills passed into laws
during last Session which did not properly
relateto the supply, the most important
were introduced anal passed as
followts. Jan. 18, The act made in the
8tb year of the late king, sor the better
recovery of the pena/iies instictedupon persons
who destroy the game, was upon motion,
read in the house of commons, and
leave given to being in a bill to amend
the fame. by enlarging the time veithan
which suits and actions were to he
brought ; and Sir George Oatendon,
and the lord Bartington were ordered
to prepare and bring in the fame. Accordingly
the bill was presented by Sir
George Oxendon. Jan. 25, read a first
time. and ordered to be read a Second
time. This bill passed through the
house os commons without opposition,
and was Sent to the lords, Feb. 2. But
in that houSe the bill was opposed, and
upon the question, Feb. 1 3, the houle
wasequallv divided, there being 3t against
the bill, and 3t for it, whereupon
proxies were called for, and oS these
there were four for the bill, and one
against it, so that the question was carried
by a majority of three proxies, after
which the bill was passed, and Feb.
16, returned to the commons, without
any amendment, So that it received the
royal assent, with the other bills then
ready, on March 8. The opposition in
t e houSe oslords very probably proceeded
from its berng thought, that the laws
we had tended to defeat their own end,
by making it the interest oS thole to
destroy the game, who alone are able
to preserve it ; sor if every farmer were
allowed to kill game in a legal way upon
his own ground, and for his own
use they would all take care to prevent
poachers, and to preserve the nesls
and the young, which they alone are
in this cour^.y able to do.
Jan. 2a, The house os commons
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appointed a committee, as usual, to inquire
what laws were expired or near
expiring, and eo repore their opinion,
which of them were fit to he revived
or continued ; and, March 17, Mr. Ba.
con reported their resolutions to the
houSe, when one oS them, the third,
was read a second time and agreed to
by the house, and in pursuance thereof
the bill for continuing the Several laws
relating to the punishment of persons
going armed or disguised, &c. was
brought in and passed into a law. As
to the other resolutions oS this committee
the lit, 2d, 5th, and 6th, were
reSerred to the committee of ways and
means, berause the laws therein mentioned
related to drawbacks or duties
for their regulation of trade ; and the
fame having bern, on April 3, agreed
to by the house, upon a report from
the said committee, proper clauses
were ordered to be inserted in the last
mentioned lull, porsoant to the sad
resolutions ; so that nothing now 'remained
of what had been resolved or
by the expiring law committee, but the
4th resolution relating to the distemper
among the homed cattle, which
was read and agreed to, April 3o, whereupon
a bill was brought in and palled
into a law, for explaining, amending
and continuing the Several laws to prevent
the fpread.ngof this distemper, ^rc-
[This Summary to be continued in om'
next.]
Of the fa/so Colours of L E A a N 1 n C,'
ancient Stoies pretend, that
.It. a wise man is a rich man ; bats,
allowing the position, it may he questioned
who, and where, and what this
wise man is ; for, we see Wildom and
Poverty frequently unite in the fame
person. Nay, the world is so plenty
sully provided with wiSe beggars, that
one might compose the fifth monarch
of them. To judge from experience,
the maxim should be inverted ; aed a
rich man be termed a wife one , Sot, a

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man of a plentiful estate, and a generous
tempei, is almolt every thing;
he is wise, learned, eloquent, elegant,
^lc. El genus & former m retina pecU.sia
d'anat. •' He who nobly regales his
•• guests, is the most learned man of
•' the company." For during the
treat he hat the lead in the conversation,
whilst his tame hearers quietly
permit him to begin and end all debates.
They allow him the liberty to
chufe his fubject, as best suits his skill
and capacity. His knowledge, therefore,
procures hiin reforctos the obsequious
company. He sports his sentiments
; difculfes without the least
controul ; and decides in every dispute.
The guests, who look upon
thenifelves bound to obedience. rife or
fall like barometers, just as they seel
the pressure of their patron. They
presume not tooppofe the master, and
hold it uncivil to offer a Subject without
his call. If any one propeily
fpeaks to a point, the master's nnd can
always stop the career 1 for, at his
leaft word, the eyes and ears of the
company are immediately Shot at him;
who now, unexpectedly, begins a new
topic, and draws all their attention.
He is the first wheel of the conversation,
and turns the rest of the company.
He talks the molt, because he has
full liberty of miking. He Speaks the
most learnedly, berause he chuses the
fubject. He discourses with strength,
and decides with selicatv, berause his
company .must permit him to wind up
the bottom, and have the last word.
A stranger happening to be present, is
easily deceived, and innocently judges
the master has a good understanding,
and sound learning. For how could a
strangee know, that the prefeot situation
and circumft inces are the cause of
fa much knowledge and eloquence ,
which would vanish. turn to silence, or
change into ignorance, in a different
posture of things t Thus many a man
i only learned at his own table.
The president of a council usually
commands two ot three voices ; tho'
VoL VI.
perhaps he judges no better than the
rest of the board : but his s i t t i n g at
the upper end aods strength to his discourse,
and a threefold weight to his
arguments. Let us talk with this president
in another place, and we may
find it was not his understanding, but
his Seat, that rendered his eloquence
So powersul. This is well known to
the vulgar; who. thereSore, when they
bring a cauSe into court. and are to
chufe their council or arbitrators. do
not trouble themselves to find out the
greatest lawyers, or worthiest persons,
but thofe that are rich or well descended,
and consequently have the greater
power. The people find, by experience,
what weight this adds to an aipinion ,
and that his potent honour is always
wise. For, they have it to a proverb.
" When money and power begin to
" Speak, the poor must hold their
" tongue.'' The rich and powerful
contending with inseriors, are like
armed men fighting against the desencelefs
, or generals posted upon an
eminence, from whence they can annoy
the enemy, whose cannon is in no
fituation to reach theirs.
Some half-learned people excellently
know how to take their advantage.
and get to the weak fide of the enemy;
Sor thefe people neser enter into debates,
unless they find a right opportunity
; nor talk upon learned subjects,
or state affairs, but before such persons.
and in such places. as do not Subject
them to question and answer. And by
this artifice have many. with slander
abilities. procured themSelves reputation.
All half-learned men, indeed^
are not So successftal, berause many as
them do not understand the art of procuring
fame, at a fmall expence. But
as the chief advantages, at present, tea
be reaped by learning, consist in tho
name, might it nor be adviSeable, instead
of plaguing youth with literature
at universities, to instruct them only
in certain ruses, by the practce of
which they may easil^appear knowing
K its

in the eye of the world t To what purpofe
does real learning serve, su hen a
man is not obliged to it by his proles
lion? Or, where is tbe harm os ignorance.
when the character os great
learning is easily acquired, without
knowledge ^ The old mono. Masto ele
quam Videri, is no longer in fashion,
Youngpeople should be principally educated
in Such things as may. in time.
turn to advantage. Thev may Sollow
theSe rules. iS thought proper. (1.)
Learn things Superficially, and endeavors
to procure the reputation os learn.
iag. with a slender slock of Science.
12.) Observe time. place, and persons,
so as to engross the discourse, and he
liable to no question or reply. (3.) Talk
upon learned Subjects with none but the
lower people, or Such as stand in need
os patronage and assistance. (4.) Get
a Smattering os the fashionable discourse.
the newt, politicks. plays. &e.
by Srequenting coffee.houses. assem.
blies, and the theatre. (5.) When any
great occasion presents, as if a comet
should appear, read a little upon comets,
and retail out your reading in
the polite circles. By these easy rules
l have known many procure themselves
the reputation of polite gentlemen,
^reat politicians, and excellent philosophers.
(6) Let leachers instill fucb
principles into lheir popses, as may
shorten the Gradns ad Parnastouo ; for
the shorted way to our end la the hesti
If Latin and Greek are os any advan -
tags. get a sew phrases by heart, and
vent them upon proper occasions. (7.)
If you can introduce an old author, or
a father of the church, quore your
chapter and verse, and bit off the
name right ; for I cannot approve of
those who cite authors and passages
that never existed ; tho' l hate known
this Sometimes dene with success.
More rules might he laid down, but
I fear they would serve to little purpose,
berauSe Schoolmasters and teachers
are fo rivetted to their old habits,
and abSurd wars of teaching, as not
to be brought To change lhem for bet-
M A C A 2 1 N E of M A G A 2 I N ^
tet ; tho' experience shews, even in
their own persons, that great reading
does verv little gand ; and that a modicum
with andress lias vast adv.anta.
ges. Indeed my Schoolmaster admonished
me so read the news papers diligently
; by which excellent rule. he
seems to have entered into the present
scheme. I followed his advice, and
became Such a proficient in politics, as
to be admired by my sellou citizens;
till I unfortunately altered my course
of reading-
Rules for a Long Lifie.
^ I Ifir^. Italians, who are wise people
II hue in a continued regimen os
health : it could be wished we followed
them in So salutary and laudable a
practice.
The learned Monsaeur Couriers os Ambrun
has obhged the weald with publishing
rules for a long life ; which,
tlaat we may join the practice to those
secrets above-mentioned. I shail here
insert.
ll is Certain. that a gand constitution
must necessarily he the foundation of a
long life.
'that the radical moisture and natural
heat coosorm to each other, whence
results a Sanguine temperament or complexion.
the hest as all.
That there he in a well-organised
body a mind Sound and gay, yet Sage
withal
That one should eat to I1ve, and never
eat to satiety.
That one should act in every thing
with moderation, to keep the body in a
reasonable activity.
That one should live chastly, if ore
would live long.
That one must abstain from eating
different meats, and drinking several
Sorts as dtink at the same repast, left
the heterogeneous juices hurt the
stomach by their contrary qualities-
That one chew perfectly what one
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eat-. Mastication is the first digestion ;
it is performed by the acid humour,
which issues out of the falival glands
near the eye-teeth. Mastication, digestion,
and the distribution of aliments
form in us a species of imperceptible
chemistry, without which vie could
nut Subsist.
That at meals one eat alternatively
moist things after dry, fat after lean,
Sweet alter SoWre, and cold after hot,
to the end that the one may be corrective
of the orber.
Tnat after having drank more than
one should, one must eat dry heeaul or
biscuit, and take lemon juice, to free
one from the hoquet, which repletion
engenders as well as inanition a that
then especially one should take care not
to drink brandy, or other hot liquors,
which are rank poyfoii after having
drank too much wane.
That oae should never use one's Self
to any violent exercise, but only in or^
der to give a colour ; but never to
make one Sweat.
That in an extraeedinary Sweat one
should not any 'arise in the least be uncovered
; and that one. should walk
moderately when one is heated, Sor
Sear e,S catching cold ; drinking then
a little wine. but no water, unless first
warmed, and that too drop by drop, to
avoid the pleurisy or rheumatism.
That after coming out of bed one
should never go to look out of the windew,
no more than to run to tbe fire
immediately coming out of the cold ;
because every Suoden change is dangerous.
That one should eat very little of
new fiuits at one time. that the stomach
may be accustomed t Hereto bv degrees.
and may also be freed form fermentations,
whence proceed most dangerous
severs.
Let your drink consist but of a little
wine ; water taken according as one has
occasion to drink, is much more whole-
Same. Good water a known by being
hispid for clear as crystal) without a-
^y lmelI or taste, whse'r provokes fweet
and quiet steeps, with clear ideas instead
of illusions and reveries, caused by
the heat and fumes of wine.
To Aero we owe tbe invention of
drinking water porified by distillation.
and cooled with ice. This liquor, natural,
pure and simple, which our forefathers
made use as for so many ages.
almost i -oo years, is capable to destroy
that nursery of worms, which corruption
engenders m
tbe stomach of those
who eat without choice and measure.
and very often avithout taste. Meonf.
Perrauli of the royal academy os seier.ces,
Steed by this innocent remedy.
a nun tormented with the like accident.
So true is it, that tt is not absolutely
receSlcry to be a physician to cure a
distemper.
Sleep berng found tobe a lander
invention
os the divine mercy to repair exhausted
nature, Meaiiftenr de Comr'ere
(as Apdlonyns Tboaaneus told Pboaartee
King of India) fays, one should not sleep
with the eyelids, but even fay our
thoughts asleep likewise ; which never
will be the happy lor of those who
use wine immoderately : and liquors
composed of beandy ; and, what is
much worse, spirit os wine ; tho' two
or three Spoonfuls of brandy may fortify
the stomach, and help the digestion
of those who So much Scirget themselves
as to eat too muab It has been observed,
that its use as to drinking osit
being inrtodoced into America, tbe people
there, as well as wish us here, have
shorteded their hves.
If after having Slept, the forces
^which ought to be thereby corroborated^
are weakened, you must have recourse
to sweat, to comSort the heaviness
which tou much nutritive juice
shall cause a to effect this, one must lie
immoveable upon ones beck for art
hour in clean and warm sheets, between
two seatberabeds, having only the face
uncovered, and one must nor rife till
ata hour after one has Sweated.
One should Sweat t^ee times in the
year, in autumn, winter, and the spong
and be rulsbed twice a week, at least
K a with

^ J^e M A G A Z I N E of M A G A 2 1 N E S
with hot cloths to excite transpiration,
so necessary for life.
If one has a bad stomach, one must
keep diet for 24 hours. and walk in the
open ait, to re animate the natural
heat, loaded with two much nutritive
juice,
This excess os nutritive juices poshing
with violence the hlood to the beam
causes there a heaviness, which oftentimes
is thefore-lunner of the apopleey,
the most tender beancber os the veiiis
break, and this juice, in bowing about,
presses the brain, nerves, and hinder
the distribution of the Spirits. Feruelrus
Says, They are the vabicle of the natural
beat, and that their extinction
causes death ; this inconveniency is
remedied by immediately opening the
veins of the arms. in order to diminish
the cause Sweating in bed, the veins os
the brain will by thismeans he mollified,
and exland tbernSelvcs without
bieaking. Change os the place is very
goad. especially if the psaarent he removed
into an air mote fresh and reasonably
soft.
Diet and Sweating are thus a Species
os universal medicine, capable of preserving
our bodies, and to acquire a
long life. Dart restores appetite ; the
appetite moderately contented, augments
strength ; strength contributes
to health ;and health bestows life.
Sweating disperses ill humours. and
eases obstructions, whence proceed all
our distempers.
The most violent of which are cured
by repeated Sweatings ; which are
even very advantageous against tne
palpitation oS the nerves : a distemper
Cured likewise by drinking three months
Successively between meal,, water in
which there has been inSuSed cold Small
leav'd green Sage, gently dried over the
fire on account oS the lillle worms
which lurk there to Seek their cure :
sor example, a handful oS this plane in
a quart as the purest cold rrver -water,
where the Salt^vill by no means six
but rem ain verl^file ^ contrary to Watm
water, wbere ^e sal us ioou ox themselves.
"
To this ready and simple manner of
cure, hlons de Comiers would have
one and a nutrtture most easy oS digen
r on sor sick people, which is made
oS good meat cut into litde pieces,
with the bones (including the marrow)
broken very Small, and pounded in a
marble mortar ; this heiog burled over
a slow fire (always having prepared every
thing to facilitate repose, keep the
baidy open, and make the taste capahie
a of alluring the appetite) strain
through a white linen clothe and this
Sort os panada the Sick mas make use
oS Sor meat and drinkt by making it
more or less liquid according to their
liking. i
ThoSe who will retain in these kinds
oS boilings the volatile salts of the
meat, which are the best part, worthl
de well to make use of the mac hue oS
Mont, Fapln to dissolve bones.
^ ^ ^ ^ 4* ^ ^ 4s* ^ ^
An f^ey ou the Bysseesssts, to
•nench is poestxnd the Cast of the Person
who va. 'bitten by a maddhe, bod the
HydeoPbobia. and news happily cured
By CaatSY. Nuc.Siar, M. D. in
Bash.
T^Ll^. BRYANT, a servant maul,
|i.. a a years old. as a goad hasn,
sanguine and phlegmatic. aid in the
maen heallhv, was, oti jun.- 24, 1751,
bitten by a maddng, on the tbild Sin.
get of her tight hand, near the joint
next the nail, and ora the hat k of the
Same hand ; the wound on the fin^.et
bled. but the olner did not, though tie
skrst , was pinched through, and both
soon healed without application.
The dog refused food. and the nest
day died, and another dog. wbo had
licked up Some meat, which be haal
taken into his mouth. was killed mad.
three weeks asterwarde.
About this time the ma ad. who hat
within the last week loft hat colopr and
her appetite. bad Sick fits and re^lels
nights, with Sodden fts of alternate
end

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and unt.fual indolence and activity, was
Sent to the lea, where she was dipped
till she could bear it no longer, Upon
her return boms. she had Catchings
is her arms and hands ; terrifying
Cteams of degS and water, could not
hear a dng near, and, if she hard them
bark would turn pale and tremble, she
was therefore blooded in theiight aim.
(in July t6, flae began to take the
^didi aniilssas, as directed bv Dr. Men a.
and continued at to four closes. On
the 2oth she was Sent to the cold bath,
and osed it four mornings Successively ;
sloe then complained os a numhoess and
pain in the Same arm and sh solder. on
which the musk and cinnabar powders,
called Sir Geenge Cobb's medicine, were
ordered, and she took them a nights ;
ht iliese she was fo much relieved, that
said she w as well, and was advised to
repeat the cold bathing, but did not,
hecaule the Catamenia were come on.
'Shis traitsnent, however, tho' it was
the most chlis.erit and regular application
osthe best remedses hitherto known,
pruned ineffectual, anuS two days aSicr
the last bathing, the patient was
attacked with the hydrophobia.
suly ay, Five hours aster the full
ttirinsi, flic was all at once seined with
aa acetate pain in her Singer, which
proceeded to her shoulder, and thence
to her thin at, where it produeed aa she
imagined a large Substance, which she
taught would have strangled her.
rrena this time she could not bear the
S^t of water, nor the found asit salling
Stotaa a pomp in the yard ; her
terror os dogs increased, ber voice
nal Soota lost, and ber pain. which
^as in Successive shootings, was mote
'lease and frequerit, . in proportion as
dsga and water were wtthm ber hearts
at sight ; when this happened, her
pair, war almost continual, and intolerable.
with Suffocation. short l.reathdizziness,
violent risings at ber stota.ch,
breast, and throat, and strong
catchings at her fingers and arms. arid
'Her parts, as iS she was going into
Astral cony ulSians, which s^ would
probably have clone, if dogs or water
had been kepr near her long togetber.
Upon this violent and sudden attack.
the lingeern under whole direction sloe
bad been, gave her a little water and
Spirits of hartshorn, v. hiab she instantly
threw back with Some frothed phlegm.
Some women who flood by, infilling
that her disorder was hysterics, the
Surgeon without the patient^ knewledge.
had a boson os water brought in, as
if by chance 1 but the moment she
Sasv it, she shrieked out vehemently.
tossed her head back with great violence,
and Sell into an agony. The
Dr. was then Sent for, he Sound ber in
a full poflellion of her understanding.
but Struggling in vain to eocpieis heiself
by w.ards ; her countenance was a
little slushed 1 her look eager, Seated,
and fierce; her poke easy, hold and
tegular 1 her tongue moist and clean.
and she had no thirst. A bason of
water was again introduced, and threw "
her into the fanie agony,—She was
bled to 1 5 ounces ; Cobb's powders,
made into a bolus. with honey, were
ordered every three hours, with a pill
erf two grains of opium, tu begin immediately
and continue till rest could
be procured ; and a plaisler os galt.nnum.
and half an ounce of the tr ibaic
extract was applied to her throat.
In the evening having been testlef-,
in pain, and foni times wholly untraceable
the greater part of the day ; she, after
gieat persuasion, Swalow'd there
Sponduls oS bioth, w eth the utmost difficulty
; her blond looked well.
The difficulty in Swallow it g. She afterwards
Said, did nor proceed srom any
pain attending tire action. but the iifinr
eS Something in her throat ; like tiae
glebes bylleyieus.
The powder and opium corltinuad.
The hand and aim chased with warm
failed oil Several times a day.
Suuelay afk Only two papers as powder,
and two palls taken in the aught,
the last as Yvt rch she lra^ht tip, w..s
sick at her stomach, Sept none, hut lay
quiet ; her scm somewhat moist, and
her

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her voice a little recovered : her poin
and difficulty of fwallowing little betret,
her pulse stronger an^S quicker;
no stool since Friday.—Bled again to
ao ounces ; a clyster with ansinaonial
wine ; powders, pill, arid cnabng, repealed.
Sun-lay evening. swallowed better,
had got down a pint os liquids since
naorningt her urine, small in quantity,
hut good; no sleep— Clyster no effect,
tberesore repeated.
Mtmabty 29. Clyster had taken effect;
better in the main ; had sweated in the
night, but not slept ; her Swallowing
belter ; drank a quart ; very thirsty ;
poise foil.— Bleu to 12 ounees; plaister.
with oiely two drains as extract,
and chasing repeated ; powders continued
. barly water with nitre directed
for toer thirft.
Monday evening. Every way better;
pain gone ; could drink a pint at a
draught. but still dreaded dugs and water.——
Powders continued ; opium oniitted.—She
had bern again sick at
her stomach. occafi rned by her having
taken cold, the nitre was therefore laid
aside.
By this treatment. lessening the
quantity of the medicine as the Sy internes
abated. she gradually recovered.
till venturing sei try how she em Id bear
to look upon water, the fight os it
thre.'i her back, and her symptoms returned
: She was, however. again recovered.
and about the l6tii having
regained her appetite. strength, and
spirits, and Surmounted her aversion to
dogs and water, she went about hei
business as usual. but she again relapsed,
upon berr. • alarmed and sonified
to a great degree, by the stupidisy, or
malice, of two wretches. who assured
her that, thoag'l she thought herself
well, vet it was 'impossible the should
recover. and mat her apparent amendment
was but a It^ilenio^ before death.
She was agai t rcceoweredby the lame
treatinerif^and has continued in perfect
health ever Since.
The Dr's. reasoning upon this case
tentls to shew, 'That poison operates
not by circulating with the blood or a
nimal spirits, but by prnducing fpofraa
upon the nerves, which are commotri.
e tiled by degrees from fibre to fibre,
without apparent ir jury, till the nerves
that govern some eminent viscera be
gin to be affected. To Support this
hypothesis. he observes, that, if she
animal Spirits were tainted in any part,
they would Suddenly he all tainted, the
injury would not he stow or partial,
but sodden and universal : That cifserent
foreign agents affect different
ports, as mercury, the mouth and Sslival
glands; somes oflead, the bowels;
the virus of the Small pox, the skin ;
the o'her pox, the nose arid palate, and
canthatides, the neck of the bladder ;
that different fposins may he communicated
by different objects. without contact
t As a string of an instrument wrll
vibrate at the found ofa correspond -
firing. Hyltericks and unreasonable
panics have heen thus communicated,
and she agitations of enthusiasts, art
Spighi of all efforts to the conaar'
a person yawning communicates tint
peculiar convulsion and no other. ar.d
the Sight of water produces the hydroph.obea
in persons bitten by a mad degi
Upon this principal. trrc author accusants
sor the production of the sis^
pot. by the dread of it.
That the hydrophobia is not sn^amotaryat
the begining, but Simply sp^'
ineidic. like hysterics and worttii
That it appears probable, at least chat.
it is a Species of mania, aeeended with
certain alienations as mind and disor
dees of body peculiar to itself. all
ceeing Srom irregular Spasms, and Spn
medic constriction as some porr-cub'
parts as the nervous bystern. Hestsfees.
That the first aim should he to quirt
the agitar leans, release the strictures.^
remove the SpoSm.
That bathing in cold water is therefore
bad ; it is itlitating the m sr.la la
present^*

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presenting the particular object cf ter- probably effect it, are to well known to
^ ior, and naturally tends to increase ehe be further desetibed.
1 disorder, Wberher sPaslnndic or inflamo- The mast arid cinnabar, according ter
1 tayy, for in no other installation was it Sir John (.ohh's directions, so often menl
ever advised. berng known to fix them liotaed in this cafe, is to he made thus :
^hevond possibility ais cute. So that, Take native and sisctitious cinnabar, of
^upon the iv hole. neither bleeding, vomi- each 24 grains ; muse fv-hilh ou.-he re be
i ting, potging. clsstes. ne.r venesection, very goad) t 6 grains s Let thom hesurely
^ are to be practised in the hydrophobia, ponndered, and minedup into a bolus with
1 otherwise thanpro ry Uata. with a perpe- a Settle boney ; or, fbocause 'oneyisserne.
I tuaI exclusion oS all atlemprs io cure it times disagreeable) with of saffron.
1 by water. of maidenhair, or a latest any other serup
But ehe intention oS cure being thus you please.
1 traced those medicines winch may
let
tial
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F O F T I G A L ^ ^ A Y
The M I L L E R's SO
Sung by Mr. AtitlNs.
N G.
as
I ^Ear the fade .y a be fort as e hill,
it-l
la
^ d.^i A ^e-e.hearted fellow aeretrdr on his mail
Fresh herfth tdooywr her strong retfey hue oev
bis fare.
Ssnd honesty .itses e'en to swkwardorls g.ace.
1 Sefle^ar d wide hi. mesl does he lebusrr and Sing
b'sai regaling at ni-he he's as blelt as a king,
btrer heart ,lv esring he take a full Swift.
fof liqnot hotne brew'd io saaeeels of his mist.
2.
I llemakesawo yrioe Scruple of loll fur his trade.
H-rabat's an erased so ho industry p.ad ,
' • -ieeerse . 'ar free. and h^ ieertw io eseao,
brad be re Seres not a hern of ten tbendund a year ;
I e s a SerS.asSd Sinhermt rat yiue hem e vote,
bt e.eea estohe toeana to aoeept or o yeose a
be form y are r proaad plate.men, end do what
alery wilt,
libey steer can seduce the stanch man as the
^ ands.
Det Sendry ho talks with the hisher end
^pos thai nor Stateforen tl-. all for she beHi
t atrheSpm^arde Shall ne'er interrupt car
1 . seee trade.
byISad lleeiaih coin be in sobfadies peed;
- tsars the French oavy end cotnswe.es in.
Is ^ease. ^
^ I' iles peer Germany St a I may have
With the a honest hope he gees home tu hie
work.
And if water is Scanty. he r.hes up his fork,
And over she meadows see Scatters hie hay.
Or with the Staff plough torus up furrows of
clay.
His harvest is erowu d with a good Finglsh
SSlee.
That his enontry sway ever be happy and free;
With his hand and his heart to king Geosou
dees he fill, ^
And may all loyal finals act tho man of the
milk
Ihe T E M P ES T. by J. Mtsi.au.
IVhofe Pamat are prating by Sa^erepow,.
s ^ ' S midnight's hoaar, end o'er the pla-
P eid deep
A fe^ensn fderce reige'.t, or ea. ion's sloryf
High in the titreexpse.se. tho sorer resoeoeo
Rudies.t amidst tho seder planets sheme,
And o'er tho dusky vilage of the n'aht.
Diffas'd a pleasing me! nehoy lr^ht.
T her' the tmcs.asr Stand, b, ptosp'soaas a .ses.
peoedl'd .
tfor st u -els- bar^. a meeaing wander forfd,
Whist on her loVv Sder. en idle ylas-,
The aaaea c.oe I'd fland, and gently pift'd awaw-
Strrtcfe'ui on tho deck, tho watch, tsrc.r mates
moss,
t^eaaff tie sersf howl. r.e tune the mirtltsolforre,
Or active hounding to tho artl-la say, ^
, . 1st ruStak measures dance tho hearts away ;
aasi, ^ ^ ^o^ ^ hiss strmgeh Or riedina rot end tho peers .
Whesseon^ new saw. der rnaher t ^Sr-net la^;
^ett aff her reae-etl snd lavs his own Or, Sanry lad, doe mish'd for pott tho^
The.

^ Tr^t M A O A E f H E of M A GA 2 f N
The end of all their labour and their ptein ,
Already in ale' ideal tleeyhedl.
T he render contort. or ahe rarent sold.
Each so his withesbtest. Wats there no enore
'1 he dangers of the faitbsrss deep explore r
Thus wo^pr iaa full Security a hey (are.
And hel.t •he vifaons of ahe mind for fate.
Fond mee I Se.ure they now taa-udd ever last.
aslin.f tea a be fatteae-e. ah. eee.brlefe e.t the pall !
W'her Srom the entaletl S.arrh with tlarabsed
wings,
Lo ! Star iotas AuSler aieeexe.cted apt ue^s
In bIaast'-eus rages alarm'd all oceaaa refe.
A d aaa tire Started frenrt her caSm repoSe !
Deep rfryo- rb' aerial vaaatr tho thoreatea-s roll.
And soaked liyhrniner b.ar from either pose.
Now (rhe d re clash of elem-nrs S.ryun.)
from the ar.herial Space. tho Silver aaaa.sa,
Ckrai.l-ml^ retaring Ircken'dat tie S^hr.)
Re la.^ra'd na up to e baos and tes ing'se i
The waver no longer now in idle play.
Curl bland ageiaaft the ship, and pafas away,
Hut by the force of rhe iocreafaog a-ale.
To inenn'ains grown, the trespass's ^hei^ht
afS.it.
Ian vain tre^aratseSs of rhe hehel we .rv'd
O'er the mad .'urge the boundinyborlaaogui.de,
Ira whirling eddies toll. She pie-lv tar rear,
Aod slS the pifor'r art en ruse her Seems;
While helpless we. net.! inapoeen-eo la re,
l^rive or the mere-v of th' esaSailring ye eve.
The rider r bus whose ftery S'eed di'doine,
Aat even ceurSe. andigatartt e f rSae reins, ^
tSeaatlooa, i, bate -real e.'er tho dtffsmi plains • i
Iaa vain so check her S^-be rhe curb he trios. -s
New be r.. now there the Srceunding .--tarter A
He-.
Nor feels the eheckingcnab, o, feesaaa^ ir..y
S.cao as new fails (rhe last resort^. we hend.
Torn from She yard.. sue S-eahe canvass roaad,
The flitting rermoaor, bear oor I tone a awry,
And leave ns streak in boeo,,e aed dismay.
Atinrat-roex*. the reaching ccange User. y
Aaadahe tall mast. heeas.w'ying tc. rhe Id-. el. •
Preuoe o'er the Side a eeonbyno. ruin lies. ^
The lab'ringhoH. now B^tt'ring to and (ro,
Andr S^aaata na. aa.w iase. aa.u abtoe b'd belaw.
As e'er ber decks. rhe who'e-col.rcted deep.
f stefaSlless tocrcne !) seems a: oaare tea Sweep ;
Whilst, from above, toe elands ineeSlan pour,
In dread Sal cataracts their watsv Stare.
' And ahaS the sport of bca-'n and ocean tost.
Wave mn>.nand. ire rho elands .-wle.se we'ae Soit,
T here. pS.ingd wofathondse dey.las below 1
eturl'd hea. lsao^a tlero' She wats, a'vssger.
dreary and vast! where heiglneia'd by c.arl
fort.
y^earlt in a tl.canlatad vare'd form- ^ptvaars.
ass bursting lived aba-. the yS. oaa of - aht,
Abl zeossneteoes iSsh. terr ti signs!
Tserwldaa^we ryed each big a^eoaa.hi
As rbat by late decreed ro be o.rtr ge ve, (
W bull eotiSeions ^uih red.a .o- S ea . g y r ^
Now loft to hope. prefu imprison lsuendssed lees t
And heav'aa we Sa 'a wiah iaappSa. ating crier:
' O thou d to whom oreae Sore's ways a.ekne.wi
• And 'airing element fu^ject'sae owe..
' Provision. an that hour of need herraend,
• stnd rife sopreme wiser- heirraaea efforts end"
Tbaas w- 'an aao^aiila beeath'd the ferveeet prs.'s,
When heas'n, all ^raaoaas, sea 4 ahepiryi -
ear,
O'er rhe rude deep, rhe Sacred mandate went,
T he winds were btrrn'aS, and oceao', fury spoat
The Storm ltdaSades : Oer sa.ndded baai. aaao
• more
Pu- tempest shaken. Sa^aarr art heroee •
The elaaails no emaae in deluges deleemd
But. war h tire wares, there dreadful confleld
end: ,
The languid lightnings now inmaxioeos play,
And hisadeS. thruadesa dillaaat rod away.
All's calm • And b.^oe again in ew'ry breast
Her Seas reluming. (heav'n de^u ed^uet 1
Gave m, solafelcnumbcy'd with the dead
Once aneaietea raise she ^sase •devoted hea.d.
To late reffcay'd , and S t.r tmorepcjz'd than fifes
Tlee eaea-erie of rSte paeenr. friend, and war.
Now then' the cofy poetaae of the E-St,
Tlee glorious Stsesv in ge.ld and azure drciS,
ReS'^seodeeet its.aiu.. as a bei.S^aa.om gey,
To oea. there 'd Sea a Is, arwroar^ed retwraaia^iv.
When at wu binghe approach theldde ta^iv
With all her aeaa.aeeS'sss^rots sssekaheir fl-abt,
All secure fori I'd to for her peace reline'd
And paoSSrate we the t^ead of heav'n ados d.
The BaiT1sat COUNTRY LllL
la Imitation of Hoaacs.
1 |APPY who far from buss eroue',
I a Lake man's primmval race,
^^.itil his a.wli CSeai acres plows
Paternal. clear sit debt.
Hin neither wia's fierce trumpets nartt,
Nor the seas dreadful rage
Dismays. the notly bar he shuns.
And waits not s.n the Smiles
Of great oraes. linher lias domata
l Ie marls, or acorns Sows,
Or poplar plants. or ufesul ash.
Or prut^,- his wanton vines.
Or elle in wilding v.alc observes
His lovving watadrrera.
Or honey flows in fictiles clean,
Or sheers his languid Sheep.
Wsieli autueso laiild with fruit
crnwn'd •
Es-l;; his o race fail head
Tlie ruls he gladly P ^

^ J U L Y ,
fir purple grape thy gifts, [uloe t
All bounteous God ; with thanks how
His fervent basoin glow.
^vu underneath accustom'^ oakt
on th' im painted grass
Extended 1 while the loud cascade,
Or dulcet silvan quire, -
Or softest murmurs of the beonk
His eafy ^ ambers charm ;
And when the wintry welk in lowrs
With gathering storms and show,
Strong health and manly sports his tube
^ Supplies. far slauglit'ting. Hark f
The distant shnot or early dawn
And spiiginly born bitl rouze,
^ow glows the jovial chafe ; ob bliss
When hill and valley ring !
The lover thus amusld, how Soon
Forgers to whine ? perchance
A chaste and loving wise keepr neat
His bouse and charming babes.
Her part Sustaining. (happy state
Of wedlock often Sound
Beneath thatchld roof!) lahorions, swtst,
And sunburnt, she berimes
Uprising wholesome breakfast seta
In order, or at ev'n
Her weary Spouse expecting rears
The lightsome fire ; now folds
H:r milkv charge, iejoic'd to quit
Their Swelling load ; now crowns
The Sparkling bowl, and Sreelv heape
With cheer unbougbt the board
Great-Britain, plenteous ifle. despite .
The jeSuit cook, derach'd [Sexst
by fraudftll France, with compound
Ftatick to conSume
Thy health and treasures. and corrupt
Thy dreaded virtues, eartt
In bloody battles Sorely prtrvld :
Avoid the gaudy bait
S^f canker'd luxury, oft gorg'd
At White's by thoughtlela beaux,
Profuse of honour and estate
More Sweet and wholesome far
Tae bam door fowl, or Sainday 's feast
Good beef and dttmplin coarse,
S^r aposes bak'd in rustick paste
High rais'd, with Cestnan cheese :
^it chiefly let the garden, best
lardert, vicld me choice,
^CL. YL
Of cheer salubriour, toots and pulsed
And blended sallads. Stew'd
With home fed bacon, sav'ry meal f
Nor the fields native stores
Be seorn'd wild endive. sorrel sour,
And healing mallow. balm
Of forfeits, highly priz'd as old
In venerable song.
Thus feasting, ob what joy to fee
My fleecy care reversld
On floating mirror, as they graze
Th' enamell'd banks ! to Sea
My weary 'd oxen ill drag home
The prostrate plough ! to See
The merry hall, where Swarm to sports
Or tale my vaffal train !
Rich Vernon thus retiring Spoke.
And bleffes bis escape
From chancery hat eo peaceful groves i
But hurries back next term.
bo L 1 L o t^u Y, ou an empty Pv tilt.
A LA SI my porse 1 bow lean and
A low i
My filken purse l what art thou now ^
Once l beheld—but storks will fall-
When both thy ends had wherewithal.
When l within thy slender fence ^
My fortune plae'd, and confidence ; ^
A poes's fortune nor immense ; y
Yes mixt with keys, and coins among,
Chink'd to the melody as Song.
Canst thou Sorget when, high in air,
I saw shee stutt'ring at a fait t
And took that. deSttn'd to be Sold,
My lawsul porse to have and hold ^
Yet us'd So oft to disembogue,
No prudence could thy sear prorogue.
Like wax thy silver melted down,
Touch bur the brass. and lol 'twas
gone:
Aod gold would never with thee stay,
For gold had wings. and stew away.
Alas. my porse ! yet still be proud.
For see the virtues round thee croud l
Bee, in the room of poltry wealth,
Calm temp'rance rise, the nurse of
I. ^ Aasl

^st ^ e M A G A 2 l tf ^ of M A G A 2 l N
And Self-denial, slim and Spare,
And fortitude wish look levere ;
And abstinence, to leanness prone,
And patience worn to skin and bone:
Prudence and foresight on thee wait,
And poverty lies here in state !
Hopeless her Spirits to recruit,
For ev'ry virtue is a mute.
Well then, my purse, thy Sabbaths
keep ;
Neow thou art empry. I shall sleep-
No silver Sounds shall thee molest.
Nor golden dreams ditto ib my breast-
Sale shall l walk the streets along,
Amidst temprations thick and strong ;
Catchld by the eye no more shall stop
At Wildey's toys, or Pinchbeck's shop ;
Nor cheap' liing Payne's ungodly hooks,
Be drawn aside by pastry cooks :
But SearleSs now we buth may go
Where Ludgatc's mercers buw So low ;
Beholding all with equal eye,
Nor moved at-^ Madam, what d'ye
e buy ^ o
Away , f ar hence each worldly care!^
Nor dun nut pick-purse Shalt thou fear^.
Nor flast'rer bale annoy my ear. s
.snug shaltthoU tiavel thro' the mob,
For who a pooet's purse will rub ?
And foftly Sweet, in garret high,
Will I thy virtues magnify 1
Out roaring flatt hers stinking breath,
And gently rhyming rats to death.
Tbo Complaint of E V E. *
s^.U S T I then leave that, paradise?
Thus leave
Thee, native foil. these happy walks
and shades,
Fit haunt as Gods ? Where l had hope
to fpend
Osnet, though fad, the respite of that
day
That must be mortal to us bulb, O
flow'rs, "-.-ar
That never will in other clitnale grow,
My early visitation, and my last
At even, w^pech I bted up wish tender
hand
From she first opening bud, and gate
you names ;
Who now shall rear you to the fun, or
rank
Your tribes. and water from th'ambrofi-
, al fount t
Thee. lastly, nuptial buwert by me
adorn'd
With what to sight or frnell was fweet ;
from thee
How shell l part, and whither wander
down
Into a lower world, to this a-bfeure
Arid wild? how shall we breathe in rather
air
Less pure, acCustem'd to immortal
fruits ^
ADA hPs Speech hearing bo must oe
shut out of Paradise.
^T^HIS me st afficts me, that depart-
I. ing hence
As Srom his face l shall be hid, deprived
His blessed count'nance ; here I could
frequent,
With worship, place by place where
be vouchsafed
Presence divine : and to my sons relate,
Gn this mount he appear 'd, under this
tree
Stand visible, among these pines his
voice
I heard, here with him at this Sountais
talkld t
So many grateful altars I would rear
Of graSly turs, and pile up every strne
Gf lustre from the brook, in memoty
Or meinument to ages. and thereon
Offer Sweet-Smelling gums and fruits
and flow'rs.
In yonder nether world. where shall J
leek
His bright appearances, or footstep
trace t
For though l fled him angry yet recall
To life proiong'd and promded rater
I now
Gladly behold though but his utmon
skirts
Of glory, and sat his steps adei^

, ^ t a^arr ^ s.e Y, ^
HISTORY O^ OtH' ^ W N ^IME^,
P E R S I A .
H F. prospect of a re-esta-
^ts blithment of Some kind oS
^ T ^ order in this empire, cannot
fail of raising lhe fpi-
^reesn^ tits of the depress'd inhabitants,
aster the horrid anarchy that
has reign'd in every province, the governors
of which were berome petty
tyrants, and exercis'd the most absolute
and oppressive rule over the slaves os
their power.
T U R K E Y .
On she 14th of alrfay, in the night,
a fire broke out in the quarter of the
.drmenians at Smyrna, which did great
damage, and the wife of Signing Babijan,
his Son, daughter, and five of
his domesticks. petished in the flames.
The fire would have been oS more ill
conSequence, had it not bern for the
assistance of the engines of the Dutch
and English facte,ties. In our capital,
25o houses have alio lately been de-
Siroy'd hy fire.
R U S S I A
Our court intends to have a camp of
6^,oco men in Conrland and Linrouia,
this Summer, who will be join'd by
loooo Cosine ks. The repairs of Mfenw,
Since the lale fires are diligently
carried on, and the compassionate and
public-Spirited empress, has furnished
the greatest part of lhe limber and ma^
Serials, for lhat purpose, at ber own
espence. She has alSo ordered the
hauSes in the quarter of Kihey Gorndto
le pulled down, and rebuilt oS stone ;
tsase os timber in that city having bern
the caose oS so many fires.
D E N M A R K .
Has majesty has advanced 5o,ooo
ttownt, without interest, to the author
^ i proposition sor erecting a foundety
an Norway, for cannons and mor-
^ ; and has agreed to take all that
lttsll he cast, even at an higher price
tain the projector demanded,
S W E D E N .
Our recruiting officers are very bufy
in Germany, in order to complete our
regiments in Swedish Pomeraaia. The
negotiations with Russia, to fettle the
limits oS Finland, are renewed, and
the contract with France, Sor building
a Squadron of men of vvar for the uto
of that court, is concluded and sign'd.
Our court which is So nearly allyed
to that of I^astsa, and which has
obligations to France that cannot be
dispensed with, seems to be acteul upon.
soly by the directions received front
those quarters, to which we may aScribu
all our military preparations.
P O L A N D .
A Jew hat been cruelly pot to deatlt
at Wiilna for ap statirang from the
christian religion, in which rpostacy he
peifisted to his last moments, and sofsered
every torment inflicted on him
without a groan. [Indeed this was a
very christian method of reclaiming
him f —— A thinking man must ab.
hor the principles of bis persecutors.]
The difpotes ber ween our clergy and
noblesse still continue to encrease and
to threaten the most dreadful consequences—The
Hey.lamacki go on in
their ravages, tbo' so Srequently they
pay Sor them, and have lately plunder.
ed Several villages. and pot all the his
habitants to the Sword.
G E R M A N Y .
Vienna. fore 27. A magas^ne of
powder at Mddou. has bern blown up
by accident, aod kill'd a number of
Soldiers on duty.
Berlin, fore A Swarm of locusts
has appeared in our neighbour^
hand, and has Since enereafed So as to
be of great detriment to the fruits of
the earth.
The business of East Frieslaad which,
is rcSerrld to the Aulic council. Seems
more than any thing to eturoloy the attention
os our court. It cs pretended,
aot

^4 M A G A 2 L N E
of M A G A ^ 1 N E
not only that. the claims of the boufe ' ber ; I most cboarse/ly fign ibis atrreeof
Hanover are invalid, but also that ' ment ; which I wanted to de fifteen
partiality has appeared in referring the • years ago.
affair to that tribunal, and we Seem re- ' This paper, which is of no uSe to
Seolved not to acquiesce in their Suture ' his majesty, to me, or to the pulo.
determination.
' lis. shall certainly be restored as Soon
Frankfort, June 27. On Mr. Vole ' as it is found among my other pataire's
being arrested, he gave our ma- ' pers. I cannot, nor will not make
gistrates a written promise, as well as ' the least uSe of it. To remove all
his parole os honour, nor to depart < suspicion, I declare mySelf guilty of
without permission ; notwithstanding < high treason against the king of
which he Soon oster Suddenly disap^oear- < France my master, and the king of
ed : being purSued and brought back, ' Prussia, if I do not return that pa.
be pretended he was only making a ' per, the instant it coraes to my hands.
tour to the baths of Wishaden ; how- ' My niece, who is with nre during
ever a guard was Set over him, and he ' my illness, engages. on the fame oath,
has Since delivered the following decla. < to deliver it up, if she finds it ; aed
rat ion (o the Prnstsan resident.
' in the mean time, 'till I can have
' As a dying man, I protest before ' access to my papers at Paris, I en.
< God and men, that, though no lon- ' tirely annul that writing. declaring
< ger in his majesty the king oSPrussea'a ' that l have no pretensions on his ma.
< Service, I am not the leSs attacn'd to ' iesty the king of Prussia, and expect
< that monarch, nor less Submissive to ' nothing from him in my prefers
^ his will for the short time I have to < painful state, but that compassion
< live. He has caused me to be ar- ' which his greatneSs os foul owes to
< rested at Franksuf for the book oS ' a dying man, who facraficed and lost
< poems oS which he made me a pre- < his all Sor adhering to him, whoServ-
< sent : 1 chearfully remain in prison till ' ed him aealously, who was useful
• that book be brought Srom Hamburgh, ' to him, wiso never offended against
< where I leSt is. I have delivered to ' his perSon, and who trusts to the
' his Prussian majesty's rehdent all the ' goodneSs of his heart l am obliged
< letters 1 received S.om him, and ' lo dictate this, heing unable to write
< which I preServed as precious ' myself. and l sign it with the most
^ marks oaf the Savours with which he ' profound respect. the most perfect
' honoured me. He wants alSo to ' innocence, and. the most exquisite Sor-
' have again a contract which he s row, &c.' VoLTAias.
< vouclisaSed to make with me : I am Since the above declaration he ha^
' most ready to deliver it up with all been Set at liberty, and is returning to
-< the rest, as soon as it can be found. France.
< This writing, which was not proper -
I T A L Y .
< ly a contract, but the pure effect of The inhabitants of St. Remo and o-
< the king's goodness, is of no conle- ther Genoese territories, who revolted
< quesace, containing only my acknow- against that republic arid committed
< ledgments for the pension which his several acts os rebellion. have been re-
^ majesty the king of Prussia, with the d tared to their duty, by a detachment
^ permission of the king my master, under Seig. Aug. Fiuelli, cearr listing
< assigned me, and for that which he os boo men, with a proper train
' granted to my niece after my death, of artillery, after a resolute but unskil-
< as also for the crofs, and key of ful resistance ; when having taken tire
< chamberlain. The king of Prussia town of St. Remo, he hung up six of
< vouchSaSed^o put at the bottom of the chiefs for an example, and entire-
^ thin writing, as well I can rememly SuppreSa'd the tumultuary motions

J U L Y
of the inhabitants os the neighbouring
districts. A fine has been impoSed upon
them, and hqltages delivered for their
suture well behaviour.
Florence June 9. An academy is established
in this city fir improving the
knowledge os agriculture.
Rome June 17. A Sarm of prince
Bamphrri's has been destroyed by lightning,
the damage 30000 crowns.
This court has prohibited the exportation
of wool out of its territories, being
reSolved to manufacture their own
Commodity.
S P A I N .
Our courts justifies thndeizUre of the
Brrissean ship in the Wast Indies, which
was detected in a contraband trade,
sad are resolved to Serve vessels of all
nations in the Same manner, if caught
in such illicit attempts : We have no
leans in his hands : no dominions that
he can suddenly attack, and therefore
have little apprehension of the refentrnent
of ihis would be mercantile monarch.
Four men of war are Speedily
to fail from Barcelona, with a number
of sailors. to recruit our guarda costas
in America, and our armaments against
the infidels, will soon make us respectaable
as a naval power.
P O I ^ T H G A L .
Don AssdeeW Brieve lately died at Baclejoz,
aged t24. He was only a lieutenant
of foot, tho' he had been in the
Service above too years 1—A sure Sign
as want either of merit or friends.
H O L L A N D .
The promotions made, in conference
ofthe decease of Count Maurice
have given fresh occasion for murmur
and complaint ; feeing rank and fenioritv.
or capacity, in the Service, have
tsot been regarded, and the Frastand
cabala have distinguished their own
tunntrvmen, to the prejudice of the
Bounders ; by which steps the military
^entietnen are as much chagrnsd as
tt^ole in the civil departments, and opedy
clamour against the schemes of the
^vetnante's favourites.
la order to encourage our herring
fishery, their exemption from duties.
is prolonged to January 1, 1757; and
the passports to feetire our vessels ftona
the corsairs of Barhary are renew 'd to
March i, 1754.
Notwithstanding our disputes with
each other a Scheme is promoting. on
all hands, to purchase the Prussian poS-
Selsions, in our dominions, Sor arte ptincc
of Orange, for which porpoSe a ioa.'i
has been talk'd of to the Governante.
particularly from the province of" Holland.
We have lately added one feather
to the cap worn by the prince Bishop
of liege, whet, upon his earnest request,
has been distinguished by the states
with the title of Serene Highness, a condescension
that may perhaps engage
Some fcrupulous Roman Catholic states,
at Spain and Portugal, to bestow the
Same upon our Stadholder.
F R A N C E .
On the 7th the heat was so excessive
that the thermometer role to 3o. ^being
a degree higher than has been
known here in the warmest fuinmers,
foch as those of t 7o6, i7o8, and i7o^.
The court seems narw to be irritated
to the last degree against the parliament
and the chancellor has wrote to the
great chamber, to exhort them to submit
to the king's s e n t i m e n t s . That
chamber having refused to treat upon
the Prince of Couti's terms, without the
confent of their exil'd brethren, he has
departed, in discontent, from their
neighbourhood, ard retired to L'lsle
Adam. The parliaments of Normaiidy
and Dijon, by their vigorous behaviour
against the refofers ofthe sacrament",
seem in danger of the fame treatment
with that os Paris ; but continue by
fresh tokens to evince their courage
and constancy, and their contempt of"
hardships, in defence ofthe riahts of
mankind, against the encroachments of
the clergy.
Out late misfortunes in the East Indict
have edged the wit of r^r ministrv
to certain complaints against the

the proceeding of the English there, as
contrary to the peace of Aix la Chapelle,
and they in return lay the same
charge again.it Dupleix, whom however
we are preparing to Support.
In Africa, a Small Squadron of men
of war, merely deSlgned as a Sloet of
observation, fell ira, on the coast of
Glaring, with four English ships, whodeclared
they svould permit no merchantmen
to trade ita Such places on that
coast, as they claim an exclusive right
os commerce in, and put themselves
in a posture of action. Our commander
having no instructions to commence
hostilities, has dispatched two vessels to
Fran-e with au account of this affair,
and for further instructions.-The Engfish
ace building Sorts at Anarnahoe, and
S^em firmly reSolved to exclude usfr na
all commerce in that place.
June 29. Tire inhabitants oS SaliSbury
in io95 were 6678, in the last
year 6586 ; i i 59 have lately had the
small -pox, 89 l in the natural way, of
whom 72 died, and 268 by inoculation
2 of whom only died
30. Twenty children, out of 65,
were admitted into the Eoundling Hospital.
July 3. A Barn, stable, and a large
quantity of hay vaere destroyed by
lightning at North-Walsham, Norfolk.
5. This maarning a vault at a publie
houSe near London-Bridge foot,
Scouthwark, called the Tumble-down
Dick, was emptying, which is much
confitr'd from air by its situation : the
first man that went down, overcome by
the stench, call'd out for help, and iraamediately
Sell down on hits face ; a Seeond
went to help him, and fell down
alfo ; then a third, and fourth went
down, when these two were obliged to
come up again directly : and the stench
os the place being by this time greatly
abated, they got out the two that went
dosvn first ; but the Second yeas dead,
and the first had Si little lite in hina,
that he died in the afternoon. The
other two tetrad have Suffered the Same
date, had not the landlord given imtnc- .
M A G A 2 1 N E of M AG A ^ S N la y,
diate assistance, at the hazard of his
own lile, and administered to them every
thing proper for their recovery.
so. At a general court of governors
of the counry-hoSpital at Winchester,
(43 prefent) it was resilved unanimously
That a new building be erected fur
an hospital, on the ground lately putchafed
of Mr. Abree ; and that the Sum
of 2oool. out of Mr. Taunton's legacy,
be approbriated for that purpose ;
and that a Subscription be forthwith op.
ened for receiving benefactions towardi
the farther expence of it.
—That the committee be empowered
to receive plans and proposals iritis
refpect to the intended building.
—In pursuance of which resolutions the
committee give this public notice, that
Subscription-books are opened at the
County- HoSpital in Winchester ; at
Mr. Henry Lys's, onPortfea-Common ;
at Mr.' James Wilkinson's, stationer ;
on the Point, Portfmouth ; at Mr.
William Jolliffe*s, in Gosport ; a:
Mark Noble's, Esq; receiver-general
for the county, at Southampton ; at
Mr. Shipton's, apothecary, Basingstoke;
and at Sir Richard lloare's and Ct^
bankers, in Fleet Street, London.
—The committee likewise give notice,
that such workmen as are desirous art
undertaking the said building, are itquired
to deliver in their plans, with
proper estimates sealed up, to Mr Rich"
ard Pratt, secretary to the County-Hoipisal
at Winchester, before the 5th day
of .September next.
Between io and II in the forenoon,
the town of Holmes-Chapel m Cheshire
was destroyed by sire, exeept the ltos
Lyon Inn and two other houses. fhe
flames raged fo violently, that she t^"
habitants^could not lave even their
wearing apparel.
i 3. lspwards of loo transports were
shipp'd from Newgate for Virginia rend
Maryland.
1 6. The secretary of the Hcrt^
Fishery waited on all the royal sainiby
with prefents of pickled herrings, at"
rived this day from Shetland.
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J U L Y,
.t8. 64 whole barrels, 2 6 half barrels
and ror kegs of the society's pickled
herrings, were ft rid at the Roval Exchange
Coffee House in Threadneedle
^reet ; the whole barrels Sold, on an
avarage, at 5 is. the half barrels at a as.
and the kegs at 16s. 9d. each.
a i . Ended the Sessions at the Old
Bailey, when Millie ent Clishy, for a
burglary ; Therruas Bitckmore, and
Thomas Twynbrow, for highway robberies
; ^ Anne Robertson, for stealing
ac.old watch ; James Williams, for a
hire fact ; 4 John Siockclale, aard
' Christopher Johnson, Sor the murder
of the postman ; and Johss Peers, for
ste murder of his wise, received Sentence
of death ; 23 for transportation ;
and i branded.
o Being very ill, he was permitted to
ft during his trial
He kept up his spirits wilh decency
tall a gentleman, with whom he live/, appeared,
when he hurst into tears, analeontin
reed in great agitation the remainder of
the time ; and heat himself about the head
and breast, in a violent manner, while sentence
was pasting.
^ Two women have declare./ that she
ncieas innocent of the fact, and that one
Boge, who is commited, was the woman
tthe stole the watch. The watch, they
soy, was first pawn'd for 5os. and after.
tCiardt redeem'd and pledg'd for 1 o guineas.
A fire broke out at East Wester/ey in
^nsse/k which destroy 'd the houses barns
and stables of Mr. Jacksen and Mr.
Brent. The incendiares, SuSpected to
le guilty of this cruel affair, were taken
up, the next day, regaling thetnselves
st the role alehouse ; about a mile
fttsni the town and committed to
Sloelnasfeord gcal.
23. Eight ships artived in the river
St^m Green/and, having on board 35
whales and a half.
Came on in the court oSKing's Bench
^ Westminister Hast, a cause wherein
^ Peurringten, Esq; was plainer
and one Baker late his footman decant,
The was laid for
^o,oool. for criminal conversation with
his mistress. The jury gave a verdict
for the plaintiff witb 5ool. damage.
Sloc^dale, Johnson, and Peers, were
executed a: Tyhum. The Bodies os
the two first wore hang'd in chains near
Wirnchmore Hi//, in the Sartre cloaths and
ruffles they wore at execution, the place
where the robbery and murder was
Committed ; and Peers was dissected.
at Surgeon's Hall. They all died penitent,
and deny'd any intention of
murder.
A^ortbampton, July 7. At Shigshend
near Letaghhorough in Leicestershire ; 1 5^
bay of building, &c, were consumed
by fire,
25, The great cause between Dr.
Schomherg and the college of physicians
of which there have been Several hearings
at Lincolns /nu hall, before the lord
chancellor, the lord cbiesjastice os the
King's Bench, the lord chief justice of
tire common-pleas, and the lord chief
baron of tbe Exchequer, was determined
in favour of the college, their lordships
being of opinion, that they had
no right as visitation over the college. But
the court offing's Bench may be moved
for the college to shew cause for
their not admitting Dr. Scbomhergh as a
member.
26. W^as held a general court of the
South Sea company, when a dividend
of 2 percent, on the capital stock of
the fain company, for the half year's
interest due at Old Mtastrmmer Day, was
declared payable on Friday August 17.
At the court of common piear at
Guildhall, was call'd on, for tryal by a
Special jury of eminent merchants, the
cause, wherein Mr. Ho/land of Negate
Street was plantiff, and the owner of
Bartbolomew fait, defendant ; but the
defendant's council not agreeing to
enter into the merits, again challenged
the jury returned, tho' they were all
non-freemen, and that matter is to be
fpeeially argued the next tertn. ^elt.
Holland proposed to try the right by
any twelve persons then in court, or it,
any one of the neighboring ce-unties.
which

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which was refoSed by the defendants
counsel. The city charters were by
order of the mayor and aldermen,
brought into court, to be given in evidence,
and for the Support of the right
of the Said Mr. Hi/and.
The Bn.of Durham has given to the
count tntirmarv at Newcastle ^ool. to
be a abed to the finishing oS the new
building an.d has alS'o SabSuribed 3ol.
per Ann. to that charity.
Sir Cha. Kmyr Tynia, Bart. and Tho.
Frowso, liisq; having offered themselves
as candidates to repreSent the county
of a5omerset, the mottooe worn on the occasion
was, Vo Judaism ; Christianity
for ever. That oS the ribbons worn at
Newe'on in Lancashire, when Sit, Thomas
Grny Egerton, Bart. and Peler Legh, Efq;
were nominated Sor candidates was,
No Jews ; Christianity and tbo Constitution.
And the like detestation of that
was exprcffed at Several other places.
Aetount of tho Braaeisrs GassitzAND
Flsnaav.
B. Thofe marSc'd o arrived this month.
but Several are come in whole names we could
not ascertain.
^hips Name:. Commanders. Port. Fish.
Uriton. Wilson, London ^
Unicorn. Cay, Ditto a
D eaf SsedSord, Coates, Ditto 2
Endeavour, Clayton, Ditto 1
ParnaSlus, HornSby, Ditto 2
Leviathan, Bollard, Ditto 1
^lary. Hcaraashy, Ditto 4
Wbate FiSher, Mean, Ditto 1
lSamilron, Soarf, Ditto 1
Henrietta, Fenkse, Ditto t
Rich. and Wm. Watsnlley, Ditto el
Riohard, Shepherd, Ditto 1
I.ively, Feazrer.. Ditto 1
Yotma Eagle, GrccnShaw, Ditto a
1-ondon. Welkins. Ditto a
Royal Boer arty, Reddtead, Ditto a
Glairy Wilset, Saeeed. Ditto a
L.iun, leherSOn, Ditto a
footo Belso, Moody, Ditto o
1 Sappy Naaptiols Waa ri aagtoea, taialo o
Heerviderroe, Moore, Ditto o
ASercao. der, Sparrow, Ditto w
Isrirarania, Ayssens. Ditto o
and bl.rv, A" S a m son, Ditto o
F neour.a^em^t, Fisher. Ditto a
V.err.ar.d blary^ Tndd, Whitby a
Sea Nymph, Wilson, Ditto a
Dolphin.^ Elliot, NeweaSlle a
Refolution,^ Skinner, Ditto a
Stuallow.^ Brown, Ditto a
Prin, William, Dunoan, Yarmouth t
Tryal, Allen, Leith 4
Reayal Bounty, Deeks, Ditto a
Edinburgh. Yaunfon, Ditto a
Camblete war, Y'aunSon, Ditto s
P. taf wases,„ M'Colsom, Ditto 1
Prfs of Wases,^ King, Ditto a
Peot^v. Gray. Borstnrss o
BleSled Endeav. Roxburgh, Dunbar o
North Star, — > Ditto o
^gv, Reed, Glasgow o
Thistle, Saaaart, Ditto a
Dun for, Sheiu, Daindee i
Sr. Asm's. Sanels, Aberateen ^
City eat' Aherde. Parks, Ditto o
Adventure. Allen, Bristol o
Bristol, Fowler, Ditto i
Gulden Linn, MedcalS, Liverpool a
Whitehaven in Cumberland, July SO.
On Wednesday June 2o. in the night,
a tumultuous, rabble of 4 or 500 peapie,
pull*d down and destroy ld the turnpike
at Bedler Bridge (yvhich they have
done twice before within these two
years) threatning the lives, and to bant
the houSes, of foine of the neighbouring
gentlemen.
Manchester, July 6. The journeymen
carpenters and joiners here left
their work, and obstinately persist nor
to return except their masters augment
their wages ; aid this morning the
bricklayers and their labourers followed
their example. A great number of
thera were this afternoon beSore justice*
Birch, who earnestly requested them ta
return to work till the next quarter-SeSfions,
Sor the common wages, and then
the bench oS justices would take that
affair under consideration t but thtI
were not in the least Satisfied with what
the justice said ; So that building is ss
present entirely SuSpended in this place.
Taunton, .immerse ishire, June 25. Several
hundred women, and a great number
of men,' assembled in this town, la ^
tumultuous manner, and proceeded to
a large wear, callld heench Wear, neat
a set of grist-mills, call'd the Topmasts,
when the women went bristly ^
work demolishing it, and that So aks^

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prevent any corn being ground at the
mills. The men all the while stood
lookers on, giving the women many
huzzas atrd commendations Sor their
dexterity in the work. Their reaSon for
at was adishke they had to the manager
osthe mills, whom they charge with
Sending flower to other parts, whereby
they apprehended corn was
advanced to a higher price than otherwise
it would have been. Several cither
riots have been also created in the
Same manner.
Leeds, June 25, This morning a
message was Sent to Edwin Lastdles,
LSq ; that the rioters concutn'd in cutting
down the turnpikes, intended to
demolish the turnpike bar at Harwood-
Bridgt, and pull down his heoufe. .-Accordingly,
in the afternoon, about 300,
armed with Swords. and clubs, appeared.
Mr. Easterns armed about eighty
of his tenants and workmen, resolv'd to
defend the bar, and march'd himself, on
foot, at the head of them, to meet the
rioters. After fome skirmishing, in
which Several were wounded on both
sides, he took ahout thirty prisoners, of
whom ten were committed to York castle
the nett day.
—f hedrag'rons which were come from
Tork to assist in Suppressing the rioters,
were divided into parties to attend on
the several turnpikes round about the
sov.n, in Supprrt oS the collectors : and
on Saturday last, a carter going through
BcrSlon turnpike reius'd to pay the toil,
whereupon he was Seiz'd by the soldiers,
in order to he carried hefore the
trustees of the turnpike, at the King's
forrs inn in Braggart, but Was rescued
before he got thither. Aster this the
mob gave out, that, before tets that
inght, they would refcue three other
prisoners who hod been apprehended
the night before ; accordingly, between
Seven and eight, a body of about 5oo
merr assembled in Briggati, when, the
proclamation against rioters was read,
hut this not being regarded, a MciSen-
^er was Sent to desire all persons to shut
^ their shops and keep in their healer ;
^ar,. vi.
after which the officers Sent their own
servants with the like caution. but the
mob continuing to break the wndows
and shutters of the King's Arms inn.
and tearing up the s t o n e s of the pavement
to throw at the soldiers, and having
knock'd down the eentinel upon
guard there. the drum heat to arms.
and thejuftices gave orders to the soldiers.
iii number about twenty, to fire.
which was first done with powder, but
this no way intimidating the mob, they
fir'el with ball. By vvnich eight were
kill'cl and about fifty wounaed, some of
wheom are since dead.
—The officers and soldiers, quartered
here at the time of the late iioc, have
been relieved by others, to prevent aa.y
private resentment of the rioters, on
account of the death of their companions,
many of whom are since dead
of their wounds. The officer, behaved
with great prudence and caution, and
weould not proceed to put the military
force in execution till he had it under
the hands of the civil magistrates ; i co
were killed 24 wounded 22 of them on
recovery.
S C O T L A N D .
Edinburgh July 4. The convention
of the royal burghs, have this day unanimously
agreed to SubScribe l5oo!.
toward5 the Scheme Sor improving arid
adorning this city.
A M E R I C A .
Charles Tow*, South Carolina, May 2.
' The crop as rice is lrke to be very
short this year ; there is now none in
the market. Provisions os all kinds
are excessively dear, anal corn cannot
be got to purchafe. Last month a body
of French Indians came down, and
besides many other outrages, killed Some
of our people ; but after Several fmart
skirmishes, in which one of their chiefs
was killed, our militia obliged them to
retreat.'
Philadelphia, May 10. By letter^
from Virginia, dated the loth of April.
we have the following advice : that an
armed company of Indians, consisting
of Ottowawas, and Coni^arargas, hettdil

^ T^t M A G A E 1 N 1 ofMAGA2INES^,
ed by one of the six nations, and a
white man, met with Some Penlylvanin
traders, at a place called Keastrecly, about
15omiles from the Shawnesc town, on
this side Alligheney rivet, and took eight
prisoners, Sis e belonging to Mr. Ceoghan
the other three to Mr. Lowry, and
goods to the value of 3^o 1. Three
of John Finlry's men were killed near
the Little Pick Town, and no account
of himSelf. Michael Tatte's people
were robbed near the Lekes, by Indians,
wish one Frenchman in company. 300
Ottowawas were expected at the Lower
Town, and another party of French and
Indians were coming down the river.
Our Indians are in such confusion, that
there is no knowing whom to trust ;
and it is thought will all go over to the
French as they expect no assistance Srom
the English.
—By way of New-York there is further
intelligence t That an army of French
and Indians, to she number of t 2oo,
besides the Battoe men, were seen by
fome of the Six Nation Indians, the middle
of Aprs'/ last, in their march, well
equippld lor war, to Cordsracqur', a
French fort (and the usual place of rendezvous)
situate near the east end of
lake Ontario, among whom were a
great many officers, and young gentlemen.
—May 5o. Our assembly have voted
boo/ lor the support of the Indians ;
and 3o:o/. as a present to she Twi^.'wee
Indians, who Suffered by the French last
autumn.
—June 7. Last week was raised and
fixed, in the State House Steeple, the
great bell. yeeighing 2o8olb. cast here,
with this inscription. Proclaim liberty
throughout .all the land, to the inhaebiiants
thereof
A List of Births ser tbo Year 1-5^.
June 23. | Adv of Jerhn Delaval,
l a Esq ; detiver'd of a
daughter
Jui.s^9. Lady Eliz. Waldegrave,
wife ot Co^yWaldegrave, and daughter
to Ld. Gowen,—of a son,
6. Cress. of Haddington,—of a son.
22. Lady of the Bishop of Chester,
—of a Son.
24. Lady of John Bond, Esq; mem.
ber for Corse-Castle,—os a fon.
A List of Marriages ser the Year 1753.
JuLT 4. ^ Ohn Fleming, Efq; was
^p marry ld to Miss Coleman,
niece to the Duke of Somerset. 5oool
8. Marcellus Osborne, Esq;—to s^liSs
Faox.
9. Tho. Dawfon, Esq;—to MiSs
Venables.
13. The noted Dr. Rock,—to Mils
Thompson.
t4. Rich. Nicholas, Esq;—to Mils
Hartley, niece to Sir Wm. Pentcn, Ht.
7oo 1. per Ann.
18. Sir Pob. Burdett, Bt, member
for Tamworth,—so Lady Caroline
Harput, sitter to the D. of Rutland,
and relict of Sir Henry Harput, Bart.
2 1 . Hen. Bainbridge Buckeridge,
Esq;—to Miss Pinfold.
22. Edw. Trench, Esq;—to ^lisi
Newland of Carshalton.
Vim. Southwell, Esq; brother to Id.
Southwell, in France,—to Miss Pye,
sister to Hen. Pye, Esq; member lot
Berks.
23. Lieut. Col. Drury ofthe guards,
—to Miss Turner, youngest daughter
of Edin. Turner of Stoke, Lincolnshire.
Esq;
Tho. Edwards Freeman, Esq;-*^
Mils Revely.
24. Seymour, Esq;—to Lad|t
Carolina Cowper, daughter to E. Copper.
24. Ld. Cathcart,— to Hon. Misi
Hamilton, daughter of Lord Archibald
Hamilton.
24. Bernard Brocas of Wakefield,
Esq;—to Miss Beeves. 8caOO /
28. Capt. Joseph Mead— to
Charlotte Wilkina of Blackheath' 6oo^'
besides 2ao / per Ann.
A List of Deaths for tbo Year 1753*
June 28. ^Hlliam Hiley of Upt^
P^s near Pool, Dorset^,

J U
Charles Emlyn of Tottenham,
FSq;
Wm. Billinghurst, ESq; J. of P. for
atrrey.
Jet-T i. Wm. Corbet, Esq; coiuailSaoner
of the navy.
Tho. Perkins, Sen. oS Netherton,
'urkthire.
2. Rev. John Peter Stehelin, F. R. S.
iaiister oS the French church in Leielterfields.
He was a perfect matter
S 17 languages.
John Murray of Philiphaugh, SCOtatid,
Flq;
3. John Hill, ESq; member for
igham Ferrers.
Dr Chapman of Doct ^rs Commons.
stev. Tho. Harrison, B. D.Hebrew
ruSeffor at Cambridge.
6 Rev Mr Manlove. R. of Hertford
in Huntingdonshire.
8 Rt. Hon. Thomas Eermor, E. of
omiret, ranger of St- James's and
fde park-, Knt, ofthe Bath, and Bart.
iicceeded by his eldest son Lord Lempler.
Lady Gerrard os Plaistow, Esses.
Mark Harrison of Bromley, ESq;
9. Samuel Fuller of Winchester,
Sep-. oSa Sail Srom his horse
Barnard Gurney os Norfolk, Esq;
t 2. Sam. Storke os Goodman's
elds, ESq;
|3. James Henderson, Esq; treaSurt
to the society for progagatit.g the
ofpel, ^cc.
lattice Powell of Kensington.
Rt. Hon. Lady Dupplin.
s4. Christopher Lowe, ESsq; one os
^ clerks of the Treasury.
Dr. Collin Lackland, of King-street,
oho- , ^
t7. John Armstede, Essq; lately
tank to for sheriff of London.
•dr. Abraham LumbroSo Damattos,
^ eminent Jew merchant.
^abert Jenkins of Hendon, ESq;
Arnold Eelton oSCheshunt, FSq;
. Lieut. Gen. Panton, the eldest Lieut.
^en. in tho aynay.
Philip Vanbrugh, Esq; commissi,
atPlytn^uth,
a7. Abel Fonnereau, ESq; an E. ins
dia director.
Alay 19. Sir John Stuart of Allanbank,^
in the C. ot" Berwick, Bart.—In
him the virtues of private lite, candour.
mnderation, and humanity, were amiable
and eminent.—He was happy
in friendship, and in all the charities.—
From integrity os heart, and simplicity
of manners, he knew no inward reproach,
nor blame from the world.—
His family are disconsolate on his death;
and with them mourn the lovers os religion,
of which he was fo fair a pattern,
and which he ever promoted with
a becoming xeal—He is Succeeded by
his only son, now Sir John Stuart of
Allanbank.
AList of Preferments sor the Year t753,
From the London Gazette.
Whilehul/, I I l S majesty has been
July 2, I | pleased to constitute
and appoint Sir Win. Owen, B.rt. to be
Lieut. and Custos Rot. of and in the
Co. of Pembroke. and of the Town
and county of Havers 'rd West.
- to appoint liaac Jamineau, Esq;
to be his majesty's consul at Naples, in
room of Win. Allen, Es'q;
Whitehall, July 3. The king has
been pleased to constitute and appoint
Nat. Manlove, ESq; to be a Lieut. in
the 1st. It. of Soot guards.
Wm. Miles and Choonondeley Brereton,
and George Biron, FSqrs,—Lts,
AmhurSt, John Johnson, and
Sam. Wollaston, Gent.—Ensigns. And
Joseph Hudson, Gent.—Adjutant in
the Said Regiment.
• -to appoint John Clavering. Esq;
to be Capt. oia company in the Coldstream
Peg. oS soot- guards.
Chadwatladar Blaney, Esq;—a Capt,
Charles Vernon, Esq;— a Capt, Lt.
Tho. D'Avenant, Ls"q,— a Lieut.
Wm. Charles Sloper and Thomas.
Calcratt, Gent.—E.Signs, in the Said
Regiment.
John Furbar, ESr^;^Cantain of a
company in the 3d Reg.oS f^-guarde
Johti Wells, Esq;-.—Capt, Lieut,

T^t M A G A Z I N E ofMAGA^lNE^
Wm. Hamilton, Esq;—a Lt. And
Cathcart, Gent.—an Etasign.
Mariseoe Frederick, Esq;^-a Caps.
Tho. Wallace, Esq;— a Lt. And
Douglas, Gent.—an Et.sign, in
Said Regiment,
Tbo. Bristow, Esq;—Capt. ofacompany
in the l^eg. commanded by Lieut.
Gen. Hen. Pultenev. And
Di^by Berkeley, Esq;— Major to the
R. of foot commanded by Lieut. Gen.
^ohnSan.
Whitehall, July 14. The ling has
been pleased to nominate, constitute
atnd appoint the Rt. Han John Eail of
s^shburnham, to be keeper oS his majesty's
park, called Hvele-Park, in room
os the E. of Perm fret, dec.
Whitehall, July 27. The king has
been pleaSed to constitute and appoint
Humphry Fowle, Esq; Sir Moore Molineau.s.
Km. John Paul Yyonett, and
Edw. Montague, Esqrs. together with
Rob. Coney, Esq; in loom of E. Coney,
Esq ; to be his majesty's comittilliot.ers
for regulating the duty on
Ex aile.
From olher Papers.
Obert Smith, Esq; appointed
^ ^ comptroller os the customs at
Pol.
Wm Brough, Esq;—marshal of the
Adtriiratty, (B.rrington, reSi)
Mr. Townly,—upper master of the
grammar fchraol at Christ's hospital.
(Heatherly, paeS.)
Ecei.ESSASTiCAL Pa E F L RM E n TS.
From the Loudon Gaeesse.
I/hiteha//, | 1 lH majesty has been
July 7. | | pleased upon a Surrender
made, in daie form, by the Br. Rev.
Father in God. Thomas Lord Bishop
of London, of the letters paterrt whereby
his hardship- held the office or place
of master of the Temple, to order otlrer
letters patetat tea pais the greatSeal
of Great ^arain, for granting the sard
ostice and place unto Samuel Nicolls,
Dr. of Laws, one of his majesty'^
chaplains in ordinary, to hold the Sattit
for and during his natural life.
From other Papers.
TY Ev. Mr. Pierson, presented to Pud-
I V dimore Miiton, R. Somersetshire.
Wm. Sain. Powell,—Colkiik,
Noeldlk.
Rich. Leyett,—Listle Berkhamstead,
R.
Wm. Gostlingl—Stone, V. Isle oS
Oxney.
Mr. Beauvoir.—Littleburn, V Kent.
Mr. Mawion,—Deopham, V. Norfolk.
Rich. Caryer,— Hursord, V. Hrrrrtingdonshire.
Sain. Fauconet, chosen lecturer ofS:.
Mary Somerset, and St. Mary Mountshaw.
Dispensations lo hold two Livings.
Henry Taylat, p PorrSanorr'th, V. ^Southarr^aa,
or. d Barentusn, R. a ton.
Charle. Strart, a AShtene, R. o
A. sr . d Steeple Sourritead, V. S
B 1 L L f Mortality seomJuneab. toJa-
Buried
ly 24.
Christened
biases eia^
Females Or z 0 r Females ^r
S lades a Years old ^04 Buried.
Between z and ^ roo
^ aaat io^— 4 a
ao and ao
ao and ^o-rer
and azc^
^rad ^e—rra i
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Oo and ao^. ^4 Weekly ^caly
^o and SSo— ^ a J re
ilea aard ^ao zo
era ared i oo i
too and sol o
a ae^y
Within dee walls ro;
Withe. the walls Sa^
Mid. and Surry
City ^ Sub. Welt ^f'
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4- A title ra table of contents, and a
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7. Thoughts of Cicero on religion.
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i The cafe of the Jews considered.
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2o. Free and candid remarks on a
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^She following is a Specimen oi this
performance. ' The Sense of the city
' is r9 out of 20 against the Jews. indeed
they got fonie men of fortune,
and under ministerial instuence to sign
' lor them, and 1 know fome Jews
' threatn.ed to trade with them no more,
- is they did nut sign,* ' Iks to that
' commerce, and encouraging the ex-
' portatioo of our woollen and other
' manufactures, there is but one Jew's
< house which exports woollen manu-
' factures, and even that house is con-
' cerned with Several christians in what
' they do export.* In answer to the
bill's, encouraging rich Jews to Settle
amongst us. He' Says, ' This is the
• thing wa Englishmen dread, wst have
' rich blasphemers and extortioners enougli
amongst us already.'
HISTORY.
2 t . An historical treatise concerning
Jews and Jndaism in England. 6d.
Baldwin ——- lt is alledged, that in
the t8th of Edw. 1. the Jews were
banished by a statute, which made it
D ta A t n for them to return; and that
every Jew now in the kingda m, is Subject
to a criminal profecution upon this
act, which may by any subject be put
in execution against them, as it has
never been repealed ; neither can the
king protect or pardon them, but in
full parliament,
—That the commons ga.ve the t 5th
penny to the king, that the JtWs might
be thus banished ; their enormities having
rendered them unfit for civil society
; such as stealing and crucifying
children, blalphemy, forgery of charters,
defacing, clipping, and falsifying
money.
—That the encouragement given to
the Jews by weak princes, is the reproach
of our history ; Wm. Ruses having
publiekly encouraged them to enter
into disputation with the bishops,
Swearing by the Sace of St. Luke, that
It they got the battet he would himself
turn sew.
—This pamphlet concludes with a caution
to the legislature, not to fulfill the
prophecy concerning the sews, belore
the time predicted, for that it would be
very impious to gather the Jews togr-ther
at this time, when by the pro.
phots it appears, that Providence did
nat intend they should be gathered together
till after the carvel fori of the
Gentiles.
ta- The

^4 M A G A 2 1 N E of M A G A 2 1 N 2
PoETay.
3o The Hon. The, Hervey's letter
22. The Jews naturaliz'd, or the to Sir lVm. Bunbury. 6d.
English alienated ; a ballad. To which 31- The pernicious effects of the
is added a parable oS the chosen and christian religion, consider 'd. is. Cooper.
unjust Servant, 6d Wehh. — Of this за. A defence of the letter to Dr.
piece the last two linea are a Sufficient Lobb. 1s. Roberts.
Specimen.
33. Observations on the Greek and
Such actions as these most apparently shews, Roman classics. 3s Whists.
That if Jews are mcide English, the 34. The sirst principles of brachygra-
English are Jewa.
phy, as. 6d /V Clarke.
23 The devil out done. A contest 35. An account of the late appliea.
between E. Canning, Ulary Squires, and tioai to parliament of the Sa^ar refiners,
Dr. ; a ballad. 6d.
&c. 6d. Brolherton.
24. Sy/la ; a dramatic entertainment зб. A diiSertation on the numbers of
fro.n the French of the K. oS Prussia. is. mankind in ancient and modern times.
Clarke.—This piece is faid to have 4s 6d. Wisen.
been first written tn French prose by the 37. The controverted hard cafe, or
K. of Prussia, and afterwards translated Miy Squires*s magazine of faepla re-exa-
into /fa/inn, and adapted to music by mined. To which is prefixed a curious
Jean Pierre Taglinzuachi poct laureat. print os the court at the Old Bailey ; by
As an opera it was performed on the Gravelet, said to be in the manner of
birth-day oS the queen mother, bat the Hogarth 6d. Cooper.—This paraph.
original only appears to have been let contains a dispute between tne two
published.
Solliciiora on each side. Mr. Ford for
—This translation into Eng/ish by Mr. Squires, and Mr. Ulyles for Canning ;
Derrick, is not leSs a paraphrase than they had agreed that she trials should
the Italian. lt is in verse, intermixed be in the court of King's Bench, but
with stanzas oS different measures Sor becaufeit could not be at the next term
airs and chorus's.
as Mr. Ford first Supposed, he put an
—The drama is Sounded on a single, end to the agreement ; and the triad
incident Sysla's Sudden and unexpected are to he at tire Old Bailey, which the
resignation of the dictatorship of Rome, other would avoid, at least till a new
.but with this dictatorship the author has mayoralty,—A frivolous excuse ; for
made him resign a mistress in favour the present worthy magistrate has de-
of Posthumins, a Roman senator, his riclored he will not be on she bench.
val. It is written with great regard to 'lire writer affirms that Squires is
dramatic rules, but has neither the paf- not, nor ever was a gipfy, but a pedlar,
Ston nor variety that is expected by an and has a licence from the proper olfiee ;
English audience.
fo that her motive in confining Canning
25. Poems on Several occasions. By could not, as has been Suggested, be
Mr, King. 25. Bourn.
to encreale her gang. lt is remarked,
MiScE LLAaEOUS.
that if Squires rolabed the girl, she
26 The inspector inspected. (ad .knew she had forfeited her life by selo-
Bouquet.
ny ; and therefore would fcarce have
27. A Scheme Sor an Italian opera, continued a month in the place where
in a new taste. 6d Owen.
the fact was committed, or at least
2e^. The honest country Semale would have made off as soon as she
Quaker's Speech in the H. of L — , to discovered that the girl had escaped.
Ld. R — h 6d.
That tho* her having bad no stoolis
29. A new lottery for the ladles : or Said to be the effect of' her eating haul
an hushand ^ad coach and six Sor 3/, dry criasts ; yet it appears, that thefe;
cd Cooper.
crulis

^ J U L Y ,
crusts ; were not oaten till they had
been soaked in water.
That tho' deSpair may produce a
sudden and violent effect in a weak body,
yet it is aSwavs Short, like the agony
os death, and defpair could not lra^ e
black woman i So that the person of the
gipfy was described to Canning beSore
she described it to others.
—That Canning dares not appear to
bave been in the languid condition after
.lrer returning honte, as is repre-
produced Such strength as was exerted sented, for that ran the loth of Eeb,
in the irritated acts, long continued of when she was carried to Eofesd, 4 men
walking is miles.
lolled at their ease in a coach, a women
That the bed-gown, which she says Sat in the covered part oS a chaise,
she found at WeBs's in the great, was and Canning was placed on the tack
declared, by' the woman who washed Seat, a Seat little easier than the ceaach
it, to be a gown of her mother's which bos. and exposed to the inclemency os
she bad washed before, upon which it the weather.
Was taken into the custody os a magi- —That no prosecution would have
strate.
been begun against the giasy's wit-
The other parts of this pamphlet nesses, if a profecution had not faist
are totoicks commean to all the rest. been commenced against Canning.
He eispiains the evidence of Squires —It is remarked, that tire dry crusts,
and We//fs confession mentioned by Upon which Canning says she subsisted.
Dr. Cox, So as to be of no weight, vaz. greatly incteafe the incredibility of her
That Squires might well enough wish story ; for in -n boule where pnot peo-
she had never Seen Canning ; and that ple had continual access, crusts would
Hells and Squires were ore as guilty as Scarce be laid by to the amount of a
the other, i.e. neither guilty.
quartern loaf till they were dry and
38. Canning's magazine, or a review mouldy ; or if they had, the work-
of the whole evidence thal has been shop was not a likely place for them to
hitherto offered for or against Canning be Scattered in, yet in the Waork-sbop
and Squire, including same remarkable Canning Sound them when she first en-
occurrences never before imparted to tered it.
the publiek. Corbet. ^ This is not a 39. A full answer to the Sallacious
neutral recapitulation of all the pieces apology Sor the naturalization os the
which this subject has produced, but a Jews. Cad Fox.
Series of reasoning tending to prove
PasNTs.
Canning an impostor.
40. ta Landscapes. By Lens. 1s.
—Among the remarkable occurrencs Oarrerton.
n at before published, are the following. 4t. A print of cocking. Heber.
Mr. Loon, Canning's master and one of 4a. A metzotinto of Gen. Columbine.
her piincipal si lends, is Said to have re- as.
lated that,
SaaMons.
—Canning's mother having in vain ad- 43. BeSore the lords, Maty 29. By
vertised her daughter, at last applied to the Bp. of Gloucester. Shute Cox.
the famous fortune-teller in the Old 44 At the FoUndiing Hospital chapel.
Bailey, who for 3s. told ber that her By the Bp. of Worcester. 6d. Whitridee.
daughter was in the keeping of an old
MONTHLY ^HltONOLOGER set ^ ^ ^ a^ ^
i ] l ^ H E Anniversary of the Aughrim, commemorating the signal
a. Battle oS the Boyne ; and Defeats os King James's Forces, were
llay the Anniversary of the Battle of observed

M A G A E l N y of M A G A E l N E ^ ,
obServed with the greatest Dem anstrxtions
of Joy.
I7.j The Dublin Yalch, after being
refitted, was launched at Deptford,
When his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland being on board, her
Name s"as changed from the Du ^ L i n
1o the DoRSET Dublin, Juy 1753.
Berometer llt-htst ^o. ^,ths 2ift.
Lowest 29. ,^shs i5th.
Greatest Var. in one day -".ths. rfoth.
Thermometer Highest 7 I Deg. 26th.
Lowest 5ts. l^th.
Greatest Var. in one day 7 Deg 16th.
23 j A brief Account os the Life of
the ftev. Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean
of St, Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,
written with bis own Hand, in or abeaut
the Year1727, was presented by
Dean Swift, Esq; to the University
Library.
26 ] A Patent Passed the Seals, empower
lag John Wade, Esq ; to hold a
Tuesday Market, and three Fairs on
15 Deeembei, 9 May, and i6 August
at Crossakeile, County Meath.
MARRl AoES.
^uly 2.) C.rpt, Arthur AcheSon, of
Ld. George Sackvill's Regiment oS
HorSe, Brother to Sir Arch. Achesrn,
Bart. to Jane Sifter of Gilbert King of
Fermoyle, C. of Longford, Esq ; M.
os P. for the Borough of Jamestown.
2o ] Mr. James Moore os Li verpoale
Merchant, to Anne Daughter of —--
Hawtry of Waterford, Esq ;
Rev. Mr. Bernard, Son to the Lord
Bishop of Derry, to Miss Browne of
Carlow. Niece to the Lord Bishop of
Cloghcr. — — Sydenham Fowke,
Esq ; Counsellor at Law, to Elizabeth
only Daughter of Mark Whyte of
Bride-Street, Esq; (26) Steph. Wright
os Killavil in C. Tipperary, Esq ; to
Lucia, Sister of^Hen.ry DTsterre of
Rolfmonaher, C. Clare, Esq;
27 ) Rev. Arthur Benson, Rector of
Longfield, C. Tyrone, to Mary daughter
of the late Rev. John Stronge of
FairvieW, Ractor of Tynan, C, Armagh.^^^'t.)
Robert Ridge, Esq;
Counsellor at Law, to the Daughter of
James Sreuart of Summer Hill, C.
Mayo, E.q;
DEATHS.
July 2 ] Mr,. Scot. Wise to Alexander
Scot of Stephen's- Green, Esq:—.
(li.) Mrs. Anne Grrdinet, Wile to
the Itt. Hon. Luke Gardiner, Esq; —
(i3) in London, Edward Vernon of
Clarrtarffe, C Dublin, ESq:- (151 Mr.
John-George Grulrier, Master of the
Publick EnglishSchool, founeled in Waterford,
by the late Rt. Bey. Bishop
Foy.—(t7) Rev. Beager Lyndon. at^.
-a. iraoramberrr oS the Parishes of Belly soeasan
aead tlaltyfaac above ato Year,, and TreaSnref
of the Cathedral Chaarch of Kaldare.^-(zo^
Mrs. Wis ion, Widow of s^Sr,TI-.camas WilSoes,
late eaf Ctarraghta.n isr rhe Ceonotv of Mearh,
aered ^oo Years. She had nine Cfril dren wbieh
sheraurted herSelf. and never kept her tied one
Day brrr in ChiSd-t-ed ; She never rook aiay
fort eaf Medicine. nor ever was ser Blood, ot
had Fever. Snaall-poX, ear any Disorder that
confined her e.ne Day to her Roaam i She eaSed
EsereiS'e eonltanriy about her Famils Affair ,
ear once a Oay plaiu bSear.and draa.k motlty
Malt l.rqnors ; fh- was but one Day ill. had
her Senles to rhe last bliuute, and departed
without S'aaaa • Tho' the kept a liouSe aead a
large Family Thirty three Years. no one Person
ever died under her Roo^S (^ol Wm.
Bttck worth, ESq; M.P.for rhe City of CatheSl,
Pirosaor res. y.
lune aSI^ Rev. Anthony Cope, A. M. ,
presented to rhe Deanery of" r riraai|r.es)ri^l
Rev. fairer s^mrh, A B. cellared to the i'rebendof
CaraaeaStt-. D, of Connor.^(^ Rev.
W. Maaeaafell, A. B. rmpowea'd by Faaaalry
to braid ah- R-cte.ries of Battyheige and Brrrina^h,
the Yiearage of Killnaear, arad ^linear
Caianaanfhipof Ardtert, with the Tread'tarrella'p
of that ^'htrreh (ro) At the Commeneesraerrt
far tire Unaverl'ary of Dublin. the feallowing
Degrees we.- taken Rey. W. Euery, ltcv.
Theaker Wilder, Fellow D. D. Waiter Harris,
Efq; Honorary fir. of Laws. Theatres
Brooke. Etq; Dr. of Phyftck. Rey. Mr- Hastings
Fellow, Itarchefor at Divinitv. Meffs.
Christopher Harvey, and William Mead. Slatchelors
of Laws.' Metlrr. Thomas ^'ilscaae.
Fellow. Charier Purdon, William Crow, aod
William Blael ford, Musters of Arts. bte.Sr.
Clew law. Wecker, and Makilwaine; Bstebelors
of Arts.-^Upote the Resignation ofleoho
Fowke. Efq; (to whom a Penfaon of ;teo S.
a Ycrar isgraaered) lames Smielt, ESqi Collector
cf Newry, was removed to rhe Port of Hubsin,
and war Succeeded by Ambaofe Craamor,
Etq, whose Ceall ect it an of L'aSbrrrne. was gavru
to Roger FSndgkinsoao, F.fq; — (l^r) Rev
Bon r'oo, A. M. was prrseured to the Deat'ey
of Conrtor ; as wat(z^) Rev. W. Nether^
td the Deitatry of h.aitrtrac.thergh.