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done as you fay I did, f although *tis falfc ) it fcems 1
(hould haveabufed his Lordfhip's N'me. But I hope his
Lordfhip was more kind than to think fo, in cafe I had
done it.
But, grezt Mr. JamSy why fo fwelled ? I have had the
Honour to fpcak to, and difcourfe with as great Men, and
in as honourable Courts, and that publickly, as ever Mr,
J^ames liath done.
And, I pray, why inuft I be fo diminutive in your c-
fteem ? But I fee you have an excellent Faculty of holding
Perfons in Contempt ^ as appears 'in your Epiftle,
where you anfwcr only with Contcmpr.
But, great Sir, if you take the boldnefs to trouble hi?
Lorci(hip with the Reprcach and Scandal you have thrown
upon an innccenc People, miy not I humbly pray his
it
Lordfhip's juJgmen: upon it, but that I muft abufe his
Honour's Name ? I dare (ay his Lordfhip was of fo good
a Temper, chat i; the meaneft Perfon that is fhould appeal
to him for Juf^ice, he would not have taken it ill.
But the Tf ?fon of my bolunefs was, from Mr. Jamt5\
dedicating his Book to his Lordfhp firfl j to whom Q I
hope^ t might afterwards appeal without ofifence.
But if Mr. James were fo tender of hib Lordfhip's Name,
he would have done well not to have ufed his Lordfhip's
Name to a Book wherein he hath fo erueily abufed an
innocent People : And I dare fay, my Lord delighted in
no fuch Concroverfies.
But Mr. Jmeshzymg fo great a Patron, he might think
fawcy in any to anfwer his Book; and indeed he has very
fufficiently menaced me for my boldnefs,
after his arrogant
manner : And had I not an Antidote againft Gall
and Bitternefs, it might have made fomc penetration:
But fofter Words, and more powerful Arguments, might
have made a greater Impreflion.
But Mr. James proceeds, faying, *' I will confine my
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Pen within thefe narrow Bounds, to write but of the
" things concerning the Perfon that makes the Reply, and
" the manner of it.
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The next concerning the Charge vthich is brought
** againft what I formerly publifhed in that Sfira^ fo far
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