The
original
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Rehearsal - v1 - 1750
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(1. ) Coun. ' I "'HE following paper I received from a X friend, on the behalf of Sir H. /sh—t, with a desire it might be inserted in the Rehearsal. The
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paper is as follows,
N 6 Whereat.
276 The REHEARSAL.
Whereas in my saper on igth instant, I inserted an ad vertisement, that it was not Sir W. Jsh t, but Sir H. Ajb 1 thatsent a message to Mr. Vaudre, that it
was past 12 a clock with the church of England, lSe. 1 am fince by credible persons inform' d that it was a mistake, and that Sir H. Ash / never (aw Mr. Vaudre in his life, nor never wrote nor received any letter from him ; nor never had any communication with him whatsoever. So as to its relating to Sir H. Ajb t, it needs further
confirmation, I have spoke to my friend to write to his correspondent in the country, to know whether he will stand to the account he has already sent, and to make diligent inquiry if there is any mistake in the matter. If this comes in time, it shall be inserted in this. Ifnot, as soon as I get it : which I think is doing justice, upon the square, to both sides.
(2. ) O. Come now perform what thon promis'd'st i» thy last, to fay some more to my letter from Ifswicb.
C. I have put the proof upon you, to name the nine baronets Sec. that accompany d your 2 candidates into the town. And for the poil of the clergy, I have appeal'd
to the poil books. L—y was not at O. But my letter fays, that Mr.
the election.
C. And my letter did not fay he was. You will still
mistake the matter ; that you may seem to confute some
body f
O. But what fay'st thou to my noble defence of Sir
confirmation.
Thus that safer word for word. And for the further
Dudly Cullum and Sir Samuel Barnardiston, against thy
tmfudent lying and standering them !
C. Nameany orstander have faid ofthem else
thou art the imfudent i. yer andstanderer. have given no charafier at all of them, nor faid word of them,
but that they were candidates at that election, and had the iotes of the whigs and dissenters: if thou rec- kon'st that ascandal have not yet learn of tbee,
the' have converst long with thetf. to cast fersattal re~
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277 in hand ; and throw Billingsgate at gentlemen, to bespatter and dirty all
efleffimts, which concern not the cause
come near. To call i
To ridicule a great general, with fine clade and riding in
great lady AwitchaxuL Proserpina.
triumph over his q n. And then as servilely flatter him, when he was a victor, and accuse others (tho' fair ly) for giving bad words to him : as thou did'st in thine of last April 14. Vol. 4. N. 4. of the Suffolk gentlemen :
which was an errant lye: and thou art provok'd to prove it. How didst thou throw most villanousty and falsely at Sir George Rook, and plaid'st Sir Cloudefly Shovel against him. Now tho' I vindicated Sir George, even to demonstration,
and to stop all reply (but not thy foul mouth) yet thy ex ample cou'd not tempt me to fay the least reflecling word upon Sir Cloudejly ; but rather to vindicate him too from
the scandal of being ctmmendedby thee, and such injuri ous use made of his name, to blacken his friend and ad miral Sir George Rook.
• Thy way and mine, Bayes, are very different. I have been taught that scandal is a great jin ; nay even, uncha ritable truths j where the endof telling is to expose, and
not to amend. And I believe thou can'st not charge me with refletJing upon any man, otherwise than to disco
ver his principle. No personal vices or immoralities concern not the matter in dispute, but merely to throw dirt upon the person : This is wicked ; and thy daily
fraflice. Nay, even to invent lyes ; and when disprov'd, to repeat them over again and again, instead of retrac
ing, or making reparation. This is the very spirit of the devil, the accuser of the brethren.
(3)0. Come, leave off thy preaching, and answer to die charge against thee in the Review of the 3 1 st M^ji last. Vol. 2. N. 38. concerning the weather-cock at Oxford.
C 111 not answer //5>ff.
such foul language as thou hast : and has more
And I will give all encouragement to get out of sense.
I'll
answer him. He has not
it
Therefore I fay to the Review, that without examining
hills and and finks,
sight
upon
I will take that story as he tells vi2. that was the-
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workman who
under the -weather-cock on Met ton- college. And it was innocently as well as ignorantly done of the workman.
For as the Review tells, it was usual at Merton-collcge (as
well as other places) to have the kings-arms upon the fanes of the buildings. There was on one fane the arms
of king Charles, with the usual motto. On another the arms of king #7//. with je maintiendray, which he used instead of Dieu & man droii. And a new fane being to> be set up, in the room of one was broke, h was thought
proper to have the queen's arms upon, it- And why not
her motto as well as the rest! Wau-'d it have been any re flection upon, queen Elizabeth, who sirst us'd that motto,. to have semper eadem put under he; arms, tho' upon at
weather-cock? However, to take away all occasion (and. we see now there was reason) that motto was taken away ;. and the sane set up without it
Now the Re•view quoted in the Rehearsal, N. 43^
charges the gentlemen of' Oxford with putting up the semper eadem- Sec. when it was not put up. And by the.
ftory, as he now tells he must know to be so.
But suppose had been set up, which, as have
faid, might have been done very innocently what reason
had the Review to call this an emblem at device
at such, reflection upon the college, as being reflection. upon her majesty leave to every body, whethec the maker of such an application, not the author of
the /caudal?
And then may not afle what reason die Review had
to give very hard character of the Rehearsal, as tOi call him equally olj}h:œte (even with the Obscriator) i*
ignorantly put that motto of semper eadim
When he advanc'd nothing; at all he only took quotation out of the Review. Andt added letter from; Oxford which deny'd the fact. And
left the Review to search into that the best manner he eou'd. The Review and not the Rehearsal was the iroach- er of the slory. But Fll return no hard words.
(4) But now we are upon stories, desire theeto give an account of what thou teWfthsxn. Northampton thine
advancing pofitive falshaod?
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a coffee-house (meaning Mrs. Laforcers) frequented), as- thou fay'ft, byjacohites and tackers, but were especially the
Am is- am errant lye, whieh- 1 have in a letter from art
unquestionable hand at Northampton, dated last May 24th.
Black-robe;
who left a ratf treat was provided for them on the 33d of last, because the news came of
am to telf thee, that
the French feet being beat:. Now I
Which fays, that there was but- one person in Mrs. La-
po&ce's coffee-house- that night, andhea whig ; se
veral clergy aW sestlbmJN herfriends, being at the
Rose Crown that night to drink the qvwnCi- health,
being the day of her coronation, by an appointment
made the 6th of Feb. last, being the day of her birth, Sir William Wheeler, an honest gentleman^ cameintohA- forge's coffee-house on Tuesday last, andsaid, that Sir
William Craven tola* him (Isuppose on the authority, of
the ObservatorJ of several gentlemen leaving their treat, at La force's, on the- news of the FRENCH' being;
beat, as before. The ObsErvato* fays, the woman mar-
rieda Frenchman (infinuating, by her lately goingfime- times to ch-urch) a papist; tho' ,tis well known her
husband was a hugonot. The Observator wou'csivstnuate ae if only very mean people came to her house ; tho' the present knights, most- of the GB. NTlEMEN, and! believe three parts' of Mr clergy in this county was at her'
house this election; and'I'believe at'no other' coffee
house, unless it were ta enquire for somebody they want ed. 1 believe she took more money than all the other three
COFFEE-HOUSES.
Thus fays theletter. And tho' the story seems of no
great consequence in- it self, yet these are the inferences- thou wou'dst draw from it. tst. To represent the clergy
and gentry as disaffected to" the queen and government ; and in the interest of France, idly. To shew the hu , wear of the people so averse to. the church and the tochers, that the coffee-house which they frequented, ,w&S'de/frtcd- by all others. And ^dly, that those in the interest of the
(hurch were fofew, azs not to be able to support one , - coffee
the Obsenvator.
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coffee-house. And we sind this malicious story was le- lirvd, at least reported, by others, upon the creeBt of
For which reason, I have taken this
paint to dete8 it. But the eleclion in Northampton which
follow'd, wherein trut churchmen were chosen i is a fuD
confutation of all that this story was contriv'd to sug
gest. And shews, that the malice and industry of a certain
/or/y is indefatigable I
( 5 . ) But their W/boil'd over upon the county election
at Chester ! where upon their carrying the election (by
what means I leave to the committee of elections
cou'd not contain their joy, nor conceal their
rryV ca/, Down with the church! Nb church! AV
church ! And to begin the work, they went and insult- ed several churchet in the «>y, breaking the windowt, 4c. This I have seen in several lettertfxovct several baneft. And may venture to fay, can be sufficiently prov'd if denfd.
(6. ) How difserent from this was the eleclion at Exe ter ? Where two tackert were chosen, without any oppo- fition, tho' two were set up against them, back'd with
all the interest the whigt and distentert cou'd make. And at least stxty letters from London sent to the trading-
men of that city, against the tackert, fays a letter from an inhabitant there, of strict veracity. But when they had made their utmost effort, they found their party so weak, that their candidates never appear'd, nor any of their party. So all was quiet and peaceable, without any insult or ill-werdc against either church, state, or the ■>'- nistry, as it is where the whigt and distenters prevail.
From &stt. June 9 to . §>8t- June 16, 1705. N° 46.
1. the weather-cock stxt. 2. Some materials respecting the vindication cf Sandwich.
T N my last I told thee, that I took that story
Ccun.
^ in the Review, about the weather-cod oa
Merton-college, without examining, as he set it down. Because
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Because even as he set it down, it return'd full upon him ; first, that the fact was false, as he himself put it.
that if it had been true, the whole malice
Andsecondly,
and seditious application was purely and solely his own.
I have since had a further account of from the fame hand that wrote the account pablish'd N. 43. which
as follows. Dated Oxon June 1705
Sir, according to your defire, went this morning to Merton-college, to view the weather-cock lately
trected on the hall, and upon the warden
They are low that they may be distinctly view d. And
what acquainted you before information from others, and particularly from the gentlemen of that society. The weather-cocks
there have the founde ks arms on both sides, without any motto and no other has been crected in that college for
now assirm from my own knowledge,
summer-house.
nany years. The gentlemen
tot suggestion of the review scandal in every part it.
that society still insifi, that a groundless and malicious
But for further confirmation, workmen, which they
take the certificates
•willingly subscribed in my presence.
" Oxon June 1705.
These are to certify, that Henry Willcoss
" Oxon, painter, have wrought at Me rton college " above these twenty years last past and that within these " twelve months last past painted the weather-cock on
" thesummer -bouse in the garden the worshipful the war- " den that society, with the arms the founder on bothfides, andwith no other arms according to the order
" Mr. Warden and the burfer that college. And that " never painted or saw any weather-cock paint- " ed with the CjueenV arms, in that college, neither " know of any weather-cock painted with the " Queen's arms, or order to be painted with the
" Queen'sarms in the college aforesaid, any other per-
son whatsoever. Witness my hand,
Henry Willgoss.
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O xo n June 6, 1705.
" These are tt certify, that I Thomas Willgoss of •* Oxon, painter, have wrought at Merton-collece " as a painter under my father Henry Willgoss for
" these twentyyears last past. And that . /Thomas Wi ll- " coss within these three years las past painted the wea- " THE r-C0CK/f/ uson the hall, with the AMasofthe " FOUNdEr of that college, on both fides (heing a field or " chevrons counter-chargeable azure and gules accord-
"3
)
ing to the order of the- burfir of that college. And that
** 1 never fainted or saw any WEATHEr-COCK painted " with the queen's arms in that college. Neither, did
"I
ever bear weather-cock of any
with tht m queen's-arms, or of any order to faint the queen's " arms on a weather-cock for that society ly any
painted
" other person whatsoever.
" Witness my band the day andyear
11 first abtrae written.
Thomas Wnico**
These certificates are approv'd by the fellvws of the
tollege.
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O. What care I for Review ! Thou know'ft tiers a war betwixt him and John Tutchin. He has promis'd to cleat that matter of the weather-coei, if thou giv'st
him any further occasion. Now let him look to him self, under peril of being the author, inventer and
tontriver of that scandalous refiection upon her majesty* and the clergy, and gentlemen- of Oxford, as he call* them.
(z. ) But now I come upon thy bones, for thy bafi\ false and villainous story of Sandwich. To which' an answer isfrinted. And all that thou hast faid is utteily deny'd, in what is call'd a vindication of the corporatierm
of Sandwich, &c. 'v
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•f the signing the instrument, approving the murder of the king ; and wishing, for his hyde to make a pair of toots, &c. These pretty loving strokes are past over in
/ilince!
0. Come leave thy dallying, and evading. Answer to
what is denyd. It is denyd, that John Branch nam'd the queen, with the Jacohites and French king. . And it is iaid, there are those will /wear it.
C. Then it must be those that did not hear it. For which reason, and because of the noise of this swearings
in the following affidavit the distance Mr. Elstcd (to whom the words were spoke) and this Branch were fiom any
company is so particularly set down.
The original asti- davit is in my hands, and is as follows.
" " Thomas Elsted of the town and port of Sandwich in " the county of Kent, gent, one of her majesty's justices " of peace for the faid town maketh. oath, That on Fri- " day the eleventh day of May last, being the next day " after the election of burgeffes to serve in parliament for * the faid towu of Sandwich, one John Bscmch of the
laid town, grocer, a prosest independent, and broeher
rt in law to Sir Henry Furnefs one. os the iid burgessism
" overtook this deponent in his way from Deal, full
" three and thirty rodds this deponent sinds it by ad-
" (as
" measurement) without and from the gaee belonging to " the faid town calsd Sandbw. . vate, and this deponent " and the faid John Branch then and there failing into " discourse about the faid ele&wnr this deponent told " the faid John Branch he did heliei Sir Henry Furnest
wou'd not stand, upon whicJi toe said Branch answer- " ed in a passionate manner, That in fright of quee» " Anne, andall the lacobites in England, and the
" French king, he shoud stand. And this deponent " further fa th, that at the time of the faid discourse " there was no person (as this deponent cou. 'd seer except " one Jacob Silver of Sandnxnch, ladler, who- rode by " this deponent some time after the words were spokei*
by Branch, and Branch himself parted and gone from « this
284
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this deponent) nearer to him and the faid John Brant, than the faid gate call'd Sandown-gate, where stood one George Molland, a taylor, and one or two more mechanicks to receive the faid Sir Henry Fumes; on hit return also that evening from Deale, where he went that day to dinner (as this deponent was inform'd) neither were there any other words passed between this deponent and the faid Branch, till this deponent came to Sandown-gate, where he found the faid Brwirb
on horseback) fac'd with his horse towards
" Deal, and company with him, who stopt the pasiage
" into the gate, so that this deponent could not pass
(being
thro' till the faid Branch had turn'd his horse.
Jurat per fitpradiSl.
apud Sandwich pradict. siptimo die Junii Anno Dotn. 1 705. coram me
W. Verrier, uno justiciar, pacts de Sandwich predict.
Tho. Elsted,
Tho. Elsted.
O. But what fay'st thou to the flag or colours,
about which the vindication ofSandwich fays several affidavits
are made to contradict the story thou told'ft 1
C. These affidavits are not set down, so we know not what to fay to them, but here U one in my hand,
which I think speaks home to the point, and is as fol lows.
" "YQftpb Hunger, of the town and port ofSandwich in vJ
" the county of Kent, innholder,and George Broaid
" the fame, bricklayer, do jointly and severally make " oath, that on the tenth day of May last past, being the
0 day of electing burgesses to serve in parliament for the " faid town of Sandwich, there was besides several other
" flags hung up that day, in honour of Sir Henry Fur-
" ness and Mr. Burchett, a certain flag hung up at the
" anabaptists meeting-house, in the market-place, and " near the place ofelection, whereon was deciphers
the old commonwealth breeches, with the crown re " vend
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* vers'd under them, and a bullet at every corner, which ;'. these deponents do take and believe to be a flag by " the length and breadth of belonging to of
" horse in the time of Oliver Crotmvtls troop
*' usurpation, and
. * preserv'd ever since one Francis Hook, who caused
" the said flag to be hung up, and appear'd very brisk
" (altho' near, not altogether, 80 years of age) in the " market-place, at the time of the election with scarf,
*' or fash about his middle and these deponents further " lay, that they took particular notice of the faid flag. " And that the flag which the faid Francii Hook hath " since produc'd to the mayor of the town, pretending
" and swearing to be the flag he hung up at that time,
was not the flag these deponents taw, unless breeches, or other parts of decipher'd as aforefaid,
were taken out, and made up again with other cloth or stuff.
" «'
Jurat per supradift. osephum Hunger & Georgium Broad se- cundo ate Junii Anno Bom. 705,
apud Stindwich prœdict, coram me Tho. Elsted, uno justiciar. pa
ds de Sandwich pradict.
the
O. Hast thou no more affidavits as to this matter
C. not this enough But can tell thee, several o- thers can be had to the fame purpose, but some are not
willing to expose themselves to the fury of party, unless there be absolute necestty for it. And here sufficient for thy club to chew the cud upon till our next meeting,
being now in haste.
Joseph Hunger. George Broad.
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From fyit. June 16, to &at. June 23, 4705. ^47.
The most palpable Forgery, and most imprudently manag'd {in o certain comical Romance) that this age hath /ten
in print. Wherein the point of honour is nicely Æf- cmjsd.
Ob/. TN thy last thou hast faed the weather-cock indeed, X. that it will be henceforth fimper idem, eadem, idem. It will never badge more, nor turn with every wind. But in the (aid Review of last May 31. Vol. II. N. 38. there is another /iVcharg'd upon thee, just sol-
lowing that of the weather-cock, of which thou tak'ft no notice, which looks guiltily in thee, as if thou hadst a mind to flip it off; therefore I must call thee to an ac count for it. It is there faid, That the gentleman who wrote this, (that is, the lie about thcweather-eocA) ad
vanc'd one of the most pals able forgeries, and mofi impru dently managed, that this age has /een in print ; end being- decently reprov'd for it, has not to this hour thought fit to vindicate, or acknowledge it. The fact is as feliows :
" He tells us in one of his Rehearfals, " That in the quar- " rel bet-ween Sir George R-ook's friends, and Mr. Colepeper, the latter wou d not fight, -till Mr. De-
his courage" Or "Ii
N E w was oblig'd to cane him, to
raise to his
to this efi'ect. For -which
Now, ias there is not one -word of this true, nor of mine
false, I
appeal
paper.
leave the world to judge between the papers ealT the Review and the Rehearsal, by the veracity of their authors.
For Mr. Denew, at his trial, to clear himselffrom the charge of an assa/pn, for which he was indictcd, swears, and brings witnesses to prone, " That he never struck Mr. " Colepeper at all; but that, on the contraiy, Mr.
" Colepeperdrew hisswordfirst"
Thus the Review: and he protests, that this is not by
way
C. No
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287 way of recrimination for the story of the weather-cock,
which is told just before this.
! for how cou'd he speak of if he had thought on't And how came he to speak of it, he did not think on't But he thought was to no purpose for he fays, that recrimination no step to a defence but let that pass.
First, as to the being decently reprovdfor this, know not whether was decently or not for this the sirst time ever heard on't. consess read not half his
papers and that may have escap'd me. But to the me rits of the cause.
The accufation infinuated against Sir George Rook was, that being afraid to meet the courage of Mr. Colepeper
single in the field, he employ'd assassins to murder Mr.
For this three gentlemen were indicted, Mr. Denew one of them and all acquitted of the conspiracy
of assassination.
And the design of the Rehearsal was only as to Sir
George Rook. Not to vindicate his courage against Mr.
Colepeper.
Colepeper for that would have been no compliment tci Sir George. But the relation that Mr. Colepeper gives of
in his True State the difference between Sir George Rook, knight, and William Colepeper, Esq; £5V.
Part have not heard of the second
printed 704, exceedingly entertaining, that thought such co
mical Romance as this age has not seen in print, would be
acceptable.
Now, as to the circumstance of caning, there had been
any little mistake as to that, was of that consequence, as to ground such tragical out-cry of the most palpabU
forgery (bless
and most imprudently manag'd that this age hath seen in
us
But let us examine what this mighty mistake was: Mr. Deneav upon his tryal fays he did not strike Mr. Colepeper with his cane. The Review quotes no page of
Mr. Colepeper book, A true state of the difference, &c. . . And I'll take his word, rather than read over 44 pages in
solio.
(when was all
print. The whole revolution was nothing to't
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folio. But I sind, /. 15. that Mr. Colepeper himself &• posed, that Mr. Denew said to him, You ere a scoundrel, and a rascal ; and ifyou will not draw, Til cane you—— And he up with it, as fast as he cou'd to strike me — fays
Mr. Coles ef er. Now if the blew did not light on, ( for
Mr. Colepeper fays, he steps d back ) perhaps the law will not make it a caning, tho' it was putting him in a bodily
fright ; but in the language of honour (which is always us'd in Romances ) the offer was a direct caning.
And it was that fame caning (whether in fieri, or in
facto-efft) which oblig'd W. C to draw. And he pleads it as the reason, and to prove he was not the assailant. And the reason was allow'd to be good ; and Mr. D. was upon it found guilty of the assault, tho' not Of the cm-
spiracy of assassination, for which he was indicted. There appearing nothing in the case, but the destgn of a dry- rubhing, since nothing else cou'd persuade W. C 'z
sword to shew its face out of the peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, safe under the protection of the law. And W. C.
very prudently bore all affronts, and waited only till he cou'd have the law on his side — and then he drew like a lion !
The author of the True state, &c. lets us know,/.
that he was acquainted with Don Quixote Therefore
I'll tell him Spanish story, very a propos, because they are the nicest judges of honour. A Don there happening into dispute with another, after dinner, the other had his tooth-pick in his hand, and in the heat of discourse, moving his hand up and down, with the tooth-pick
the Don afterwards bethought himself, whether some affront might not have been meant by as he tended to beat him with that tooth-pick. Upon which he went to council learned in the law of honour who, after he had consulted his books, gave this resolution, that the tooth-pick was made of quill, was no
because people don't use to beat one another with quills but the tooth-pick was made of wood, was direct bastinado because not the fixe of the cudgel, nor the smart of the blow, that consider honour
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which isr as much wounded by the er/ser of an affront, as if crab-tree were laid upon the bones. Now, Sir, consi der that a cane is but a reed; and ratfi being no engines of war in England: quære, Whether Mr. D 's cane Was any greater affront to W. C. than if he had shook* %wJfeptiU athim ?
But these Spaniards may be too squeamish upon the faint of honour! And why shou'd Mr. W. C. be deter
mine by them ? He rather appeals to English judges, and, p. 38. quotes Spehnan's Glossary to prove, that
throwing his- hat, and then his peruke in Mr. D
fact, ana making a full pass at him, at the fame time, was no breach of the law of combat. And for your Spa niards, he fays, ihid. That as to W. C. w^a has read the bijlary of Don Quixote, he laughs at those heroes.
/ threIw hat at him, which faid p. 15. first my
him; afterwards I his shoulder :
upon and made a home
took that
Says Mr. Denew, That is not fair ——
. . 's
But here I shall be call'd in question again! For did I say, that W. C. threw his peruke in Mr. D- "'sface? whereas it did light upon his Jhoulder. For thus W. C.
mifid
threw peruke, which hit my
fa/s at him.
I,
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Fair ! said bird by
any thing
to an
assassin. me.
opportunity,
, to afisassinate
As to the Fairness, it is clear'd in Spelman's Giossary :
as the assassination was by the Jury.
But for the shoulder ! the shoulder ! what shall be faid
to that? Behold one of the most palpable forgeries,
and most imprudently manag'd, that this age has seen in print !
But what signisies this ace, or this Corner of the earth? see the True state, p. 6. And there you will see, That the World has not in any age produed a man beyond Mr. De Foe, for his miraculom fancy, and lively invention in all his writings, both •verse and prose. And if he was the
pin-man of this True state, as is fuppos'd, this was very
prudently manag'd ! however, he is oblig'd in gratitude to
stand by his ingenious and magnanimous friend, who had the courage to give such a Romanpck character of his
Vol. I. O War*
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Worthiness, done !
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as no less a heroe durst have venturd to have -
But supposing Mr. De Foe to be the author, he may defy Don S>uixot, Scarron, and all the •writers of Ro mances in any age of the world, for such a character of an heroe as he has dress 'd up ! Page 3. of the 7raf /ate, he tells how W. C. having heard that Sir George Rook had wrote something very disobliging of him ; and that he ought to have an account os it from Sir G. R. himself, (that was like a man of honour) he •went to Sir George, and ast? d him, if he had written such a letter ? Sir George (fays he) witb an air of coldness and gravity, told him, that he had •wrote so, and repeated the words to him. Was not this sneakingly and cowardly done ? Now thun der and lightning, blood and destruction ! But Pallas came in shape of Prudence, and I her heroe, now in
have it fad I I W. C. d, , nowrescu'd
Iwas not to be before willing
Sir, distress reply srom yourself,
am ; but satisfied
lieve it. And without any other words between them, W. C took his leave.
After this he tells, That Sir George sent him a chal lenge. But W. C. wou'd not fight him in England, for sear of being hang'd; for he was sure to stay! Nor in
Holland, (which Sir Geerge offer'd) for the fame reason. And lest the wind shou'd blow him into France, or some body tip him over board, as he tells p. 40, and p.
(1. ) Coun. ' I "'HE following paper I received from a X friend, on the behalf of Sir H. /sh—t, with a desire it might be inserted in the Rehearsal. The
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paper is as follows,
N 6 Whereat.
276 The REHEARSAL.
Whereas in my saper on igth instant, I inserted an ad vertisement, that it was not Sir W. Jsh t, but Sir H. Ajb 1 thatsent a message to Mr. Vaudre, that it
was past 12 a clock with the church of England, lSe. 1 am fince by credible persons inform' d that it was a mistake, and that Sir H. Ash / never (aw Mr. Vaudre in his life, nor never wrote nor received any letter from him ; nor never had any communication with him whatsoever. So as to its relating to Sir H. Ajb t, it needs further
confirmation, I have spoke to my friend to write to his correspondent in the country, to know whether he will stand to the account he has already sent, and to make diligent inquiry if there is any mistake in the matter. If this comes in time, it shall be inserted in this. Ifnot, as soon as I get it : which I think is doing justice, upon the square, to both sides.
(2. ) O. Come now perform what thon promis'd'st i» thy last, to fay some more to my letter from Ifswicb.
C. I have put the proof upon you, to name the nine baronets Sec. that accompany d your 2 candidates into the town. And for the poil of the clergy, I have appeal'd
to the poil books. L—y was not at O. But my letter fays, that Mr.
the election.
C. And my letter did not fay he was. You will still
mistake the matter ; that you may seem to confute some
body f
O. But what fay'st thou to my noble defence of Sir
confirmation.
Thus that safer word for word. And for the further
Dudly Cullum and Sir Samuel Barnardiston, against thy
tmfudent lying and standering them !
C. Nameany orstander have faid ofthem else
thou art the imfudent i. yer andstanderer. have given no charafier at all of them, nor faid word of them,
but that they were candidates at that election, and had the iotes of the whigs and dissenters: if thou rec- kon'st that ascandal have not yet learn of tbee,
the' have converst long with thetf. to cast fersattal re~
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277 in hand ; and throw Billingsgate at gentlemen, to bespatter and dirty all
efleffimts, which concern not the cause
come near. To call i
To ridicule a great general, with fine clade and riding in
great lady AwitchaxuL Proserpina.
triumph over his q n. And then as servilely flatter him, when he was a victor, and accuse others (tho' fair ly) for giving bad words to him : as thou did'st in thine of last April 14. Vol. 4. N. 4. of the Suffolk gentlemen :
which was an errant lye: and thou art provok'd to prove it. How didst thou throw most villanousty and falsely at Sir George Rook, and plaid'st Sir Cloudefly Shovel against him. Now tho' I vindicated Sir George, even to demonstration,
and to stop all reply (but not thy foul mouth) yet thy ex ample cou'd not tempt me to fay the least reflecling word upon Sir Cloudejly ; but rather to vindicate him too from
the scandal of being ctmmendedby thee, and such injuri ous use made of his name, to blacken his friend and ad miral Sir George Rook.
• Thy way and mine, Bayes, are very different. I have been taught that scandal is a great jin ; nay even, uncha ritable truths j where the endof telling is to expose, and
not to amend. And I believe thou can'st not charge me with refletJing upon any man, otherwise than to disco
ver his principle. No personal vices or immoralities concern not the matter in dispute, but merely to throw dirt upon the person : This is wicked ; and thy daily
fraflice. Nay, even to invent lyes ; and when disprov'd, to repeat them over again and again, instead of retrac
ing, or making reparation. This is the very spirit of the devil, the accuser of the brethren.
(3)0. Come, leave off thy preaching, and answer to die charge against thee in the Review of the 3 1 st M^ji last. Vol. 2. N. 38. concerning the weather-cock at Oxford.
C 111 not answer //5>ff.
such foul language as thou hast : and has more
And I will give all encouragement to get out of sense.
I'll
answer him. He has not
it
Therefore I fay to the Review, that without examining
hills and and finks,
sight
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I will take that story as he tells vi2. that was the-
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workman who
under the -weather-cock on Met ton- college. And it was innocently as well as ignorantly done of the workman.
For as the Review tells, it was usual at Merton-collcge (as
well as other places) to have the kings-arms upon the fanes of the buildings. There was on one fane the arms
of king Charles, with the usual motto. On another the arms of king #7//. with je maintiendray, which he used instead of Dieu & man droii. And a new fane being to> be set up, in the room of one was broke, h was thought
proper to have the queen's arms upon, it- And why not
her motto as well as the rest! Wau-'d it have been any re flection upon, queen Elizabeth, who sirst us'd that motto,. to have semper eadem put under he; arms, tho' upon at
weather-cock? However, to take away all occasion (and. we see now there was reason) that motto was taken away ;. and the sane set up without it
Now the Re•view quoted in the Rehearsal, N. 43^
charges the gentlemen of' Oxford with putting up the semper eadem- Sec. when it was not put up. And by the.
ftory, as he now tells he must know to be so.
But suppose had been set up, which, as have
faid, might have been done very innocently what reason
had the Review to call this an emblem at device
at such, reflection upon the college, as being reflection. upon her majesty leave to every body, whethec the maker of such an application, not the author of
the /caudal?
And then may not afle what reason die Review had
to give very hard character of the Rehearsal, as tOi call him equally olj}h:œte (even with the Obscriator) i*
ignorantly put that motto of semper eadim
When he advanc'd nothing; at all he only took quotation out of the Review. Andt added letter from; Oxford which deny'd the fact. And
left the Review to search into that the best manner he eou'd. The Review and not the Rehearsal was the iroach- er of the slory. But Fll return no hard words.
(4) But now we are upon stories, desire theeto give an account of what thou teWfthsxn. Northampton thine
advancing pofitive falshaod?
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a coffee-house (meaning Mrs. Laforcers) frequented), as- thou fay'ft, byjacohites and tackers, but were especially the
Am is- am errant lye, whieh- 1 have in a letter from art
unquestionable hand at Northampton, dated last May 24th.
Black-robe;
who left a ratf treat was provided for them on the 33d of last, because the news came of
am to telf thee, that
the French feet being beat:. Now I
Which fays, that there was but- one person in Mrs. La-
po&ce's coffee-house- that night, andhea whig ; se
veral clergy aW sestlbmJN herfriends, being at the
Rose Crown that night to drink the qvwnCi- health,
being the day of her coronation, by an appointment
made the 6th of Feb. last, being the day of her birth, Sir William Wheeler, an honest gentleman^ cameintohA- forge's coffee-house on Tuesday last, andsaid, that Sir
William Craven tola* him (Isuppose on the authority, of
the ObservatorJ of several gentlemen leaving their treat, at La force's, on the- news of the FRENCH' being;
beat, as before. The ObsErvato* fays, the woman mar-
rieda Frenchman (infinuating, by her lately goingfime- times to ch-urch) a papist; tho' ,tis well known her
husband was a hugonot. The Observator wou'csivstnuate ae if only very mean people came to her house ; tho' the present knights, most- of the GB. NTlEMEN, and! believe three parts' of Mr clergy in this county was at her'
house this election; and'I'believe at'no other' coffee
house, unless it were ta enquire for somebody they want ed. 1 believe she took more money than all the other three
COFFEE-HOUSES.
Thus fays theletter. And tho' the story seems of no
great consequence in- it self, yet these are the inferences- thou wou'dst draw from it. tst. To represent the clergy
and gentry as disaffected to" the queen and government ; and in the interest of France, idly. To shew the hu , wear of the people so averse to. the church and the tochers, that the coffee-house which they frequented, ,w&S'de/frtcd- by all others. And ^dly, that those in the interest of the
(hurch were fofew, azs not to be able to support one , - coffee
the Obsenvator.
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coffee-house. And we sind this malicious story was le- lirvd, at least reported, by others, upon the creeBt of
For which reason, I have taken this
paint to dete8 it. But the eleclion in Northampton which
follow'd, wherein trut churchmen were chosen i is a fuD
confutation of all that this story was contriv'd to sug
gest. And shews, that the malice and industry of a certain
/or/y is indefatigable I
( 5 . ) But their W/boil'd over upon the county election
at Chester ! where upon their carrying the election (by
what means I leave to the committee of elections
cou'd not contain their joy, nor conceal their
rryV ca/, Down with the church! Nb church! AV
church ! And to begin the work, they went and insult- ed several churchet in the «>y, breaking the windowt, 4c. This I have seen in several lettertfxovct several baneft. And may venture to fay, can be sufficiently prov'd if denfd.
(6. ) How difserent from this was the eleclion at Exe ter ? Where two tackert were chosen, without any oppo- fition, tho' two were set up against them, back'd with
all the interest the whigt and distentert cou'd make. And at least stxty letters from London sent to the trading-
men of that city, against the tackert, fays a letter from an inhabitant there, of strict veracity. But when they had made their utmost effort, they found their party so weak, that their candidates never appear'd, nor any of their party. So all was quiet and peaceable, without any insult or ill-werdc against either church, state, or the ■>'- nistry, as it is where the whigt and distenters prevail.
From &stt. June 9 to . §>8t- June 16, 1705. N° 46.
1. the weather-cock stxt. 2. Some materials respecting the vindication cf Sandwich.
T N my last I told thee, that I took that story
Ccun.
^ in the Review, about the weather-cod oa
Merton-college, without examining, as he set it down. Because
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Because even as he set it down, it return'd full upon him ; first, that the fact was false, as he himself put it.
that if it had been true, the whole malice
Andsecondly,
and seditious application was purely and solely his own.
I have since had a further account of from the fame hand that wrote the account pablish'd N. 43. which
as follows. Dated Oxon June 1705
Sir, according to your defire, went this morning to Merton-college, to view the weather-cock lately
trected on the hall, and upon the warden
They are low that they may be distinctly view d. And
what acquainted you before information from others, and particularly from the gentlemen of that society. The weather-cocks
there have the founde ks arms on both sides, without any motto and no other has been crected in that college for
now assirm from my own knowledge,
summer-house.
nany years. The gentlemen
tot suggestion of the review scandal in every part it.
that society still insifi, that a groundless and malicious
But for further confirmation, workmen, which they
take the certificates
•willingly subscribed in my presence.
" Oxon June 1705.
These are to certify, that Henry Willcoss
" Oxon, painter, have wrought at Me rton college " above these twenty years last past and that within these " twelve months last past painted the weather-cock on
" thesummer -bouse in the garden the worshipful the war- " den that society, with the arms the founder on bothfides, andwith no other arms according to the order
" Mr. Warden and the burfer that college. And that " never painted or saw any weather-cock paint- " ed with the CjueenV arms, in that college, neither " know of any weather-cock painted with the " Queen's arms, or order to be painted with the
" Queen'sarms in the college aforesaid, any other per-
son whatsoever. Witness my hand,
Henry Willgoss.
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" These are tt certify, that I Thomas Willgoss of •* Oxon, painter, have wrought at Merton-collece " as a painter under my father Henry Willgoss for
" these twentyyears last past. And that . /Thomas Wi ll- " coss within these three years las past painted the wea- " THE r-C0CK/f/ uson the hall, with the AMasofthe " FOUNdEr of that college, on both fides (heing a field or " chevrons counter-chargeable azure and gules accord-
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)
ing to the order of the- burfir of that college. And that
** 1 never fainted or saw any WEATHEr-COCK painted " with the queen's arms in that college. Neither, did
"I
ever bear weather-cock of any
with tht m queen's-arms, or of any order to faint the queen's " arms on a weather-cock for that society ly any
painted
" other person whatsoever.
" Witness my band the day andyear
11 first abtrae written.
Thomas Wnico**
These certificates are approv'd by the fellvws of the
tollege.
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O. What care I for Review ! Thou know'ft tiers a war betwixt him and John Tutchin. He has promis'd to cleat that matter of the weather-coei, if thou giv'st
him any further occasion. Now let him look to him self, under peril of being the author, inventer and
tontriver of that scandalous refiection upon her majesty* and the clergy, and gentlemen- of Oxford, as he call* them.
(z. ) But now I come upon thy bones, for thy bafi\ false and villainous story of Sandwich. To which' an answer isfrinted. And all that thou hast faid is utteily deny'd, in what is call'd a vindication of the corporatierm
of Sandwich, &c. 'v
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•f the signing the instrument, approving the murder of the king ; and wishing, for his hyde to make a pair of toots, &c. These pretty loving strokes are past over in
/ilince!
0. Come leave thy dallying, and evading. Answer to
what is denyd. It is denyd, that John Branch nam'd the queen, with the Jacohites and French king. . And it is iaid, there are those will /wear it.
C. Then it must be those that did not hear it. For which reason, and because of the noise of this swearings
in the following affidavit the distance Mr. Elstcd (to whom the words were spoke) and this Branch were fiom any
company is so particularly set down.
The original asti- davit is in my hands, and is as follows.
" " Thomas Elsted of the town and port of Sandwich in " the county of Kent, gent, one of her majesty's justices " of peace for the faid town maketh. oath, That on Fri- " day the eleventh day of May last, being the next day " after the election of burgeffes to serve in parliament for * the faid towu of Sandwich, one John Bscmch of the
laid town, grocer, a prosest independent, and broeher
rt in law to Sir Henry Furnefs one. os the iid burgessism
" overtook this deponent in his way from Deal, full
" three and thirty rodds this deponent sinds it by ad-
" (as
" measurement) without and from the gaee belonging to " the faid town calsd Sandbw. . vate, and this deponent " and the faid John Branch then and there failing into " discourse about the faid ele&wnr this deponent told " the faid John Branch he did heliei Sir Henry Furnest
wou'd not stand, upon whicJi toe said Branch answer- " ed in a passionate manner, That in fright of quee» " Anne, andall the lacobites in England, and the
" French king, he shoud stand. And this deponent " further fa th, that at the time of the faid discourse " there was no person (as this deponent cou. 'd seer except " one Jacob Silver of Sandnxnch, ladler, who- rode by " this deponent some time after the words were spokei*
by Branch, and Branch himself parted and gone from « this
284
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this deponent) nearer to him and the faid John Brant, than the faid gate call'd Sandown-gate, where stood one George Molland, a taylor, and one or two more mechanicks to receive the faid Sir Henry Fumes; on hit return also that evening from Deale, where he went that day to dinner (as this deponent was inform'd) neither were there any other words passed between this deponent and the faid Branch, till this deponent came to Sandown-gate, where he found the faid Brwirb
on horseback) fac'd with his horse towards
" Deal, and company with him, who stopt the pasiage
" into the gate, so that this deponent could not pass
(being
thro' till the faid Branch had turn'd his horse.
Jurat per fitpradiSl.
apud Sandwich pradict. siptimo die Junii Anno Dotn. 1 705. coram me
W. Verrier, uno justiciar, pacts de Sandwich predict.
Tho. Elsted,
Tho. Elsted.
O. But what fay'st thou to the flag or colours,
about which the vindication ofSandwich fays several affidavits
are made to contradict the story thou told'ft 1
C. These affidavits are not set down, so we know not what to fay to them, but here U one in my hand,
which I think speaks home to the point, and is as fol lows.
" "YQftpb Hunger, of the town and port ofSandwich in vJ
" the county of Kent, innholder,and George Broaid
" the fame, bricklayer, do jointly and severally make " oath, that on the tenth day of May last past, being the
0 day of electing burgesses to serve in parliament for the " faid town of Sandwich, there was besides several other
" flags hung up that day, in honour of Sir Henry Fur-
" ness and Mr. Burchett, a certain flag hung up at the
" anabaptists meeting-house, in the market-place, and " near the place ofelection, whereon was deciphers
the old commonwealth breeches, with the crown re " vend
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* vers'd under them, and a bullet at every corner, which ;'. these deponents do take and believe to be a flag by " the length and breadth of belonging to of
" horse in the time of Oliver Crotmvtls troop
*' usurpation, and
. * preserv'd ever since one Francis Hook, who caused
" the said flag to be hung up, and appear'd very brisk
" (altho' near, not altogether, 80 years of age) in the " market-place, at the time of the election with scarf,
*' or fash about his middle and these deponents further " lay, that they took particular notice of the faid flag. " And that the flag which the faid Francii Hook hath " since produc'd to the mayor of the town, pretending
" and swearing to be the flag he hung up at that time,
was not the flag these deponents taw, unless breeches, or other parts of decipher'd as aforefaid,
were taken out, and made up again with other cloth or stuff.
" «'
Jurat per supradift. osephum Hunger & Georgium Broad se- cundo ate Junii Anno Bom. 705,
apud Stindwich prœdict, coram me Tho. Elsted, uno justiciar. pa
ds de Sandwich pradict.
the
O. Hast thou no more affidavits as to this matter
C. not this enough But can tell thee, several o- thers can be had to the fame purpose, but some are not
willing to expose themselves to the fury of party, unless there be absolute necestty for it. And here sufficient for thy club to chew the cud upon till our next meeting,
being now in haste.
Joseph Hunger. George Broad.
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From fyit. June 16, to &at. June 23, 4705. ^47.
The most palpable Forgery, and most imprudently manag'd {in o certain comical Romance) that this age hath /ten
in print. Wherein the point of honour is nicely Æf- cmjsd.
Ob/. TN thy last thou hast faed the weather-cock indeed, X. that it will be henceforth fimper idem, eadem, idem. It will never badge more, nor turn with every wind. But in the (aid Review of last May 31. Vol. II. N. 38. there is another /iVcharg'd upon thee, just sol-
lowing that of the weather-cock, of which thou tak'ft no notice, which looks guiltily in thee, as if thou hadst a mind to flip it off; therefore I must call thee to an ac count for it. It is there faid, That the gentleman who wrote this, (that is, the lie about thcweather-eocA) ad
vanc'd one of the most pals able forgeries, and mofi impru dently managed, that this age has /een in print ; end being- decently reprov'd for it, has not to this hour thought fit to vindicate, or acknowledge it. The fact is as feliows :
" He tells us in one of his Rehearfals, " That in the quar- " rel bet-ween Sir George R-ook's friends, and Mr. Colepeper, the latter wou d not fight, -till Mr. De-
his courage" Or "Ii
N E w was oblig'd to cane him, to
raise to his
to this efi'ect. For -which
Now, ias there is not one -word of this true, nor of mine
false, I
appeal
paper.
leave the world to judge between the papers ealT the Review and the Rehearsal, by the veracity of their authors.
For Mr. Denew, at his trial, to clear himselffrom the charge of an assa/pn, for which he was indictcd, swears, and brings witnesses to prone, " That he never struck Mr. " Colepeper at all; but that, on the contraiy, Mr.
" Colepeperdrew hisswordfirst"
Thus the Review: and he protests, that this is not by
way
C. No
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287 way of recrimination for the story of the weather-cock,
which is told just before this.
! for how cou'd he speak of if he had thought on't And how came he to speak of it, he did not think on't But he thought was to no purpose for he fays, that recrimination no step to a defence but let that pass.
First, as to the being decently reprovdfor this, know not whether was decently or not for this the sirst time ever heard on't. consess read not half his
papers and that may have escap'd me. But to the me rits of the cause.
The accufation infinuated against Sir George Rook was, that being afraid to meet the courage of Mr. Colepeper
single in the field, he employ'd assassins to murder Mr.
For this three gentlemen were indicted, Mr. Denew one of them and all acquitted of the conspiracy
of assassination.
And the design of the Rehearsal was only as to Sir
George Rook. Not to vindicate his courage against Mr.
Colepeper.
Colepeper for that would have been no compliment tci Sir George. But the relation that Mr. Colepeper gives of
in his True State the difference between Sir George Rook, knight, and William Colepeper, Esq; £5V.
Part have not heard of the second
printed 704, exceedingly entertaining, that thought such co
mical Romance as this age has not seen in print, would be
acceptable.
Now, as to the circumstance of caning, there had been
any little mistake as to that, was of that consequence, as to ground such tragical out-cry of the most palpabU
forgery (bless
and most imprudently manag'd that this age hath seen in
us
But let us examine what this mighty mistake was: Mr. Deneav upon his tryal fays he did not strike Mr. Colepeper with his cane. The Review quotes no page of
Mr. Colepeper book, A true state of the difference, &c. . . And I'll take his word, rather than read over 44 pages in
solio.
(when was all
print. The whole revolution was nothing to't
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folio. But I sind, /. 15. that Mr. Colepeper himself &• posed, that Mr. Denew said to him, You ere a scoundrel, and a rascal ; and ifyou will not draw, Til cane you—— And he up with it, as fast as he cou'd to strike me — fays
Mr. Coles ef er. Now if the blew did not light on, ( for
Mr. Colepeper fays, he steps d back ) perhaps the law will not make it a caning, tho' it was putting him in a bodily
fright ; but in the language of honour (which is always us'd in Romances ) the offer was a direct caning.
And it was that fame caning (whether in fieri, or in
facto-efft) which oblig'd W. C to draw. And he pleads it as the reason, and to prove he was not the assailant. And the reason was allow'd to be good ; and Mr. D. was upon it found guilty of the assault, tho' not Of the cm-
spiracy of assassination, for which he was indicted. There appearing nothing in the case, but the destgn of a dry- rubhing, since nothing else cou'd persuade W. C 'z
sword to shew its face out of the peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, safe under the protection of the law. And W. C.
very prudently bore all affronts, and waited only till he cou'd have the law on his side — and then he drew like a lion !
The author of the True state, &c. lets us know,/.
that he was acquainted with Don Quixote Therefore
I'll tell him Spanish story, very a propos, because they are the nicest judges of honour. A Don there happening into dispute with another, after dinner, the other had his tooth-pick in his hand, and in the heat of discourse, moving his hand up and down, with the tooth-pick
the Don afterwards bethought himself, whether some affront might not have been meant by as he tended to beat him with that tooth-pick. Upon which he went to council learned in the law of honour who, after he had consulted his books, gave this resolution, that the tooth-pick was made of quill, was no
because people don't use to beat one another with quills but the tooth-pick was made of wood, was direct bastinado because not the fixe of the cudgel, nor the smart of the blow, that consider honour
which
front
is
a
if ;
a
it is
: ; if
a
it by
it,
:
'd
it
;
if
;
a af
in in it;
38.
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which isr as much wounded by the er/ser of an affront, as if crab-tree were laid upon the bones. Now, Sir, consi der that a cane is but a reed; and ratfi being no engines of war in England: quære, Whether Mr. D 's cane Was any greater affront to W. C. than if he had shook* %wJfeptiU athim ?
But these Spaniards may be too squeamish upon the faint of honour! And why shou'd Mr. W. C. be deter
mine by them ? He rather appeals to English judges, and, p. 38. quotes Spehnan's Glossary to prove, that
throwing his- hat, and then his peruke in Mr. D
fact, ana making a full pass at him, at the fame time, was no breach of the law of combat. And for your Spa niards, he fays, ihid. That as to W. C. w^a has read the bijlary of Don Quixote, he laughs at those heroes.
/ threIw hat at him, which faid p. 15. first my
him; afterwards I his shoulder :
upon and made a home
took that
Says Mr. Denew, That is not fair ——
. . 's
But here I shall be call'd in question again! For did I say, that W. C. threw his peruke in Mr. D- "'sface? whereas it did light upon his Jhoulder. For thus W. C.
mifid
threw peruke, which hit my
fa/s at him.
I,
« You are a villain
Fair ! said bird by
any thing
to an
assassin. me.
opportunity,
, to afisassinate
As to the Fairness, it is clear'd in Spelman's Giossary :
as the assassination was by the Jury.
But for the shoulder ! the shoulder ! what shall be faid
to that? Behold one of the most palpable forgeries,
and most imprudently manag'd, that this age has seen in print !
But what signisies this ace, or this Corner of the earth? see the True state, p. 6. And there you will see, That the World has not in any age produed a man beyond Mr. De Foe, for his miraculom fancy, and lively invention in all his writings, both •verse and prose. And if he was the
pin-man of this True state, as is fuppos'd, this was very
prudently manag'd ! however, he is oblig'd in gratitude to
stand by his ingenious and magnanimous friend, who had the courage to give such a Romanpck character of his
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as no less a heroe durst have venturd to have -
But supposing Mr. De Foe to be the author, he may defy Don S>uixot, Scarron, and all the •writers of Ro mances in any age of the world, for such a character of an heroe as he has dress 'd up ! Page 3. of the 7raf /ate, he tells how W. C. having heard that Sir George Rook had wrote something very disobliging of him ; and that he ought to have an account os it from Sir G. R. himself, (that was like a man of honour) he •went to Sir George, and ast? d him, if he had written such a letter ? Sir George (fays he) witb an air of coldness and gravity, told him, that he had •wrote so, and repeated the words to him. Was not this sneakingly and cowardly done ? Now thun der and lightning, blood and destruction ! But Pallas came in shape of Prudence, and I her heroe, now in
have it fad I I W. C. d, , nowrescu'd
Iwas not to be before willing
Sir, distress reply srom yourself,
am ; but satisfied
lieve it. And without any other words between them, W. C took his leave.
After this he tells, That Sir George sent him a chal lenge. But W. C. wou'd not fight him in England, for sear of being hang'd; for he was sure to stay! Nor in
Holland, (which Sir Geerge offer'd) for the fame reason. And lest the wind shou'd blow him into France, or some body tip him over board, as he tells p. 40, and p.
