port of the compliment you had been mak ing, looks like an intended affront. Few perfons, of moderate acquaintance with the Arts and Sciences, could have thought of quoting SWIFT'S WORKS to fhew the perfection of them.

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As to your mean affertion of my ufurping the facred Character; the bare mention of the name I ftand indebted to for that character, would be alone fufficient to excite a general deteftation against the hardy Calumniator who durft affert it. But, Sir, that great perfonage (whofe honours appear quite compleated by the Dreamer's distinguifh'd abuse of him; and for whose perfonal friendship I am in fome degree, perhaps, indebted to you,) faw more numerous and ample Teftimonials in my favour, than ever were produced by a member of your Hall fince you prefided in it. Doctor, You have a Son, and one who wears the facred character-but, I am a Father myself; and feel too intimately the ties of that tender relation, to proceed farther on this head, even with you.

YOUR fecond Article, tho' fomewhat more fpecious in its foundation, abounding with Falfities in proportion to the length of it; I fhall only fingle out one fpecimen of your want of Veracity, and another of your ex

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treme Ignorance in the very elements of Science. Neither fifteen hundred pounds, nor Guineas, are mentioned in the paffage referred to and if they had, the amount of the principal and intereft in twenty years time, would not have been three thousand Guineas only, but confiderably more than Four thousand Pounds. This may poffibly furprize you, Sir, but 'tis nevertheless true.

Under this Article, Sir, you alfo fay, you "have often confider'd with yourself, what "should induce your Adverfaries to pub"lifh the bold Affertion, which could im"mediately have been difproved by more "than 400 witneffes". That is, I think Sir, faying in effect, That you have 400 friends always ready to fwear to a Negative, when you defire it. This even exceeds the late public offer of the Magiftrates of a certain Borough (feven or eight of them only) to ferve one another in the fame way,-But if they fwear, THEY ought to be believed.

YOUR third Article is equally furprizing with those before it. Tell, if you can, where you are charged with being the Author of the London-Evening Poft: for fo much your words imply. Did ever any one think you Hypocrite enough to be the writer of divinity papers? You have been accus'd of contributing to it; and the Accufation you acknowledge to be juft. As for your charge

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of my felling Ale; it is too ridiculous to deferve to be contradicted. But, that I now. BRAG I will pick out LAWN SLEEVES &c; hush, my good Doctor, or you may pull down fafter than you build up! You have certainly done me good fervices hitherto; but remember!-A person of your fashion must have banter'd the Nolo epifcopari. But, Sir, was you ever really told, that I did brag fo? Or is it, Sir, absolutely and fairly what you call a three-letter'd Monofyllable of your own? You think, this little piece of raillery may furely be forgiven you? As far as I am concern'd, you were freely forgiven immediately: if you can't look upon the mention of it as fevere, from the danger of making it more taken notice of by your readers. You think you have been libelled two or three times a week, in the Evening Advertiser, for fix or seven months past. It must be impoffible for you to think fo; unless you reckon for your own, the general Cause, which that paper has attacked.

You heartily thank, you fay, the ingenious perfon who DETECTED the Correfpondence between OATES and his SUCCESSOR, and printed their Letters in the LONDON EVENINGPOST. What Correfpondence of mine it is, which you can thus recommend; most readers, imagine, muft have great curiofity to know. Why, truly, thefe Letters are dated at SATANOPLE, in HELL, are faid to

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be carried by an Imp, at the command of bis infernal Highness, and contain ac counts that every Devil grins his applause at my conduct; toafts the Diabolical Canon in flaming Bowls of Spirituous Sulphur; &c. &c. &c. &c. This, with fuitable answers attributed to me, is the Correspondence which you thus highly commend, and have engaged your word for the reality of: Yes you, Doctor, have done this; you, who are seventy years of age, and who, for half that time, have had the religious education of youth for the duty of your Station.

With relation to the EVIL SPIRIT Coming to WINDSOR; I really did not understand you, 'till a few weeks ago, when I was down there laft. The inferior people within the Castle have lately been furpri zingly alarmed at frequent Apparitions, which they believed to be of the EVIL SPIRIT. The Party of the military upon duty there, refufed to mount guard, about the midnight hours, without double Centinels. The appearances commonly proceeded from about the door of St. George's Chapel, and, to confirm the reasonablenefs of this great alarm, one foldier in particular, who, his own Colonel told me, was the beft private man in his company, paid for the rashness of venturing to do duty by himself with the lofs of his hand. This wicked affair commenced just before the publication of your Apology;

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Apology; and you cannot be understood, where you speak of the EVIL SPIRIT coming amongst them at WINDSOR, but in allufion to it. However, Sir, I do not charge you, as the fceleris auctor; but I am very far, as I imagine moft of our readers will be, from acquitting you of it. It is exactly of a piece with the infernal correfpondence you have objected to me. The author of the Dreamer alfo (and you dare not deny yourself to be that author) fays, that the Bishops (for they are indifputably meant by the knights of the Rofy-Cross,) have SPIRITS wholly fubfervient to their order, which they employ as their Cabinet Couriers; for wherever there is an Affembly of BISHOPS (Roficrucians) SATAN will come among them.* That to be a Roficrucian, it is neceffary, the Dreamer fays, in other Words, to deny the faith in Chrift: and that whenever a ROSICRUCIAN is mention'd, this faying may be used proverbially, IN TARTARA, JUSSER IS, IBIT. † 'Tis glorious to be thought worthy of the fame treatment with thefe my Superiors, by an author who can publicly ridicule the bleffed Hope of Immortality. You must excufe me, Sir, in fupI pofing, that the prefent age does not produce two writers capable of these things; nor one, befides the author of the Apology, * P. 235, 6, 7. Dreamer p. 66, 7, 8.

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