A seasonable answer to a late pamphlet entituled, The vindication of Slingsby Bethel, Esq. one of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex / by one who is a citizen of London and an inhabitant of the borough of Southwark.
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             A seasonable answer to a late pamphlet entituled, The vindication of Slingsby Bethel, Esq. one of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex / by one who is a citizen of London and an inhabitant of the borough of Southwark.
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             A
             Seasonable
             ANSWER
             To
             a
             Late
             PAMPHLET
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             The
             Vindication
             OF
             Slingsby
             Bethel
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             One
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             of
          
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           .
        
         
           By
           one
           who
           is
           a
           Citizen
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           an
           Inhabitant
           of
           the
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           .
        
         
           
             Nescis
             quo
             valeat
             nummus
             ?
             quem
             praebeat
             usum
             ?
          
           
             Panis
             ematur
             ,
             olus
             ,
             vini
             sextarius
             :
             adde
          
           
             Queis
             humana
             sibi
             doleat
             natur
             a
             negatis
             .
          
           
             
               Hor.
               Sat.
               1.
            
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           C.
           Mearne
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Seasonable
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           Late
           PAMPHLET
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           
             The
             Vindication
             of
          
           Slingsby
           Bethel
           ,
           
             
               Esq
            
             one
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             of
          
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THE
           City
           of
           London
           is
           a
           place
           of
           so
           great
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           well
           known
           to
           abound
           so
           much
           with
           men
           of
           True
           Loyalty
           ,
           undoubted
           Integrity
           ,
           plentiful
           Fortunes
           ,
           generous
           Tempers
           ,
           untainted
           Credit
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           fit
           to
           discharge
           its
           principal
           Offices
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           under
           any
           necessity
           of
           taking
           up
           with
           persons
           of
           
             Factious
             Principles
          
           ,
           Moot
           Honesty
           ,
           Invisible
           Estates
           ,
           narrow
           and
           shrivel'd
           Souls
           ,
           or
           Fly-blown
           Reputations
           ,
           to
           disgrace
           any
           of
           the
           Honourable
           Employments
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           to
           the
           great
           surprize
           of
           multitudes
           that
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           did
           not
           know
           him
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Slingsby
             Bethel
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Notorious
           ,
           &
           most
           Obscure
           men
           that
           ever
           was
           made
           Free
           of
           the
           Leather-Sellers
           Company
           ,
           was
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           by
           the
           feverish
           Zeal
           of
           a
           boisterous
           puffing
           Party
           of
           mistaken
           Citizens
           ,
           blown
           up
           into
           a
           Sheriff
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           though
           since
           that
           sudden
           Gust
           of
           popular
           breath
           is
           laid
           ,
           he
           has
           dwindled
           and
           shrunk
           up
           into
           a
           Thing
           not
           commensurate
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           an
           Ale-Conner
           .
        
         
           For
           now
           that
           his
           fond
           mis-led
           Friends
           have
           had
           time
           to
           consider
           and
           understand
           him
           ,
           they
           have
           with
           a
           Modesty
           to
           be
           encouraged
           ,
           disown'd
           the
           Man
           and
           his
           Manners
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           their
           late
           Midsummer
           Complement
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           of
           Discourse
           concerning
           him
           ,
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           blush
           for
           him
           since
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           sweated
           for
           him
           at
           first
           .
        
         
           The
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           ,
           comparatively
           with
           any
           other
           Borough
           ,
           or
           indeed
           City
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           much
           more
           a
           Neighbour
           to
           the
           City
           of
           London
           in
           its
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           number
           and
           condition
           of
           its
           Inhabitants
           ,
           than
           in
           its
           Scituation
           ;
           and
           was
           never
           so
           barren
           of
           Men
           ,
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Wealthy
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           needed
           to
           cross
           the
           Water
           for
           Burgesses
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           at
           the
           last
           Election
           the
           same
           
             Slingsby
             Bethel
          
           having
           now
           gained
           the
           Additional
           Title
           of
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           and
           Esquire
           to
           promote
           his
           pretensions
           ,
           becomes
           very
           officious
           in
           tendring
           us
           his
           Service
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           and
           with
           as
           little
           Invitation
           to
           our
           Pockets
           as
           ever
           we
           had
           to
           his
           Table
           ,
           over
           the
           Bridge
           come
           his
           Horse
           and
           He
           (
           the
           principal
           Burghers
           being
           not
           yet
           resolv'd
           which
           of
           the
           two
           to
           make
           a
           Senator
           )
           and
           being
           encourag'd
           by
           some
           few
           male-content
           Renegado's
           from
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           like
           Whifflers
           came
           justling
           and
           making
           Elbow-room
           for
           him
           ,
           he
           sets
           up
           for
           Himself
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           our
           Representative
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           hands
           into
           our
           Purses
           whether
           we
           will
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           This
           way
           of
           Addressing
           the
           more
           considerable
           sort
           of
           our
           Burghers
           were
           so
           unacquainted
           with
           ,
           that
           presently
           we
           became
           curious
           in
           searching
           into
           the
           qualifications
           of
           a
           person
           of
           such
           extraordinary
           Application
           ;
           and
           upon
           enquiry
           we
           
           received
           such
           a
           Character
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           least
           limb
           of
           our
           Body
           ,
           the
           Men
           of
           Kentstreet
           it self
           ,
           would
           disdain
           to
           send
           him
           up
           to
           Oxford
           as
           a
           Representative
           Broomstick
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           he
           had
           once
           the
           Honour
           to
           be
           return'd
           by
           the
           Ward
           of
           
             Farrindon
             Without
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           two
           Commoners
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           were
           to
           chuse
           the
           more
           Worthy
           to
           be
           Alderman
           of
           their
           Ward
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           Honour
           likewise
           to
           be
           rejected
           by
           that
           wise
           and
           impartial
           Court
           ;
           both
           which
           put
           together
           (
           especially
           considering
           the
           grounds
           of
           his
           boasted
           
             general
             Consent
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           that
           Ward
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           its
           due
           place
           explain
           )
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           the
           advantage
           of
           Credit
           from
           that
           Enterprize
           is
           not
           on
           his
           part
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           him
           any
           just
           encouragement
           of
           hoping
           ever
           to
           arrive
           at
           so
           high
           a
           Dignity
           ;
           but
           when
           Michaelmas
           is
           come
           ,
           the
           Retinue
           discharged
           ,
           the
           Horse
           sold
           ,
           and
           the
           Gold
           Chain
           restor'd
           ,
           he
           must
           sit
           down
           content
           to
           be
           
             Slingsby
             Bethel
          
           in
           cuerpo
           still
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           a
           Gentleman
           born
           and
           bred
           ,
           one
           so
           well
           read
           and
           travell'd
           as
           he
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           of
           too
           great
           a
           Spirit
           to
           stoop
           to
           the
           Office
           of
           Executioner
           ,
           to
           serve
           the
           Greatest
           Prince
           that
           ever
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Block
           ;
           for
           such
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           so
           miserably
           defeated
           in
           his
           pretensions
           on
           both
           sides
           the
           Water
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           scornfully
           neglected
           ,
           and
           re-buff'd
           in
           the
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           over
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           be
           their
           humble
           Servant
           ;
           to
           be
           so
           unexpectedly
           Dismounted
           and
           Un-Burgessed
           ,
           when
           his
           Confidence
           of
           Success
           had
           already
           put
           him
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           preparing
           some
           Speeches
           for
           the
           House
           :
           And
           then
           in
           the
           City
           to
           be
           denied
           Admittance
           into
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ;
           and
           while
           his
           younger
           Brother
           ,
           the
           other
           Sheriff
           ,
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           him
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           dance
           Attendance
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Companion
           to
           Foot-boys
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           no
           other
           Diversion
           than
           what
           arises
           from
           being
           Spectator
           of
           the
           Olympick
           Exercise
           of
           Span-Farthing
           :
           These
           are
           Indignities
           which
           no
           man
           of
           so
           equal
           a
           Mixture
           of
           Wit
           and
           Bravery
           ,
           can
           be
           expected
           to
           pass
           by
           un-revenged
           one
           way
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           his
           Courage
           and
           Fancy
           being
           hereby
           raised
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           he
           boldly
           sets
           up
           for
           an
           Author
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           may
           be
           even
           with
           London
           and
           Southwark
           together
           ,
           he
           at
           once
           publishes
           a
           Libel
           upon
           both
           ,
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             The
             Vindication
             of
          
           Slingsby
           Bethel
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           certainly
           this
           Man
           is
           under
           an
           ill
           Fate
           ;
           he
           is
           not
           more
           unsuccessful
           in
           his
           Adventures
           ,
           than
           unfortunate
           in
           writing
           their
           Commentaries
           ;
           he
           plays
           Booty
           with
           his
           own
           good
           Name
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           he
           calls
           his
           Vindication
           ,
           and
           washes
           ,
           and
           lathers
           ,
           and
           scrubs
           himself
           so
           long
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           such
           a
           Picture
           of
           the
           
             Labour
             in
             Vain
          
           ,
           that
           no
           Suburb
           Sign
           can
           match
           him
           .
        
         
           He
           begins
           with
           a
           precarious
           Assertion
           of
           the
           Innocence
           of
           the
           former
           part
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           thinking
           no
           doubt
           ,
           that
           being
           an
           Old
           Man
           ,
           and
           having
           been
           a
           Traveller
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           the
           Liberty
           which
           the
           Proverb
           allows
           him
           ;
           and
           hoping
           probably
           thereby
           to
           bury
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           his
           Pranks
           at
           Hamburgh
           (
           and
           I
           question
           not
           but
           that
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           loves
           Money
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           be
           at
           the
           Charge
           of
           Five
           Pound
           to
           have
           it
           done
           in
           Linen
           )
           but
           the
           mischief
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           are
           several
           Merchants
           living
           ,
           who
           were
           Witnesses
           of
           his
           Words
           and
           Actions
           there
           ,
           that
           can
           testifie
           his
           first
           Paragraph
           to
           be
           false
           .
           Indeed
           he
           speaks
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Diffidence
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           rather
           like
           one
           that
           desires
           ,
           than
           believes
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           however
           slily
           he
           carried
           himself
           in
           his
           
             Private
             Station
          
           ,
           and
           whatever
           there
           may
           be
           between
           God
           and
           his
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           yet
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           deserve
           (
           as
           he
           
             reasonably
             hopes
          
           )
           any
           Reproach
           from
           Man.
           But
           to
           see
           how
           credulous
           Interest
           will
           make
           Men
           !
           How
           could
           he
           
             reasonably
             hope
          
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           his
           Contemporary
           Merchants
           at
           that
           Staple
           ,
           should
           tell
           his
           Famous
           History
           ,
           and
           display
           him
           in
           his
           Colors
           at
           their
           Return
           into
           England
           ?
           
           How
           could
           he
           
             reasonably
             hope
          
           to
           survive
           all
           those
           who
           are
           able
           to
           justifie
           to
           his
           Face
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           they
           had
           related
           ,
           when
           he
           should
           have
           the
           Confidence
           to
           deny
           it
           ?
           How
           could
           he
           
             reasonably
             hope
          
           ,
           that
           Factious
           and
           Turbulent
           Practices
           should
           not
           deserve
           to
           be
           punish'd
           at
           least
           with
           Reproach
           and
           Infamy
           ?
           How
           could
           he
           
             reasonably
             hope
          
           —
           But
           that
           I
           may
           encourage
           Modesty
           ,
           especially
           in
           such
           a
           one
           as
           He
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           that
           blushing
           Parenthesis
           ,
           I
           will
           spare
           him
           at
           present
           ;
           till
           he
           give
           me
           further
           occasion
           to
           deal
           more
           roughly
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           From
           his
           private
           Station
           ,
           which
           I
           cannot
           allow
           to
           extend
           any
           farther
           than
           to
           his
           Continuance
           at
           Hamburgh
           :
           For
           after
           his
           Return
           into
           England
           ,
           he
           himself
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           embrace
           Civil
           Offices
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           always
           edging
           himself
           in
           to
           make
           one
           in
           all
           the
           late
           shiftings
           of
           the
           Scene
           ,
           and
           the
           Continuator
           of
           
             Bakers
             Chronicle
          
           attests
           him
           to
           have
           been
           nominated
           one
           of
           the
           
             Councellors
             of
             State
          
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           abjure
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Stuarts
           ,
           and
           all
           Kingly
           Government
           ;
           but
           these
           things
           it
           was
           his
           Interest
           to
           dissemble
           and
           conceal
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           say
           ,
           from
           his
           
             Private
             Station
          
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ,
           he
           immediately
           passes
           to
           the
           time
           of
           his
           being
           chosen
           a
           Sheriff
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ;
           and
           because
           I
           resolve
           to
           keep
           up
           close
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           must
           e'en
           take
           the
           same
           Leap
           too
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           he
           was
           call'd
           forth
           by
           his
           Fellow
           Citizens
           to
           a
           Publick
           Employment
           ,
           (
           meaning
           the
           Shrievalty
           )
           
             contrary
             to
             his
             Inclinations
             and
             Humor
             ,
          
           which
           indeed
           is
           both
           true
           and
           false
           :
           'T
           is
           very
           true
           it
           was
           
             contrary
             to
             his
             Inclination
             and
             Humor
             ,
          
           to
           be
           at
           the
           Charge
           and
           Expence
           which
           usually
           attends
           the
           Execution
           of
           that
           Office
           ,
           as
           the
           Event
           has
           sufficiently
           shewn
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           was
           
             contrary
             to
             his
             Inclination
             and
             Humor
          
           to
           have
           in
           his
           Hands
           the
           Power
           of
           doing
           Mischief
           ,
           which
           accompanies
           it
           ,
           is
           as
           false
           :
           For
           otherwise
           ,
           why
           should
           he
           take
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Rites
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           &c.
           (
           about
           which
           he
           and
           his
           Conscience
           were
           not
           agreed
           for
           Twenty
           Years
           before
           )
           merely
           to
           qualifie
           himself
           for
           that
           Employment
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           probable
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           would
           rather
           have
           given
           him
           Money
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           him
           ,
           than
           insisted
           upon
           any
           high
           Fine
           to
           excuse
           him
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           Mr.
           Bethel
           is
           Sheriff
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Burgess
           of
           Southwark
           :
           And
           what
           then
           ?
           Why
           then
           he
           falls
           a
           complaining
           most
           bitterly
           of
           his
           hard
           Fate
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           no
           sooner
           leave
           his
           
             Private
             Station
          
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           Competition
           for
           Places
           of
           great
           Honor
           and
           Trust
           ,
           but
           presently
           men
           enquire
           whether
           he
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           trusted
           ?
           and
           search
           into
           the
           History
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           slander
           him
           with
           all
           the
           matter
           of
           Truth
           that
           they
           can
           collect
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           a
           most
           sad
           and
           deplorable
           Case
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           of
           his
           Bulk
           and
           Character
           ,
           who
           comes
           and
           says
           upon
           his
           Word
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           as
           honest
           ,
           and
           wise
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           as
           fit
           to
           be
           our
           Representative
           as
           any
           man
           we
           can
           chuse
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           contemptuously
           repulsed
           and
           baulked
           as
           he
           was
           by
           a
           company
           of
           inquisitive
           and
           unconfiding
           Burghers
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           by
           chance
           I
           have
           mention'd
           Mr.
           Bethel
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           in
           one
           Paragraph
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           Cast
           he
           gives
           us
           of
           both
           ,
           in
           his
           assuming
           the
           Honor
           of
           being
           one
           of
           our
           Representatives
           ,
           and
           making
           one
           great
           reason
           of
           Writing
           this
           Vindication
           of
           his
           to
           be
           ,
           That
           those
           of
           the
           
             Neighbouring
             Borough
             may
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             have
             been
             mistaken
             and
             deceived
             in
             the
             Person
             whom
             they
             preferred
             to
             a
             place
             of
             so
             great
             Trust
             ,
          
           p.
           2.
           
           Was
           it
           honest
           in
           him
           to
           insinuate
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           been
           chosen
           a
           Burgess
           for
           Southwark
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           excluded
           by
           a
           considerable
           Majority
           ,
           and
           those
           more
           considerable
           for
           their
           Quality
           than
           Number
           ?
           It
           being
           highly
           probable
           ,
           that
           the
           misled
           men
           who
           crowded
           for
           him
           ,
           might
           as
           easily
           have
           been
           persuaded
           to
           give
           their
           Votes
           for
           
             John
             Doe
          
           and
           
           
             Richard
             Roe
          
           .
           And
           was
           it
           wise
           for
           him
           to
           tell
           us
           in
           Print
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           elected
           him
           ,
           when
           we
           knew
           we
           had
           not
           ?
           No
           ,
           No
           ,
           Mr.
           Bethel
           ,
           such
           Tricks
           will
           not
           do
           with
           us
           .
           We
           that
           opposed
           you
           ,
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           not
           (
           as
           you
           say
           well
           )
           
             mistaken
             and
             deceived
          
           in
           you
           ;
           and
           Multitudes
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           through
           a
           Blind
           Zeal
           appear'd
           for
           you
           ,
           are
           now
           enlightened
           and
           convinced
           that
           they
           were
           mistaken
           :
           So
           that
           I
           would
           advise
           you
           ,
           as
           a
           Friend
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           when
           His
           Majesty
           shall
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           Summon
           another
           Parliament
           ,
           you
           find
           the
           same
           hankering
           after
           a
           Membership
           continue
           upon
           you
           ,
           you
           would
           apply
           your self
           to
           some
           other
           Borough
           ,
           where
           you
           are
           less
           known
           than
           here
           .
        
         
           Having
           acquainted
           us
           ,
           to
           our
           Amazement
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           our
           Burgess
           ,
           he
           proceeds
           next
           (
           with
           a
           Consistency
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           )
           to
           let
           the
           World
           know
           the
           Obstacles
           which
           hindred
           him
           from
           being
           so
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           That
           to
           disable
           him
           from
           holding
           any
           Place
           of
           so
           great
           Trust
           ,
           
             It
             was
             objected
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Papist
             and
             a
             Jesuit
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             some
             Variance
             happening
             between
             him
             and
             Dr.
          
           Oates
           ,
           
             he
             did
             declare
             ,
             that
             he
             knew
             him
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             to
             be
             such
             ;
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Souldier
             in
             the
             Parliament's
             Army
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             late
             Wars
             ,
             and
             was
             most
             cruel
             and
             unmerciful
             in
             the
             Exercise
             of
             Arms
             ;
             that
             being
             at
          
           Hamburgh
           
             at
             such
             time
             as
             the
             Late
             King's
             Death
             was
             resolved
             on
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             he
             did
             there
             say
             ,
             That
             rather
             than
             he
             should
             want
             an
          
           Executioner
           ,
           
             he
             would
             come
             thence
             to
             perform
             the
             Office
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             was
             not
             only
             one
             of
             the
             Late
             Kings
             Judges
             ,
             but
             one
             of
             those
             two
             persons
             in
             Vizzards
             ,
             that
             assisted
             on
             the
             Scaffold
             at
             his
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           To
           each
           of
           these
           Articles
           he
           says
           something
           ,
           which
           he
           hoped
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           would
           look
           like
           an
           Answer
           ;
           but
           the
           whole
           amounts
           only
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           stifly
           denies
           'em
           all
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           none
           of
           these
           things
           were
           true
           ,
           how
           comes
           it
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           boasted
           under
           Article
           3.
           p.
           3.
           
           That
           he
           has
           brought
           his
           Action
           at
           Law
           for
           the
           Vindication
           of
           himself
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           he
           should
           yet
           drop
           that
           Action
           with
           two
           more
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Prospect
           of
           30000l
           .
           (
           for
           so
           much
           he
           laid
           his
           Damage
           )
           should
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           encourage
           him
           to
           be
           at
           the
           common
           charge
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           go
           on
           with
           them
           ?
           Whence
           should
           arise
           so
           much
           Smoak
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Fire
           ?
           How
           did
           it
           chance
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Competitors
           had
           not
           the
           like
           Brands
           of
           Infamy
           fastened
           upon
           them
           ?
           Whence
           did
           it
           proceed
           that
           all
           the
           Dirt
           of
           the
           City
           and
           Town
           should
           be
           thrown
           into
           his
           Cart
           ?
           Certainly
           he
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           Men
           that
           ever
           left
           
             Private
             Station
          
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           innocent
           .
        
         
           That
           he
           is
           Innocent
           ,
           we
           have
           only
           his
           own
           Word
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           that
           ought
           to
           weigh
           ,
           we
           may
           judge
           from
           what
           follows
           in
           his
           next
           Paragraph
           ,
           concerning
           a
           Paper
           ,
           Published
           soon
           after
           the
           Election
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           How
           and
           Rich
           ,
           &c.
           (
           which
           by
           the
           way
           I
           observe
           lies
           very
           heavy
           upon
           his
           Stomack
           )
           out
           of
           which
           Scandalous
           Libel
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ,
           he
           unluckily
           selects
           that
           Passage
           between
           him
           and
           Mr.
           Mason
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Watermen
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           Mr.
           Bethel
           threatned
           to
           
             pull
             his
             Coat
             over
             his
             Ears
             ,
          
           replied
           ,
           
             Ay
             Sir
             ,
             so
             perhaps
             you
             would
             my
             Master's
             too
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             in
             your
             Power
             .
          
           This
           Mr.
           Bethel
           declares
           to
           be
           most
           notoriously
           false
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           Color
           or
           Ground
           of
           Truth
           ,
           p.
           4.
           
        
         
           There
           lying
           now
           so
           much
           Stress
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Bethel's
           Veracity
           ,
           we
           will
           bring
           the
           Case
           to
           a
           short
           Issue
           :
           If
           no
           such
           words
           passed
           at
           the
           time
           and
           place
           of
           the
           Poll
           between
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           ,
           then
           I
           will
           take
           Mr.
           
           Bethel's
           bare
           Denial
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Articles
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           just
           Vindication
           .
           But
           to
           see
           how
           Time
           will
           bring
           things
           to
           light
           !
           It
           happen'd
           ,
           that
           on
           
             Wednesday
             ,
             June
          
           the
           29th
           .
           1681.
           a
           General
           Sessions
           of
           the
           Peace
           being
           then
           holden
           for
           the
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           ,
           at
           the
           Bridge-house-hall
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           
           Bethel
           being
           there
           present
           ,
           an
           Indictment
           was
           exhibited
           against
           him
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           foul
           Battery
           that
           accompanied
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Battery
           and
           Words
           were
           proved
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           four
           substantial
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           the
           Bill
           accordingly
           found
           by
           the
           Grand
           Jury
           .
           Now
           I
           leave
           the
           Reader
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           he
           that
           will
           Print
           a
           Lye
           ,
           to
           wipe
           off
           a
           smart
           Repartee
           ,
           is
           likely
           to
           boggle
           at
           saying
           ,
           or
           un-saying
           any
           thing
           to
           bring
           himself
           off
           in
           Matters
           of
           so
           heynous
           a
           Nature
           as
           the
           Articles
           contain
           .
        
         
           Having
           hitherto
           put
           on
           as
           good
           and
           as
           bold
           a
           Face
           as
           the
           former
           matters
           required
           ,
           he
           next
           proceeds
           to
           some
           Exceptions
           of
           a
           less
           dangerous
           Nature
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           made
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           expressing
           a
           wonderful
           Glee
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           do
           not
           make
           Covetousness
           a
           Capital
           Crime
           ,
           he
           becomes
           now
           unconcern'd
           ,
           and
           cares
           not
           much
           if
           it
           be
           admitted
           to
           be
           wholly
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           an
           Inmate
           ,
           a
           Garreteer
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           :
           For
           he
           hopes
           this
           will
           be
           no
           good
           Exception
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           a
           Burgess
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           telling
           us
           it
           is
           a
           
             Maxim
             ,
             That
             those
             that
             are
             most
             saving
             of
             their
             own
             Estates
             ,
             will
             be
             most
             careful
             of
             the
             Peoples
          
           ;
           thereby
           unhandsomly
           insinuating
           ,
           that
           a
           Parliament-Man
           is
           only
           a
           kind
           of
           Padlock
           ,
           for
           securing
           the
           Peoples
           Money
           ,
           whatever
           just
           occasion
           there
           may
           be
           to
           part
           with
           it
           :
           But
           pray
           Mr.
           Bethel
           ,
           come
           no
           more
           among
           us
           with
           your
           sordid
           Maxims
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           better
           Maxims
           of
           our
           own
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           see
           by
           all
           the
           Papers
           we
           have
           Published
           since
           you
           gave
           us
           the
           last
           Trouble
           ,
           that
           this
           Maxim
           is
           like
           to
           do
           you
           but
           little
           Service
           with
           us
           .
           In
           How
           and
           Rich
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Character
           which
           recommended
           those
           Gentlemen
           to
           our
           Choice
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             That
             they
             were
             Liberal
             Benefactors
             to
             the
             Poor
             of
             our
             Borough
             .
          
           In
           our
           Address
           to
           them
           at
           their
           setting
           forth
           towards
           Oxford
           ,
           we
           declare
           it
           our
           Opinion
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             highly
             reasonable
             that
             we
             should
             help
             to
             defray
             the
             Charge
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             enjoy
             the
             Benefit
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Gracious
             Government
             and
             Protection
          
           ;
           and
           in
           our
           Address
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           upon
           the
           Occasion
           of
           his
           late
           Declaration
           ,
           we
           humbly
           assure
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           
             That
             whenever
             His
             Majesty
             in
             his
             Princely
             Wisdom
             and
             Providence
             ,
             shall
             see
             fit
             to
             call
             another
             Parliament
             ,
             we
             will
             take
             all
             possible
             care
             to
             chuse
             such
             Representatives
             as
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             present
             His
             Majesty
             with
             such
             Supplies
             as
             the
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             the
             Necessities
             of
             the
             Government
             shall
             require
             .
          
           By
           this
           Mr.
           Bethel
           ,
           you
           may
           judge
           ,
           that
           your
           Temper
           and
           ours
           do
           not
           at
           all
           agree
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           rest
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           the
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           will
           never
           be
           guilty
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Blunder
           ,
           as
           to
           send
           to
           the
           Parliament
           such
           a
           Mis-representative
           as
           your self
           .
        
         
           The
           Subject
           of
           the
           following
           part
           of
           his
           Pamphlet
           is
           very
           pleasant
           and
           diverting
           ;
           and
           with
           (
           or
           indeed
           without
           )
           Mr.
           Sheriff's
           Leave
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           may
           know
           what
           Entertainment
           he
           is
           to
           expect
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           him
           the
           following
           Bill
           of
           Fare
           .
           1.
           
           Here
           is
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           living
           in
           a
           Garret
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Hospitality
           of
           keeping
           no
           House
           ;
           and
           ,
           3.
           
           The
           Charity
           of
           Starving
           Poor
           Pris'ners
           .
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           these
           are
           all
           empty
           Dishes
           :
           Why
           truly
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           I
           cannot
           help
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           such
           as
           Mr.
           Sheriff's
           Table
           and
           Book
           afford
           .
        
         
           For
           unless
           you
           will
           allow
           Mr.
           Bethel
           the
           Titles
           of
           Great
           ,
           and
           Hospitable
           ,
           and
           Charitable
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           that
           Contradiction
           which
           his
           Actions
           give
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           which
           he
           says
           for
           himself
           ,
           that
           can
           give
           him
           any
           shadow
           or
           color
           of
           Right
           to
           either
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Honor
           from
           the
           Disparagement
           of
           living
           in
           a
           Garret
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           to
           avoid
           the
           Trouble
           and
           Inconveniency
           ,
           which
           commonly
           attends
           the
           Shifting
           of
           Lodgings
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           House
           he
           now
           lives
           in
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           House
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           is
           rarely
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           :
           For
           this
           House
           has
           neither
           Garrets
           nor
           Cellars
           ,
           nor
           Rooms
           on
           the
           first
           Floor
           ;
           so
           that
           either
           he
           must
           acknowledge
           himself
           to
           have
           taken
           only
           some
           Rooms
           of
           an
           House
           ,
           and
           
           consequently
           to
           be
           an
           Inmate
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           must
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           live
           in
           a
           Wirdmill
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           other
           sort
           of
           House
           that
           I
           can
           think
           of
           ,
           which
           answers
           that
           Description
           .
        
         
           He
           goes
           on
           to
           tell
           us
           what
           I
           would
           not
           for
           a
           World
           should
           be
           omitted
           by
           the
           Writer
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           That
           at
           the
           Beginning
           of
           his
           Year
           ,
           he
           kept
           two
           Feasts
           ,
           of
           Famous
           Memory
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           Charge
           :
           Nay
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           agreed
           for
           a
           fair
           large
           Inn
           (
           much
           better
           ,
           and
           more
           capacious
           than
           the
           
             other
             House
          
           )
           and
           had
           resolv'd
           to
           keep
           a
           plentiful
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           for
           one
           Year
           round
           ,
           to
           live
           as
           merry
           as
           mine
           Host
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           it
           fell
           out
           unluckily
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           that
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           Prudent
           ,
           Sumptuary
           Laws
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           lighting
           hard
           upon
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           a
           Repulse
           received
           from
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           sticking
           fast
           in
           his
           Gizzard
           ;
           these
           two
           Accidents
           gave
           such
           a
           Check
           to
           his
           Natural
           Complacency
           ,
           that
           he
           presently
           un-resolved
           all
           again
           ,
           and
           has
           not
           been
           in
           an
           Entertaining
           Humor
           ever
           since
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           former
           of
           these
           Accidents
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           make
           this
           Remark
           upon
           it
           ,
           That
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           Bethel
           has
           most
           diligently
           enquired
           into
           ,
           and
           most
           religiously
           observ'd
           the
           Sumptuary
           Laws
           ,
           they
           being
           (
           as
           he
           observes
           )
           
             most
             wholesome
          
           for
           the
           Pocket
           :
           Though
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           those
           Laws
           do
           forbid
           any
           Person
           to
           exceed
           a
           Nine-penny
           Dinner
           so
           strictly
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           allow
           him
           the
           Liberty
           of
           an
           Orange
           with
           his
           Plate
           of
           Veal
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           a
           Law
           which
           a
           Renowned
           Citizen
           (
           who
           to
           avoid
           the
           ungrateful
           Repetition
           of
           the
           same
           word
           too
           often
           ,
           shall
           be
           nameless
           )
           has
           for
           a
           certain
           enacted
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           latter
           ,
           I
           have
           obliged
           my self
           to
           give
           an
           acount
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Ward
           which
           return'd
           him
           is
           concern'd
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           briefly
           thus
           :
           The
           Alderman
           of
           the
           Ward
           of
           
             Farindon
             Without
          
           ,
           dying
           ,
           the
           Principal
           Inhabitants
           ,
           upon
           Conference
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           found
           themselves
           divided
           in
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Superiority
           of
           Merit
           between
           Sir
           
             Richard
             How
          
           and
           Mr.
           Pilkinton
           ,
           and
           yet
           resolv'd
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           have
           one
           of
           them
           .
           Of
           this
           indeed
           they
           might
           have
           been
           certain
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           return'd
           them
           two
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           then
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Tryal
           of
           Skill
           between
           their
           two
           Parties
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           being
           both
           worthy
           Men
           ,
           either
           of
           them
           which
           should
           be
           assign'd
           to
           that
           Office
           ,
           would
           have
           seem'd
           to
           be
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen's
           Choice
           ,
           rather
           than
           theirs
           :
           Hereupon
           ,
           to
           leave
           as
           little
           scope
           as
           might
           be
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Prerogative
           ,
           both
           parties
           consented
           to
           return
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           Bethel
           for
           one
           ,
           as
           knowing
           him
           to
           be
           a
           person
           so
           un-acceptable
           to
           that
           Court
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           sure
           of
           him
           of
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           should
           fall
           by
           the
           Decision
           of
           their
           own
           Votes
           .
           So
           that
           that
           Gentleman
           who
           lost
           it
           at
           the
           Poll
           ,
           had
           more
           respect
           shewn
           him
           by
           the
           Ward
           ,
           than
           he
           who
           carried
           it
           without
           a
           Poll
           ;
           and
           they
           unanimously
           agreed
           to
           chuse
           Mr.
           Bethel
           ,
           because
           they
           knew
           they
           were
           in
           no
           Danger
           of
           being
           troubled
           with
           him
           .
           And
           now
           Sir
           ,
           much
           Joy
           to
           you
           of
           the
           Honor
           of
           that
           
             General
             Consent
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             concurrent
             Votes
          
           which
           you
           so
           highly
           boast
           of
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           because
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           had
           discovered
           a
           Dislike
           of
           his
           Company
           ,
           he
           therefore
           resolves
           and
           declaims
           against
           House-keeping
           ;
           and
           groundlesly
           misplacing
           his
           Anger
           ,
           falls
           foul
           upon
           the
           Innocent
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           Provocation
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           does
           vent
           such
           undeserved
           Reproaches
           ,
           and
           bitter
           Invectives
           against
           all
           the
           Dishes
           of
           a
           Generous
           Sheriff's
           Table
           ,
           even
           from
           Rost-Beef
           to
           Custard
           ,
           that
           certainly
           it
           is
           his
           Interest
           to
           dissuade
           all
           men
           from
           reading
           his
           Book
           till
           they
           have
           Dined
           :
           For
           no
           Hungry
           Stomach
           can
           with
           Patience
           bear
           ,
           to
           have
           its
           good
           Friends
           and
           Allies
           so
           vilely
           abused
           .
        
         
           He
           says
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           less
           Honourable
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           than
           Feasting
           of
           the
           Companies
           ,
           that
           good
           Eating
           is
           a
           great
           Expence
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           a
           plentiful
           
           an
           Enemy
           to
           that
           
             sober
             Industry
             which
             is
             the
             rise
             and
             glory
             of
             a
             Trading
             City
          
           ;
           as
           if
           a
           sober
           industrious
           Trader
           ,
           who
           intended
           to
           thrive
           and
           grow
           wealthy
           ,
           were
           obliged
           now
           and
           then
           to
           satisfie
           himself
           with
           the
           refreshment
           of
           sucking
           a
           Button
           ,
           and
           be
           glad
           to
           take
           up
           with
           the
           smell
           of
           a
           Cooks
           shop
           instead
           of
           a
           Meal
           .
           Beef
           and
           Mutton
           defend
           us
           !
           say
           I
           :
           If
           this
           man
           were
           Manciple
           ,
           he
           would
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           a
           Week
           so
           effectually
           promote
           his
           Landlords
           Trade
           ,
           as
           to
           deserve
           to
           sit
           Rent-free
           ;
           for
           within
           that
           time
           our
           Bellies
           would
           dwindle
           and
           grow
           so
           lank
           ,
           that
           happy
           were
           he
           who
           could
           get
           a
           Taylor
           to
           adjust
           the
           Wast-band
           of
           his
           Breeches
           .
        
         
           Being
           destitute
           of
           any
           farther
           Arguments
           to
           put
           a
           colour
           upon
           his
           sordid
           way
           of
           living
           in
           so
           publick
           an
           Employment
           ,
           he
           falls
           to
           his
           Prayers
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           among
           other
           Sins
           ,
           
             Fulness
             of
             Bread
             ,
             which
             was
             charged
             upon
          
           Sodom
           and
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             as
             one
             Cause
             of
             Gods
             Judgments
             ,
             may
             not
             grow
             to
             that
             height
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             as
             to
             become
             the
             Ruin
             and
             Destruction
             of
             it
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           love
           to
           jest
           in
           Serious
           Matters
           ,
           and
           shall
           therefore
           only
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           certain
           Citizens
           under
           his
           Custody
           ,
           who
           ,
           through
           his
           Neglect
           ,
           are
           able
           truly
           to
           plead
           Not
           Guilty
           to
           that
           Charge
           .
           Had
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           Bethel
           fed
           the
           Poor
           ,
           instead
           of
           Feasting
           the
           Rich
           ;
           had
           he
           supply'd
           the
           Defect
           of
           Splendid
           Entertainments
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           Charity
           towards
           his
           Prisoners
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           had
           a
           fairer
           Plea
           :
           But
           he
           himself
           ,
           without
           blushing
           ,
           grants
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           not
           contribute
           to
           the
           Relief
           of
           their
           Necessities
           ,
           and
           has
           so
           utterly
           renounc'd
           all
           Modesty
           ,
           as
           boldly
           to
           undertake
           to
           prove
           it
           his
           Duty
           to
           be
           unmerciful
           .
           For
           mark
           you
           me
           ,
           by
           putting
           a
           Stop
           to
           the
           usual
           Payments
           ;
           If
           any
           Prisoners
           be
           famish'd
           this
           Year
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           City
           will
           take
           care
           to
           prevent
           the
           like
           Mischief
           against
           the
           next
           :
           And
           my
           holding
           of
           my
           Hand
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           will
           prevail
           with
           others
           to
           open
           theirs
           ,
           and
           encourage
           them
           to
           Chrritable
           Benevolences
           and
           Legacies
           ,
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           those
           wretched
           People
           .
           Heavens
           ,
           what
           Arguments
           are
           these
           !
           But
           such
           a
           man
           can
           never
           be
           defended
           but
           by
           such
           Logic.
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           no
           further
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           told
           him
           that
           I
           am
           a
           Person
           not
           at
           all
           delighted
           in
           enquiring
           after
           ,
           or
           exposing
           and
           publishing
           the
           Vices
           or
           Follies
           of
           any
           man
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           probably
           I
           had
           never
           known
           that
           he
           has
           been
           reported
           to
           be
           a
           Jesuite
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           late
           Kings
           Judges
           ,
           &c.
           unless
           he
           himself
           had
           told
           me
           ;
           so
           the
           World
           had
           never
           known
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           his
           carriage
           towards
           his
           own
           Company
           of
           Leather-Sellers
           has
           been
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           thought
           fit
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           usual
           Method
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           to
           wave
           his
           
             Merit
             of
             Congruity
          
           in
           their
           late
           Election
           of
           a
           Master
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           he
           is
           present
           Sheriff
           of
           London
           :
           That
           a
           Person
           who
           might
           have
           escap'd
           a
           troublesome
           ,
           and
           (
           to
           any
           but
           himself
           )
           a
           Chargeable
           Office
           ,
           by
           swearing
           that
           he
           was
           not
           worth
           10000
           l.
           should
           yet
           (
           to
           come
           off
           for
           a
           Shilling
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           last
           Poll-Tax
           )
           give
           order
           to
           a
           Maid-Servant
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Officers
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           
             Decayed
             Merchant
          
           ;
           That
           when
           he
           knew
           the
           Easter
           Sermons
           were
           to
           be
           at
           S.
           Sepulchres
           ,
           he
           should
           yet
           perversly
           make
           a
           Ridiculous
           Cavalcade
           to
           the
           Spittle
           by
           himself
           ,
           like
           the
           Pied
           Piper
           of
           Halberstadt
           drawing
           all
           the
           Boys
           and
           Girls
           in
           the
           Town
           after
           him
           .
           These
           things
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           with
           all
           which
           has
           gone
           before
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           have
           concern'd
           my self
           to
           Publish
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           provoked
           me
           to
           enquire
           concerning
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           lewdly
           applying
           a
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           to
           himself
           ,
           with
           a
           seeming
           ,
           mighty
           Confidence
           of
           his
           own
           Innocence
           ,
           challeng'd
           all
           the
           World
           
             to
             Come
             down
             and
             see
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .