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AA: BEBE ten BE oe CS Perſon by Name, does he (I fav) feem to carp fo properly as to teach and inftrutt? And zf fo, how am I concerned to make any further Exciſe ? Befde,; be who in his Strittures points indifferently at all, be Jeems not angry at one Man, but all Vices. Therefore if any fingly Complain they are particularly reflected upon, they do but betray their own Guèlr, at leaft their Cowardice. St. Hierom dealt in the fame Argument at a much Freer and Sharper Rates nay, and he did not ſometime refrain from naming the Perſons : Whereas I have not only ſtifled the Mentioning any one Perfor, but have fo tempered my Stile, as the Ingenious Reader will eafily ferceive I aimed at Diverfion rather than Satire. Neither did I So far imitate Juvenal, as to rake; ¿nto rhe Sink of Vices to procure a Langhter, rather than create a hearty Abhorrence. If there be any one that after all remains yet unfatiffied, let him at leaft confider thar there may be Good Uje made of being reprekended b Folly, which fince we have feigned as jpeaking, we muſt keep up that Charatter which ¿s ſuitable to the Perfon intredrced. But why do I trouble you (Sir) with rhis Needleſs Apology, you that are fo peculiar a Patron, as though the Caufe stfelf be none of the beſt, you can ar the leaſt give it the beft Protection, Farewel.
