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err.Filius. N o xxxv. D,,R'S entry into LONDON WO?d faire SOUTH-SEA even Fuckermore, we fly, that it ?a? alway? been e?m'd a good maxim amongff us t=o ?ils to thu? the lea?i that we think even totert? much prefernble to bondage i that we rather dine at a cook s ?op upon beef? ?d ?orter, ? tug at an oar, or rot m a dark ginkNg dungeon ? ?d ?d ra?er have our pocket? }ist'd by a ?w rogui? ?oc}.jo?ber?, than put on5 re, yes under the power of arbitaq $?ons and }N=tli we declare, t?t ?e &fire only ju?ice upon thole who have plunder'd us, and have no evil intentions again? out K?s?, whom we are re- (olved, with our lives and fortunes, to prot? }tom ?e m?ice of his enemies. I hope tMs declaration will undeceive thole men, ,vho, becaufe?me v/us ?re diFcontented with the p?f?t po?e of a?ir?, think that we will r?n all thdr lengths to in=?uce tynnny, (upe?Rition, and impo?ure. We w? not,?u? our faces are a little fcratch- ?d, knock o? o?n brains our, to prevent the? ?a?ing. As to the ?fonaI chara&er oF the man whom I have ?fore mentioned, I ?alI fly but little, fince every body knows that he is only the tool of a party, and publifhes whatever any mad malecontent fends himi but a 3urnt ?hild, they ?y, dreads the iO? and roethinks it is the molt unaccountable ttu. l?idity and l:ool-hardinef?, for any man,?afrer he had receiv'd exemplary punifhment for an o?ence of the fame nature, to publirn a libel �o impudent and bare-faced, that even his frivad. s and ;ve//-?/fhe,.? are afl?amed to vindicate it. But ?f he loves dripes and im?rifi?ment, much good may they do him! Meari