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likely lies, must have been besotted and Drunk, with Avarice and Pride, &c. if he have fallen Into the enormities by Sir Hierome and his Squire Worsly complained of; or if the stink which they smell, proceeds not from Ulcers in their own Noses, and the foulness of their own mouthes.

POSTSCRIPT.

SIR,

IF you would know why I have been so free of my Epithites, on Knight Hierome and his Squire Worsly: I tell you, That this Apozeme or Julip[1] of argumentations, wherewith I am to contemperate the malice and mistakes of Men, and resist as well the putrefaction of Sir Hieroms Clamors, as the malignity of Worslyes whispers must have some Sales, some drops of spirit of Vitriol, to give it a grata aciditas, And to make it more effectuall for the above-mentioned purposes; and if you wonder why I that seem still under Sir Hieromes lash, and may by him bee

  1. "Apozeme": decoction; "Julep": pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken. (Wikisource ed.)