friends of his inability to ſerve them, and his conſtituents of the corruption of the government. His friends readily underſtand that he who can get nothing, will have nothing to give. They agree to proclaim a meeting; meat and drink are plentifully provided; a crowd is eaſily brought together, and thoſe who think that they know the reaſon of their meeting, undertake to tell thoſe who know it not. Ale and clamour unite their powers, the crowd condenſed and heated, begins to ferment with the leven of ſedition. All ſee a thouſand evils though they cannot ſhow them, and grow impatient for a remedy, though they know not what.
A ſpeech is then made by the Cicero of the day, he ſays much, and ſuppreſſes more, and credit is equally given to what he tells and what he conceals. The petition is read and univerſally approved. Thoſe who are ſober enough to write, add
