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But our British Dictator loves to fee his Sla umph, as well as Himself.

From this Time, Mr. Walfingham (whom I now call the great Mr. Walfingham) affumed an Style, and every Paper He publishes difcovers h Dignity. He feems to loll at Eafe, and write ex C with the Freedom and Importance of a Minifter of Nay, He even rivals his Patron, in the particular and Force of his Rhetorick. One would almost that the Author of a little * Poem, publish'd Time ago, had Mr. Walfingham in his Eye, "', He was drawing the Character of one Scurra; cularly in the following Lines;

Thrice knowing Politician! happy Boy!
Thy bigh, judicious Mafter's Pride and Joy!
Great Minds, like Thefe, by Sympathy unite:
Affimulate, and talk, and act, and write;
In moft Things equal-Thus when Scurra's prati
You'd fwear bis very Patron was debating.

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But our British Dictator loves to fee his Slave triumph, as well as Himself.

From this Time, Mr. Walfingham (whom I muft now call the great Mr. Walfingham) affumed an higher Style, and every Paper He publishes difcovers his new Dignity. He feems to loll at Eafe, and write ex Curru, with the Freedom and Importance of a Minifter of State. Nay, He even rivals his Patron, in the particular Turn and Force of his Rhetorick. One would almost think that the Author of a little * Poem, publifh'd fome Time ago, had Mr. Walfingham in his Eye, when He was drawing the Character of one Scurra; particularly in the following Lines ;

Thrice knowing Politician! happy Boy!

Thy bigh, judicious Mafter's Pride and Joy!
Great Minds, like Thefe, by Sympathy unite;
Affimulate, and talk, and act, and write;
In moft Things equal-Thus when Scurra's prating,
You'd fwear bis very Patron was debating.

Let us now furvey this illuftrious Perfonage in the Meridian of his Glory. Let us behold Him taking Leave of the lower Houfe, whom He hath fufficiently chaftifed, and exerting his cenforial Power against the Peers of the Realm, who have difcover'd the fame undutiful Oppofition to the Will of his Patron. Of This We have a fignal Inftance in the Papers now before us; where a noble Lord is moft feverely handled, for having had the Misfortune to lofe a good Place, and retain a good Character. I am heartily forry that I fhould be the unhappy Occafion of kindling up fuch a Flame against his Lordship, and adding the Weight of

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Mr. Walfingham's Refentment to the Displeasure of his Patron. But I can lay my Hand upon my Heart, and folemnly declare, that when I unwarily inferted that Article of News, I little apprehended it would raise fuch a Storm in Mr. Walfingham's Breaft. But fo it is, this unfortunate Paragraph produced a long Free-Briton, containing a learned and critical Comment on those two obnoxious Words, aftonish and grieve, with fome polite Strokes on his Lordship's Character, and a very broad Intimation that He could lay fome terrible Things to his Charge, if He was not restrain'd by the Privileges of Peerage.

His Lordship being unwilling to check so aspiring a Genius, or put a Stop to fo ufeful an Enquiry, thought it his Duty to affure Mr. Walfingham, by a Meffage, that He need be under no Apprehenfions, and even defired Him to fpeak out to the World, upon that Subject.

To this Mr. Orator Walfingham was pleased to return his Lordship a refpe&iful Anfwer, with which He hath fince condefcended to oblige the World. It is, indeed, a very curious Piece; and contains, befides feveral excellent Reflections on Men and Things, a most admirable Mixture of pert Humility, and modeft Affurance.

I must however beg Leave to think the Beginning of this fine Epiftle a little out of Character; for He tells the noble Peer, that He is truly forry (i. e. grieved) for the Occafion, and aftonish'd at the Contents of his Lordship's Letter. Thefe Words, I fay, feem to fall fomewhat improperly from Mr. Walfingham's Pen, having been the fole Occafion of this unhappy Difference between us. As a Free-Briton, no Doubt, this Gentleman hath a Right to the Ufe of any Words in the English Language; but He feems to have renounced his Title to them, by explaining them into bad Meanings; nay, according to his own Doctrine, it is a very high Infult (and might, perhaps, be conftrued into Scandalum Magnatum) to tell a Peer of the Realm that

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He grieves, and is aftonifb'd at any Thing, that comes from Him. I am far from mentioning This with any Defign to ftir up Profecutions against Mr. Walfingham; from which, indeed, He is fufficiently fecured by his own high Station in the World, as well as the gracious Meffage before-mention'd.

There likewife feems to be a fmall Inconfiftency between his firft Paper, upon this Subject, and another Paffage in his Answer to the noble Peer. In one, He tells us, that the Authority of the House of Lords, and the Action of Scandalum Magnatum_might deter the boldest Man from Speaking Truth of a PEER; and that, for his own Part, He DARES NOT do it. In the other, He gives his Lordship to understand, that nothing can DETER HIM, and that He is incapable of FEAR; or, in other Words, that He is grown, all on a fudden, bolder than the boldeft Man alive; nay even bolder than Himself; but withont taking any farther Notice of the feeming Contradiction between these two Paffages, I fhall only obferve that this magnanimous Hero fpeaks juft in the Strain of his great Ancestor, Julius Cæfar, as He is drawn by Shakespear;

I rather tell Thee what is to be fear'd,
Than what I fear; for always I am Cæfar.

And in another Place,

Of all the Wonders, that I yet have heard,
It feems to me most ftrange that Men fhould fear.

But I am really grieved and astonish'd, (if I may once more prefume to repeat thofe Words) that Mr. Walfingham fhould decline to make any Ufe of his late Indemnity, in explaining the Reafons of his Lordship's Difmiffion. I am fure, This is a great Diappointment to the Publick, who expected a new Packet of Court-Intelligence from his Hands; but inftead of That, He affures the noble Peer, with great Profeffions of Since