1805.] Hints for suppressing Orueliy to Animals. 



" He drexce out a platfe of the hoitfe 



137? 



Kith a penne. 



" Sume be fo curioufe and coftlewe in 

 buyldynae, that tliey dii'dayn^e to have 

 the ftonys of their "owne countrey, but 

 they wyll have ftraunge and fariC fette 

 ftonys : of great and outraiious coft. 



" Citezt/iu have gardens over theyr 

 houfes. 



Be BcUich. Cap. xxxj. 



" Of bras cujlc in molde be muck wuny 

 perillous injh'uments (ficur: us giumj/n of 

 divers fajshuma and names. 



" the pryckers be gone to fpye what 

 our enemyes go aboiite. 



" The power of Englande was thought 

 lytel of price to f^mc of the borderars : 

 tyl they were taiiglit with theyr great 

 flaughter to knowe it." 



De Exercitamcntis et Ludis. 



" I have leyde many gynnys, grynnys, 

 pottis, and other, for to take fifshe. 



" Children (Jo lerne to fwynnne lean- 

 ing upon the rynde of a tree or corke. 



" It is the aiftomc that every ycre zne 

 fiial have a Mui/-ki/nge. 



" Men play' with III dice, and chil- 

 dren with iiij dalies. 



" A fingle ace is a lofynge cade. 



" Syfeace winneth all. 



" Trey is cafte good ynoughc. 



" Cater is a very good calle. 



" Deuce and fynke were nat in the old 

 iyce. 



" I had never fantafy to playcnge at 

 the dice and tables. 



" Let me have the red chefTe men. 



" We (houlde have U kyngis, and II 

 quyens, IIII alfyns, Ilil knyghtis, MI 

 rokis and X\'I paunys. 



" When men iujiefur pleufure and Ito- 

 nour, as ill turnanientis, they liave nut 

 Jharpe fperre heydis but blunt crone/ tis.^' 



A few of the more remarkable fen- 

 tences are here dii'tinguilhod by itahc.i. 

 ijuch are the Colltdanea of 



A BooK-wonw. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



sin, 



YOL R highly rcfpeftable correfpon- 

 dent, Mr. C. Lolft, has, in a few 

 concifc energetic terms, defined inhu- 

 fnauity to animals to be " one of the 

 word and myft difgraceful vices of human 

 fiaturc, and the lourcc ol' outrage and 

 violence from man to man." Kxperiencc 

 fliews the tri;th of this airertioii, together 

 with tiie innumerable evils which reiult 

 iJcvTiiLv Mac.^ No. I'i*^* 



from it, and loudly calls upon the advo- 

 cates of Iminaiiity to exert thcinfelvea 

 with vigour ni order to fupprefs it, as at 

 once a national difgracc, and repugnant 

 to every precept of the Cluiiinm reli- 

 gion. 



I perfe6tlv agree with this benevolent 

 gentleman m tniaking that the prelent 

 appears to be a peculiarly favourable op- 

 portunity for reviving the fubjeit, and 

 tor attempting to introduce again the bill, 

 which vvas fo ilrangely, as well as unex- 

 pcciedly, rejected in a tanner fellioiis. 

 We arc now blell'ed with a milJ, bene- 

 volent, and humane admiiiiltiduon, the 

 principal and ill illiious loader of which 

 (as you judly aftort, p. 5d'i) has, on all 

 occalions, " (leadily aduered to tliole 

 principles which he has always avowed ;" 

 and wliich, in the moll happy inltancc you 

 there allude to, has indeed exalted him 

 as a ftatefiuan to the very fummit of ho- 

 nour and glory. It is alfo well known, 

 that when the Bill in qucllioa was before 

 parliament he gave it his generous fup- 

 poit. 1 he prelent time, therefore, feenis 

 of all others the molt tbrtunate and en- 

 couraging for fuch a laudable attempt ; 

 and it is " devoutly to be wilhecl" t'lat 

 the friends of humanity would no longer 

 remain fupine, or intimidated with the 

 lecoUeCtioii of their former difappoint- 

 ment, but exert themfelves to the utmoft, 

 without delay, to fupprefs this deteltahle 

 and growing evil. It deferves ibme no 

 tice, as well as furuillies conliderable eii- 

 couragemerit, that the arguments againll 

 the lueafurc, pitiful as they were, and 

 calculated rather for the capacity of the 

 yriginal inhabitanu of North America, 

 than a nation of profelVed Chnllians, 

 were at belt merely adapted to the itate 

 of ailairs at the time, and therefore are 

 inapplicable to the prefent period. Whiift , 

 therefore we linccrely lament the lofs ot" 

 that " able and benevolent man" who, 

 on a former occalion, took the lead on 

 this occalion, we may confole ouiielves 

 that he has left his mantle as a precious 

 relic amonsj; many, " whofc liearts and 

 whole powers reiiiinble his," and who 

 now may look for a degree of fucccfs 

 far more animating than fell to his lot. 

 The lucid convincing ai-guments he made 

 ufe of are yet perfecily remembered, 

 and the documents he had colltrted to 

 fupport them mud yet be in exillciice: — 

 docunuiiits whiohj indeed, riP'Ct gi-eat 

 difgrace upon the law., and pie, upon- 

 the cleriiy and reiJi^ious cdabbiliuieiit of 

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