20 (ipiNTUS TO M. TULLIUS CICERC. Sept. 14, 



A River, A Horfc. 



A Fijb, A Bully 



A Whale Dignity, 



A Man, Haghtb, 



And many others, which hnfte will not permit me io 

 mention in this Letter. May the <:;ods enable me to 

 beftow my time better than in unfolding the barbaroiis 

 manners of a barbarous people, and rcltore me quickly 

 to the feats of philofophy and empire. Farewell, my 

 Marcps ; take care of your health, and may your life 

 long remain for the fafety of the commonwealth. 

 XV of the Kalends of .September. 



* Ai.d Fines cum EKcercitu, 



To the Editor of the Bje. 



observations on froissart. 

 Sir, 



J. AM highly pleafed, (and I am fure fo will every fricad 

 to literature in Europe,) v/ith the communication of the 

 particulars relating to Mr. Johnes's valuable Books and 

 IVTSS. and I invite you in the name of many refpeftable 

 readers of your Mifcellany, to be free and frequent in 

 the publication of fuch notices, becaufe they will lead 

 to the compofiticn of new hiftorical works that will 

 contain new views of human nature, to enrich philofo- 

 phy and politics, and not merely to fafcinate the ear 

 or the eye with the tinfel of fine periods, or the m.elo- 

 dy of high founding antithef:s. When Lord Auchin- 

 leck was firft told of Dr Robertfon's hiflory of Charles 

 the Fifth being publiflied, " Well, (faid he), I fancy it 

 *' will be nothing but a new toot upon nne auld horn." 

 Now, really, Mr Editor, notwithftanding Lord Auchin- 

 leck's perfifflage upon horns, I fliould like to take a toot 

 upon honcft Froiflart's auld horn, v.ithcut attempting 

 any nev.' toot of my own; and hope the repeated opref- 



