114 FRAGMENTS WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH. June I5, 



ed ro pine there in idlenefs and mifex'y for in iiij 

 years. 



41. And the name of William was foon forgotten by 

 his neighbours, as if he had been dead ; neither did '.hey 

 think of his forrowful days ; but in the hour of feftlvi- 

 ty, they, regardlefs of his fate, Itill ftiouted, " Liberty ! 

 *' Liberty I we are a free people ; and no one can he at- 

 ** t ached amo7tg us %vho has not heen guilty of a crime.'''' 



42. Now, when William v/tfs abfent, Jacob taking 

 advantage of the neceffities df Elizabeth, prevailed 

 on her to become his concubine ; and he went in 

 unto her, and committed adultery with her in fecret, 

 and enjoyed without difturbance the fruits of his vil- 

 lany. 



To he continued 



To the Editor of the Bee. 



Hints to the Learned. 



Sir, 

 Mr. Gerard von Papenbrock (ancien Prelident des Eche- 

 vins) at Amfterdam, is faid by Mr. Cofte, the editor of 

 Montaigne's works, to have been poiTeffed of more than a 

 thoufand original letters of the moft learned men in Eu- 

 rope, during the courfe of two centuries ; which col- 

 leiSlion was r«ported to have been purchafed fome years 

 ago by the prefcnt Emprefs of Ruffia ; but on inquiry, 

 I found that thefe volumes are ftill at Amfterdam, or 

 in Holland. 



Mr. Mutzenbecher, a very learned clergyman at 

 Amfterdam, may perhaps be good enough to give in- 

 formation to the Bee, concerning this valuable mafs of 

 letters, from which an nfcful lelediori might be made 

 for the public. 



Another valuable Colleftion of' letters, written by 

 Grotias, PufFeadorf, and other eminently learned men, 



