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'^^ fuffered, and even defervedly fuftered, by the 

 ** fentence of the law, are very far from the 

 •** Avorfl: or moft difagreeable men in the world. 

 ** I aflure you that ir I were to fall into a mis- 

 fortune of this fort, and to have youth and 

 vigour of body and mind ; I fliould think 

 " this change of place to be a thing to be de- 

 lired, not fliunncd. If I were a friend of Mr. 

 Semple, I would of courfe advife him, after 

 humbling himfelf before God, to look refo- 

 lutely on all, in this kind, that man can do to 

 him. He is a military man. 1 et him enccun- 

 " ter his ill-fortune bravely^ and refolve to ob- 

 " tain by his fortitude and future integrity, the 

 " efteem of all thinking and worthy minds. He 

 '* has no lofs at all in lofing a country where 

 " he has lolt his place in fociety ; and as to 

 *' tranfportation to any other country in Europe 

 " or America, the Englifli nevvfpapers, among 

 the infinite evils 'they produce, fpread fuch 

 things as thofe that relate to him into every 

 quarter, and never fuffer a man to recover 

 ** his reputation. If I. cannot give my affifl- 

 ** ance to this poor gentleman's releafe, it is 

 ** upon motives of good will to him to the bell 

 ** of my weak judgment ; but if his powerful 

 " relations, or others who are his friends, and 

 " difpofcd to companion towards him, will con- 

 ** tribute to the alleviation of his circumflan- 





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