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in his tales knock his breast, attest God, and 

 invoke imprecations upon himself if he does not 

 do that, which he never intends. 



Fourthly. He gives them good v^ords, and 

 bad actions, like those the historian brands with 

 a Ci^udelitatem dainnatis, crudelitatem initis, ra- 

 vishes them with apprehensions of liberty, under 

 the highest strain of oppression : for it is most 

 certain, if you please them with the name, they 

 will embrace it for name and thing. Some- 

 thing like this had been imposed upon Rome, 

 when the orator writ to his friend Atticus,* 

 that they were cheated in names, for military 

 licence was miscalled liberty. This is well de- 

 scribed by Plautus in Truculento.f 



Pretence white as milk. 



And as soft as silk 



Will do the feat : 

 Your hearts, as sour as gall. 



Purpose our thrall. 



And thus ye cheat. 



Fifthly. He observes, that they receive pro- 

 babilities wisely propounded, more greedily 



* Nomma rerum perdidimus, et licentia militaris libertas vo- 

 catur. Ingeniosi muscipulatores. 



f In melle sunt linguae sitae vestrae, atque orationes, 



Lacteque : corda felle sunt sita, atque acerbo aceto. 



E Unguis dicta dulcia datis, at corde amare facitis. 



