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upon me in the most severe manner, after a lapse 

 of many years. I presume then, that the libera- 

 lity of my readers w ill admit that I have a right to 

 be indig-nant at the gross mis-statements of my 

 riding Escape on the 20th October 1791, which 

 imposed upon me appearing on paper before the 

 public, as the only means I possess of doing 

 justice, with an exposition of the truth, to those 

 who have been beguiled into errors. This it will 

 be impossible to do without mentioning the names 

 of persons who happened to be actors in the 

 scenes which I relate. 



I claim the universal right of self defence; and 

 shall be strictly observant of the most scrupulous 

 veracity, as I mean to annex hereto an affidavit of 

 the truth which in the course of the narrative I 

 shall assert. 



Now in my self defence, I think it neces- 

 sary for me to begin by stating some of 

 Mr. Warwick Lake's conduct, as I think that 

 will clearly shew how capable he was of using that 

 sort of severity to the Prince of Wales, which 



coupled 



