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ddubtecily vilified and prosecuted, as theFriends of the old State of Rome were bythe libertine and mercenary Senators; noris it in the least surprising, for no one ofcommon Capacity can be insensible *, asthe Author of the Right Honourable1 Thomas Wilmington' % Esq; Case expresies it,from what Quarters these poisoned Arrowswill he shot ; private brier eft evidently pointsout the Assassins • nor is it to be woitdered ywhen the Shrines are in danger , that theyshould Clamour in Support of their Craft :Though I would not here be thought toinfer, that all of them will become invec-tive against me, and spirited up by a Passion,for Lucre ; some, I hope, are endowedwith better Principles; but then those thatare, may, perhaps, be blasted to side withthe rest, through a self Opinion, and forwant of being sensible, that greater andbetter Discoveries have been made in otherCountries, than they are acquainted with;however, the Apprehension of bringingEnemies upon my Head, st)all not determe from acknowledging an evident Truth,the Desire of promoting the publick Good,is ever more prevalent with me, than theFear of Censure and Reproach of a smallBody of People ; I will therefore proceed,,to comply with your Request with theA 2 strictest

* VId. Dr. Thompson’s Case of the Right HonourableThomas Winnington , Esq; Page 6.