A letter to Mr. Marriot from a friend of his: wherein his name is redeemed form that detraction G.F. Gent. hath indeavoured to fasten upon him, by a scandalous and defamatory libell, intituled The great eater of Grayes Inne, or, the life of Mr. Marriot the cormorant, &c. 1652 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A88035 Wing L1715 Thomason E674_1 ESTC R207185 99866255 99866255 166268

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A88035) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 166268) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 103:E674[1]) A letter to Mr. Marriot from a friend of his: wherein his name is redeemed form that detraction G.F. Gent. hath indeavoured to fasten upon him, by a scandalous and defamatory libell, intituled The great eater of Grayes Inne, or, the life of Mr. Marriot the cormorant, &c. [6], 41, [1] p. : ill. (woodcut) Printed for the friends of Mr. Marriot, London : 1652. A reply to: Fidge, George. The great eater of Grayes-Inne, or The life of Mr. Marriot the cormorant. Annotation on Thomason copy: "August. 16.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Fidge, George. -- Great eater of Grayes-Inne, or The life of Mr. Marriot the cormorant. Marriott, John, d. 1653. Food habits -- England -- Early works to 1800. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2009-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-04 Sampled and proofread 2009-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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Oh I confeſſe my fault, forgive therefore Good Mr. Marriot, Ile doe no more! I have dear bought Repentance, 'tis ſo ſcarce, And ſeale it with my lips thus on your ar— If once again to wrong you, I turne Foole, Then make my mouth for ever your cloſe ſtoole.

A LETTER TO MR. MARRIOT from a friend of his: WHEREIN His Name is redeemed from that Detraction G. F. Gent. hath indeavoured to faſten upon him, by a ſcandalous and Defamatory LIBELL, INTITƲLED The Great Eater of Grayes Inne, or, The Life of Mr. Marriot the Cormorant, &c.

LONDON, Printed for the Friends of Mr. Marriot, 1652
A Letter to Mr. Marriot, from a Friend of his, wherein his name is redeemed from Detraction. Mr. Marriot,

HAd I not known you my ſelf as well as by the report of your neighbours, a common eaſineſſe of credulity might have carryed me on to beleeve a late publiſht pamphlet, pretended to be the True Hiſtory of your life, for the Authour aſſures the Reader he ſets down nothing but what hath truly been acted by you: whereas indeed, it is nothing elſe but a meer Libell, of Lyes, Scandall and Defamation, ſpun out to a great length without one ſyllable of wit or honeſty, whereof he ſufficiently accuſeth himſelf by ſhrouding his name under the covert of two Letters, and thereby ſecuring his perſon from that puniſhment the Law hath provided for him, the injury of faſtening upon your name ſo vile a detraction, and preſenting you a deriſion to poſterity is of ſo high a nature that it exceeds any ſatisfaction ſuch an abject vermin can give, neither can I find out a better expedient for your reparation, then by leting the world know what you are indeed: and this I ſhall do as an equall friend to you and the truth.

That you are a Gown-man, and the moſt antient Member of the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne now Reſident, the book of Entrance can witneſſe, having been a Student and Profeſſor of the Law above 47 years: for your abilities and knowledge in the Law, and for your eaſie fees, your Clients doe very much commend you: For your private way of life, you have given it a Geometricall proportion, ſquaring your mind and fortune with equall lines to a fit ſubſervency of Natures requiſites in food and rayment: For your Society you have made choyce of honeſt men, not deſpiſing the meaneſt, whereby you have ſtood firm in theſe Nationall Hurricanoes which have blown down the lofty and ambitious: and for your generall deportment, it hath been ſo fair and clear, that I never yet heard you had wronged any man.

How comes it then this unprovoked miſcreant ſhould bewray the preſſe, and ſoile your name with the excrements of his skull? Sure his maine deſigne is a beggerly project, the ſale of his book: Let him have the full price of it, and it is a Whipping-poſt, &c. that he fears, and therefore conceales himſelf under the Characters of G. F. Gent. Homogeneouſly inſinuating his name to be Graceleſſe Foole Gentile. For had he not been a very graceleſſe foole, and an unconverted Gentile, he would never have committed to perpetuity ſo ſcandalous a piece, compoſed of lyes and nonſence, and that for a very little money, ſoone to be ſpent; in due time he will have a juſt reward: for he ſerves a Maſter, though a Lyer from the beginning, yet faithfull in paying his ſervants their wages. In the interim let him ſtand to the publike view in that becomming poſture the Frontiſpiece preſents him, as deſtined by charity to repentance.

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