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☞AS the following sheets are designed only to shew the various sizes of Printing Types, no atten­tion has been paid to the correctness of the matter which they contain; and the judicious observer will readily perceive that it was en­tirely unnecessary.

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A SPECIMEN OF ISAIAH THOMAS's PRINTING TYPES.

Being as large and complete an ASSORT­MENT as is to be met with in any one Printing-Office in AMERICA.

Chiefly MANUFACTURED by that great Artist, WILLIAM CASLON, Esq Of LONDON.

PRINTED at WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, By ISAIAH THOMAS. MDCCLXXXV.

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TO THE LOVERS OF LITERATURE, AND ENCOURAGERS OF PRINTING, (THE FIRST AND BEST OF ARTS) IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, THIS SPECIMEN IS HUMBLY OFFERED, FOR THEIR INSPECTION,

BY THEIR VERY HUMBLE SERVANT, I. THOMAS
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Eleven Lines Pica.

WI MP 1231

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Ten Lines Pica.

bjdl ysgf 1234

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Nine Lines Pica.

BW XR acrz nmt

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Six Lines Pica.

ABCD abydgi

Five Lines Pica.

ABFPI acmnse bvnutd

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Two Lines Great Primer.

ABCDEFGI KLMNOPQ

Two Lines English.

ABCDEFGHJ IKLMNOPQR

Two Lines Pica.

ABCDEFGHIJKP QRSTUWXYZAE

Two Lines Small Pica.

ABCDEFGHIKLT MNOPQRSTUVIP

Two Lines Long Primer.

ABCDEFGHIKLMW NOPQRSTUWXYZS

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Two Lines Burgeois.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PQRSTUVWXYZAEPN

Two Lines Brevier.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZAEWOI

Two Lines Minion.

ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPS QRSTUVWXYZAEOPUI

Two Lines Nonpareil.

ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRST UVWXYZAEABCDEFGHIKLI

Two Lines Pearl.

ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZAEABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRS

French Cannon.

Quousque tan Quousque tande

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Two Lines Great Primer.

Quousque tandem abutere Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos eti- Quousque tandem abutere Catilina,

Two Lines English.

Quousque tandem abu­tere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos e­tiam furor iste tuus elu- Quousque tandem, abu­tere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos eti-

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DOUBLE PICA. NO. I.
DEDICATION.

For one person who can a­dequately relish, and enjoy a work of imagination, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge of, observations on familiar life, and the manners of the age. The satires of A­riosto are more read than the Orlando Furioso, or even Dante. Are there so many cordial admirers of Spenser and Milton, as of Hudibras; if we

For one person who can ade­quately relish, and enjoy a work of imagination, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge

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Great Primer. No. I.
DEDICATION.

For one person who can adequately relish, and enjoy a work of imagina­tion, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge of, observations on fa­miliar life, and the manners of the age. The satires of Ariosto are more read than the Orlando Furioso, or even Dante. Are there so many cordial admirers of Spenser and Milton, as of Hudibras; if we strike out of the num­ber of these supposed admirers, those who appear such out of fashion, and not of feeling? Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Aken-

For one person who can adequately relish, and enjoy a work of imagination, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge of, observations on familiar life, and the manners of the age. The

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DOUBLE PICA. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Ca­tilina, patientia nostra? quam­diu nos etiam furor iste tuus e­ludet? quem ad finem sese ef­frenata jactabit audacia? nihil­ne et nocturnum praesidium pa­latii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil ti- Quousque tandem abutêre, Catili­na, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet?

GREAT PRIMER. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam fu­ror iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil ur­bis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, ni- Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, pa­tientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam fu­ror iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese

[Page]For one person who can adequately relish, and enjoy a work of imagination, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge of, ob­servations on familiar life, and the manners of the age. The satires of Ariosto are more read than the Orlando Furioso, or even Dante. Are there so many cordial admirers of Spenser and Milton as of Hudibras; if we strike out of the number of these supposed admirers, those who appear such out of fash­ion, and not of feeling? Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Akenside's noble Ode to Lord Huntingdon. The EPIS­TLES on the Characters of men and women, and your sprightly Satires, my good friend, are more frequently perused, and quoted, than L'Allegro and Il Penseroso of Milton. Had you written only these Satires, you would indeed have gained the title of a man

For one person who can adequately relish, and enjoy a work of imagination, twenty are to be found who can taste and judge of, observations on familiar life, and the manners of the age. The satires of Ariosto are more read than the Orlando Furioso, or even Dante. Are there so

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ENGLISH. NO. II.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in o­pinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members propos­ed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confine­ment; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester pro­posed that she should be dispatched by poi­son; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dow­ager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fotheringay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, commanding her to submit to a trial for her late conspi­racy. Mary perused the letter with great

The council of England was divided in opin­ion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life

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PICA. NO. I.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opi­nion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dis­patched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accord­ingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly call­ed queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY six of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fotheringay, presented her with a let­ter from Elizabeth, commanding her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the letter with great composure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung over her, received the intelligence without emotion or astonishment.

The council of England was divided in opinion a­bout the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some of the members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputa-

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ENGLISH. NO. III.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor popu­li, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tu­am non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nos­tra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil

PICA. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te noc­turnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, ni­hil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil ho­rum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? [...]nstrictam jam omnium horum consci­entia tener [...] conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consi [...]i [...] ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O temp [...]r [...], O mores! Senatus Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese enffre [...]a jacta [...] audacia? nihilne t [...] [...] ­tur [...]um [...] palatii, nihil urbis [...]

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SMALL PICA. NO. I.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the cas­tle of Fotheringay, presented her with a letter from Eliza­beth, commanding her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the letter with great compo­sure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung o­ver her, received the intelligence without emotion or aston­ishment. She said, however, that she wondered the queen of England should command her as a subject, who was an independent sovereign, and a queen like herself. She would never, she said, stoop to any condescension which would lessen her dignity, or prejudice the claims of her posterity. The laws of England, she observed, were un­known to her; she was destitute of counsel; nor could she conceive who were to be her peers, as she had but one

The council of England was divided in opinion about the mea­sures t [...] be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputati­on of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission

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LONG PRIMER. NO. I.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dow­ager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fo­theringay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, command­ing her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the letter with great composure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung over her, received the intelligence without emo­tion or astonishment. She said, however, that she wondered the queen of England should command her as a subject, who was an independent sovereign, and a queen like herself. She would never, she said, stoop to any condescension which would lessen her dignity, or prejudice the claims of her posterity. The laws of England, she observed, were unknown to her; she was destitute of counsel; nor could she conceive who were to be her peers, as she had but one equal in the kingdom. She added, that instead of enjoy­ing the protection of the laws of England, as she had hoped to ob­tain, she had been confined in prison ever since her arrival in the kingdom; so that she derived neither benefit nor security from them. When the commissioners pressed her to submit to the queen's pleasure, otherwise they would proceed against her as con-

The council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Ac­cordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or

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SMALL PICA. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam­diu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consen­sus bonorum omn [...] ­um, nihil hic munitissimus habendi se­natus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos con­vocaveris, quid consilii ceperes, quem nostrum ignorare ar­bitraris? O tempora, O mores! Senatus hoc intelligit, con­sul vidit: hic tamen vivit. vivit? imo vero etiam in senatum venit: fit publici consilii particeps: notat & designat ocu­lis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum. Nos autem viri fortes satisfacere reipub. videmur, si istius surorem ac tela Quousque tandem abut [...]re, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omni­um, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora

LONG PRIMER. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jac­tabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, ni­hil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vult [...]s­que moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam om­nium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocave­ris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Senatus hoc intelligit, consul vidit: hic tamen vivit▪ vivit? imo vero etiam in senatum venit: fit publici consilii particeps: notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumq [...]emque nos­trum. Nos autem viri fortes satisfacere reipub. videmur, si istius f [...]rorem ac tela vitemus. Ad mortem te, Catilina, duci jussu con- Quousque tandem abut [...]re, Catilina, patientia nos [...]ra? quamdiu nos e­ti [...]m furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad f [...]n [...]m sese effrenata ja [...]abit au­dacia? nihilne te n [...]urnum pr [...]sidium palatii, nihil urbis [...], nihil tim [...]r p [...]puli, nihil consensus [...], nihil [...] habe [...]di s [...]natus [...], ni [...]il h [...]rum [...] moverunt? pate­re [...]? constrictam [...]

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BURGEOIS. NO. I.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the Queen of Scots. Some mem­bers proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any im­putation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority in­sisted on her being put to death by legal process. According­ly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, com­monly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fotheringay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, com­manding her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Ma­ry perused the letter with great composure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung over her, received the intelligence without emotion or astonishment. She said, however, that she wondered the queen of England should command her as a sub­ject, who was an independent sovereign, and a queen like herself. She would never, she said, stoop to any condescension which would lessen her digni [...]y or prejudice the claims of her posteri­ty. The laws of England, she observed, were unknown to her; she was destitute of counsel; nor could she conceive who were to be her peers, as she had but one equal in the kingdom. She added, that instead of enjoying the protection of the laws of England, as she had hoped to obtain, she had been confined in prison ever since her arrival in the kingdom; so that she de­rived neither benefit nor security from them. When the com­missioners pressed her to submit to the queen's pleasure, other­wise they would proceed against her as contumacious, she declar­ed she would rather suffer a thousand deaths, than own herself a subject to any prince on earth. That, however, she was ready to vindicate herself in a full and free parliament, as for aught she knew, this meeting of commissioners was devised against her life, on purpose to take it away with a pretext of justice. She

The coun [...]il of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence o [...] cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal [...] commission was issued for forty peers, with [...]

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LONG PRIMER. NO. III.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken with the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement▪ therefore, to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the ma­jority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Ac­cordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence up­on Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scot­land, commonly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fotheringay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, com­manding her to submit to trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the letter with great composure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung over her, received the intelligence without emotion or astonishment. She said, however, that she wondered the queen of England should command her as a sub­ject, who was an independent sovereign, and a queen like her­self. She would never, she said, stoop to any condescension which would lessen her dignity, or prejudice the claims of her posterity. The laws of England, she observed, were unknown to her; she was destitute of counsel; nor could she conceive who were to be her peers, as she had but one equal in the king­dom. She added, that instead of enjoying the protection of the laws of England, as she had hoped to obtain, she had been confined in prison ever since her arrival in the kingdom▪ so that she derived neither benefit nor security from them. When the commissioners pressed her to submit to the queen's pleasure

THE council of England was divided in op [...]nion about the mea­sures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore, to avoid an [...] imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed, that she should be dispatched by poison▪ but the majority insisted on her being put to dea [...]h by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with fi [...]e judges [...] the major [...] of them▪ to [...] and [...]

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LONG PRIMER. NO. IV.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamd [...] nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, ni­hil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sen­tis? constrictam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri con­jurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii cepe­ris, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Quousque tandem abut [...]re, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit au­dacia? nihilne te nocturnum pr [...]efidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic muni-

BURGEOIS on BREVIER BODY.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigi­liae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque mo­verunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid prox­ima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Senatus hoc intelligit, consul vidit: hic tamen vivit. vivit▪ imo vero etiam in senatum venit▪ fit publici consilii particeps: notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum. Nos Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos e­tiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit auda­cia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus ha- ĂĀÂ [...]Ē II [...]Ō Ubreve;Ū ăāâàáä ĕēêèéë [...]īîìíï ŏōôòóö ŭūûùúü ŵŷ w̄ȳ [...]şţ [...]

MINION. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam fu­ror iste tuus elud [...]? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultu [...]que moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constric­tam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii c [...]peris, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Se­natu [...] hoc intelligit, consul vidit: hic tamen vivit. vivit? imo vero etiam in senatum venit: fit publici consilii particeps: notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum. Nos autem viri fortes satisfacere reipub. vi­demur, si istius furorem ac tela vitemus. Ad mortem te, Catilina, duci juss [...] Quousque tandem abut [...]re, Catilina, patientia nostra [...] quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus [...]ludet [...] quem ad fi [...]em s [...]se effr [...]na [...]a jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum [...] palat [...], nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum [...], nihil hic [...] habendi [...], nihil horum [...]ra [...]

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BREVIER. NO. I.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the mea­sures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members propos­ed, [...] as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by clo [...] confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or crue [...]y, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Ma­ry, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fother­ingay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, commanding her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the letter with great composure; and as she had long foreseen the danger that hung over her, received the intelligence without emotion or astonishment. She said, however, that she wondered the queen of England should com­mand her as a subject, who was an independent sovereign, and a queen like herself. She would never, she said, stoop to any condescen­sion which would lessen her dignity, or prejudice the claims of her posterity. The laws of England, she observed, were unknown to her; she was destitute of counsel; nor could she conceive who were to be her peers, as she had but one equal in the kingdom. She added, that instead of enjoying the protection of the laws of England, as she had hoped to obtain, she had been confined in prison ever since her arrival in the kingdom; so that she derived neither benefit nor securi­ty from them. When the commissioners pressed her to submit to the queen's pleasure, otherwise they would proceed against her as contuma­cious, she declared she would rather suffer a thousand deaths, than own herself a subject to any prince on earth. That however she was rea­dy to vindicate herself in a full and free parliament, as for aught she knew, this meeting of commissioners was devised against her life, on purpose to take it away with a pretext of justice. She exhorted them to consult their own consciences, and to remember that the theatre of the world was much more extensive than that of the kingdom of England. At length the vice-chamberlain Hatton vanquished her objec­tions, by representing that she injured her reputation by avoiding a trial, in which her innocence might be proved to the satisfaction of all mankind. This observation made such an impression upon her, that she agreed to plead, if they would admit and allow her protest, of disallowing all subjection. This, however, they refused; but they satis­fied her, by entering it upon record, and thus they proceeded to trial.

The council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore to avoid any imputation of violence or cruelty, the earl of Lei­cester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a com­mission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James

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BURGEOIS. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos eti­am furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit auda­cia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam omnium horum conscientia te­neri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore noc­te egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consillii ceperis, quem nos­trum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Senatus hoc intelliget, consul vidit: hic tamen vivit. vivit? imo vero etiam in senatum venit: fit publici consilii particeps: notat and designat oculis ad caedem u­numquemque nostrum. Nos autem viri fortes satisfacere reipub. vi­demur, si istius furorem ac tela vitemus. Ad mortem te, Catilina, du­ci jussu consulis jam pridem opertebat: in te conferri pestem istam, quam tu in nos omnes jamdiu machinaris. An vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, Tiberium Gracchum mediocriter labe­factantem statum reipublicae privatus interfecit: Catilinam vero orbem terrae caede atque incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules perfemerus? nam illa nimis antiqua praetereo, quod Q. Servilius A [...]ala Sp. Melium, Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? ni­hilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor po­puli, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis?

BREVIER. NO. II.

Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patentia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam fu­ror iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constric­tam jam omnium horum conscientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? O tempora, O mores! Se­natus hoc intelligit, consul vidit: hic tamen vivit. vivit? imo vero etiam in senatum venit: fit publicii consilii particeps: notat and designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum. Nos autem viri fortes satisfacere reipub. vi­demur, si istius furorem ac tela vitemus. Ad mortem te, Catilina, duci jussu consulis jam pridem opertebat: in te conferis pestem istam, quam tu in nos omnes jamdiu machinaris. An vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, Tiberium Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum reipublicae privatus interfecit: Catilinam vero orbem terrae caede atque incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules perferemus? nam illa nimis antiqua praetereo, quod Q. Quousque tandem abutêre, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu nos etiam furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? n [...]hilne te nocturnum praesidium palatii, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil consensus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? patere tua consilia non sentis? constrictam jam omnium horum consci [...]entia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte ege­ris, ubi fu [...]ris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare ar­bitraris? O tempora, O mores! Senatus hoc intelligit, consul vidit: hi [...] tamen vi-

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SMALL PICA. Open.
40 EMMA CORBETT.

I CANNOT pursue the subject—Rouse, rouse yourself, my Emma. For my sake, let all your fortitude be exerted. We are both young;—there is the same pro­tecting Providence by water as by land; in the fields of war as on the plains of peace. The future is a wide space, and may contain within its circle a thousand blessings. Struggle then against the storm bravely. Your inferences are too gloo­my: various opportunities will offer, doubt not, to speed your generous intercourse. The wide world of sentiment and sen­sation still opens upon us. By aid of this little friendly instrument, we may range through those paths which ocean seems to separate. However remote you

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LONG PRIMER. Open.
40 EMMA CORBETT.

I CANNOT pursue the subject—Rouse, rouse yourself, my Emma. For my sake, let all your fortitude be exerted. We are both young;—there is the same protecting Provi­dence by water as by land; in the fields of war, as on the plains of peace. The fu­ture is a wide space, and may contain with­in its circle a thousand blessings. Struggle then against the storm bravely. Your infer­ences are too gloomy: various opportunities will offer, doubt not, to speed our generous intercourse. The wide world of sentiment and sensation still opens upon us. By aid of this little friendly instrument, we may range through those paths which ocean seems to separate. However remote, you should still learn to think it a superiour blessing, that in some part of animated nature, there still ex­ists

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BURGEOIS on BREVIER BODY. Open.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shortened by close confinement; therefore, to avoid any imputa­tion of violence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed th [...]t she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted o [...] her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commis­sion was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

BURGEOIS on BREVIER BODY. NO. II
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the mea­sures to be taken against the queen of Scots. Some members pro­posed, that as her health was very infirm, her life might be shorten­ed by close confinement; therefore, to avoid any imputation of vio­lence or cruelty, the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the majority insisted on her being put to death by legal process. Accordingly a commission was issued for forty peers, with five judges, or the major part of them, to try and pass sentence upon Mary, daughter and heir of James the fifth, king of Scotland, commonly called queen of Scots, and dowager of France.

THIRTY-SIX of these commissioners arriving at the castle of Fo­theringay, presented her with a letter from Elizabeth, commanding her to submit to a trial for her late conspiracy. Mary perused the

THE council of England was divided in opinion about the measures to be taken against the queen of S [...]ots. Some members proposed, that as her health was very infirm, her l [...]fe might be shortened by lose confine­ment; therefore, to avoid any imputation of violenc [...] or [...]ruelt [...], the earl of Leicester proposed that she should be dispatched by poison; but the ma [...]ority insisted on her being put to death by legal [...]

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MINION. NO. I.

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially, be­cause I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jeru­salem, know all the Jews, 5 Which knew me from the beginning (if they would testify) that after the most strai [...]st sect of our religion I lived a Phari­see. 6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes instantly serving God d [...]y and night hope to come, for which hopes sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead? 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and, when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them [...]o blaspheme: and being exceed-

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BURGEOIS. Open.
40 EMMA CORBETT.

I CANNOT pursue the subject—Rouse, rouse yourself, my Emma. For my sake, let all your fortitude be exerted. We are both young;—there is the same protecting Providence by water as by land; in the fields of War, as on the plains of Peace. The future is a wide space▪ and may con­tain within its circle a thousand blessings. Strug­gle then against the storm bravely. Your infer­ences are too gloomy: various opportunities will offer, doubt not, to speed our generous intercourse. The wide world of sentiment and sensation still opens upon us. By aid of this little friendly in­strument, we may range through those paths which Ocean seems to separate. However remote, you should still learn to think it a superiour blessing, that in some part of animated Nature, there still ex­ists the counter part of Emma—congenial, as dear; one, whom no circumstance can change, but [...]ho must ever remain true to every touch of joy, and [...]-

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LONG PRIMER. Scabd.

LED by revolving thought, my wand'ring steps
Explor'd the vale of solitude. A rill
Slow-tinkling, murmur'd as I pass'd along,
Its bank gay-rob'd with beauty's balmy train.
O'er me the steepy cliffs impending, frown'd 5
Horrifick; from their sides, the mould'ring earth
Crumbled, and gradual shook the hanging arch,
Whose dark spire quiver'd o'er the void below.
Between their gleaming sides, refulgent flam'd
The sun's broad orb. As on I walk'd, the scene 10
Open'd, and from the plain one winding path
(Ragged with stones loud rattling down the height;)
Led to the summit of the cliff. I scal'd
Th' ascent, and wond'ring, from its brow beheld
A boundless prospect, shagg'd with rising hills,15
Rocks, desarts, woods, dales, landscapes, groves, and spires.
Far on the left, a bare and barren heath,
(Save where the wild trees form'd a little grove,
Crown'd with spontaneous herbage) rushing chill'd
My veins. 'Twas all a solemn scene, retir'd 20
Like that where ancient Druids liv'd remote,
Conversing with the moon! and airy shapes
(So Fame reports) beneath the wan dim ray,
Sweep shadowy o'er the blighted law [...], or soar
High on the streamy flame, or ride the winds; 25
Or hear the murm'ring wood, when darkness wraps
Her cloudy curtain [...]ound the world, and Fear
Knocks at the heart of Man.—S [...]ch is the haunt
Of fairy [...]rains, when silver [...] the hills▪—
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BURGEOIS. Scabd.

LED by revolving thought, my wand'ring steps
Explor'd the vale of solitude. A rill,
Slow-tinkling, murmur'd as I pass'd along,
Its bank gay-rob'd with beauty's balmy train.
O'er me the steepy cliffs impending, frown'd 5
Horrifick; from their sides, the mould'ring earth
Crumbled, and gradual shook the hanging arch,
Whose dark spire quiver'd o'er the void below.
Between their gleaming sides, refulgent flam'd
The sun's broad orb. As on I walk'd, the seene 10
Open'd, and from the plain one winding path
(Ragged with stones loud rattling down the height;)
Led to the summit of the cliff. I scal'd
Th' ascent, and wond'ring, from its brow beheld
A boundless prospect, shagg'd with rising hills,15
Rocks, desarts, woods, dales, landscapes, groves, and spires.
Far on the left, a bare and barren heath,
(Save where the wild trees form'd a little grove,
Crown'd with spontan'ous herbage) rushing chill'd
My veins. 'Twas all a solemn scene, retir'd 20
Like that where ancient Druids liv'd remote,
Conversing with the moon! and airy shapes
(So Fame reports) beneath the wan dim ray,
Sweep shadowy o'er the blighted lawn, or soar
High on the streamy flame, or ride the winds; 25
Or hear the murm'ring wood, when darkness wraps
Her cloudy curtain round the world, and Fear
Knocks at the heart of Man.—Such is the haunt
Of fairy-trains, when silver tips the hills;
That in the deep grove's shadowy gloom disport; 30
Or hear the wild wind whistle, or repos'd,—
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GREEK.

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛ ΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤ ΥΦ ΧΨΩΓΔΘΞΠΣΥ

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Exchange for At sight of this Exchange of the same Tenor and Dale unpaid, pay to value received, and Charge it, with or without further Advice to

Your most humble Servant, To I. Thomas, print.
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Two Lines Great Primer Black.

And be it further hereby enacted, That the Mayors, Bailiffs, or other

Great Primer Black.

And be it further hereby enacted, That the Mayors, Bailiffs, or other head Officers of every Town and Place corporate, and city within this Commonwealth, being Justice or Justices of the Peace, shall have the same autho­rity by virtue of this Act, within

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And be it further hereby enacted, That the Mayors, Bailiffs, or other head Officers of every Town and place corporate, and city within this Realm, being Justice or Justi­ces of the Peace, shall have the same autho­rity, by virtue of this Act, within the limits or precincts of their jurisdictions, as well out of Sessions as at their Sessions, if they hold

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SCRIPT. (Circular.)

WORCESTER ss.

To the Select men of the Town of in said County, Greeting [...]

WHEREAS upon comparing the Votes for the choice of a Register of Deeds, on the first Tuesday of Decem­ber instant, no one had a Majority:

These are, therefore, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu [...]e [...] ▪ to require and direct you forthwith, in du [...] manner and form, to convene the In­habitants of your Town, qualified as the law directs, to vote for the Choice of Re­presentatives, to bring in their votes for some discreet suitable Person to fill the office of Register of Deeds, who possesses a Freehold within said County of the value at least of ten Pounds lawful mo­ney, per annum, and you are to seal up

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Tewksbury. By A. WOOD. Words from Dr. WATTS.

[...] [...] I'm tir'd with Visits, Modes and Forms, And Flatteries paid to Fellow Worms; Their Conversation cloys: Their [...] [...] [...] [...] vain Amours and empty Stuff. But I can ne'er enjoy enough—Of thy dear Company, my Lord, thou Life of all my Joys. [...] [...]

From the Press at Worcester, Typographically, by I. THOMAS.

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For value received in the County of promise Robert Trusty, to pay him, or his Order▪

Lawful Silver Money, at Six Shilling [...] and Eight Pence per Ounce, on Demand, with lawful Interest.

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Appendix to the Flowers.

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