you John Trewman and all his Fellows, John the Miller y ground fmall, fmall, fmall, Knowe your Friend from your Foe, Holing bed writes, he fet forth other The next Captain in the Hiftory of Caleb's Worthies is Jack Cade, Efq; whofe alias was John Mortimer; to qualify him the better to be the Head of a Paction, in which his Example was followed 261 Years after, by one whom the Chronologifts will eafily find out, (Cade's Reign being in the Year 1450.) ' or fent a Remonftrance to the King, (fo pi ous a Prince that he had been canoniz'd for a Saint, if Henry the 7th had not hindered it by his Avarice;) "That his com ing was not against his Grace, but against fuch of his Counsellors as were Lovers of themselves, and Oppreffors of the poor Commonalty; Flatterers of the King, and Enemies to his Honour; Suckers of his Purfe, and Robbers of his Subjects; Partial to their Friends, and Extreme to their Enemies; thro' Bribes corrupted, and for Indifferency, doing nothing." How many hundred Declarations has Caleb D'Anvers fpun out from a Thread of this Clue. How helpful has this Li bel of Jack Cade been to Mr D'Anvers? Guardianfhip of the People's Purfes; and We fee how much Jack had at Heart the yet no fooner had he and his Rabble made Way into London, than he and they fell to plundering the Citizens and the very Rogue that faid in one of his Traiter ous Papers, no Impofitions should be spoken of again, laid an Impofition of 500 Marks of another, and fin'd and plunder'd all on one Alderman only, gutted the House the fubftantial Citizens in the like Manner. As Wat Tyler's Crew murder'd the Lord Treafurer Hales, and Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury, fo Jack Cade's murder'd the Lord Treafurer Say, and the Bishop of Salisbury, whose Brains E they beat out near the Altar. For tho like other Factious Rakehells in later Times, they often pretended a mighty Zeal for the Church, as well as for the Common-wealth, yet they matter'd neither of them, any farther than their Names were of Ufe to them in their lawlefs and lewd Designs. Holling fhed fpeaking of Jack Cade's Rebellion fays, The French King underftanding all the civil Difcord and rebellious Stirs in England, made thereof his Foundation: And the Difficulties that have been thrown in the Way of late Negotiations for eftablishing the Peace of G Europe, have been in a great Measure owing to the vain Hopes the Patriots at home have given the Enemies to that Peace, of railing fuch Difturbances in Great Britain that they need fear nothing from this Quarter. Po Yours, Jack faid in his Declaration, "I affure the People, my Enterprize is both honorable to God and the King, and profitable_to the whole Realm, and if by Force licy, I get the King and Queen into my Hands, I will caufe them to be honourably H us'd, and take fuch Order for the punishing and reforming of Mifdemeanours of evil Counsellors, that no Taxes fhall hereafter be demanded, nor even any Impofitions be fpoken of, ." Belides this Declamation, the Rafcal ET CETERA. fog's Journal, Aug. 21. No. 407. Contains a judicious Effay concerning the Choice of Prime Ministers. THis Writer, having obferv'd, that Love and Politics are incompatible, commends A mends the prefent Government in France, where Women are excluded from, and an impenetrable Secrecy reigns in, all State Affairs; a new and aftonishing thing to that People. He extolls the prudent Conduct of the King of France and the late Regent; who never fuffer'd Love to extend its Dominion over Politicks. He affirms, that the greatest Minifters never had Wives, and Initances Richlien, Ximenes and Mazarine formerly; Alberoni and Cienfuegos of our own Time: and afferts, Minifters hou'd be unmarried, because when a Man is intrufted with public Bulinefs, it is rare that his Vigilance is fufficient to hinder a skilful Woman, who holds fome Place in his Heart, from difcovering his Secrets. Womcn fays he, too often give the decifive Stroke to great Affairs. The Ladies of France forced Henry IV. to end a fuccefsful, and enter into a fatal War. The Princefs of Eboli and Madam de Chevreuse gave the fecret Spring to feveral great Events; and the Countess of Carlisle was from the inmoft Chambers of Whitehall the Soul and Life of all the Factions of Westminster. The League in France in vain fought means to aflallinate Henry III. ·Madam de Montpenfier caufed this Project to be executed as foon as fhe undertook it. A Sultana, inclosed in a Seraglio fhall govern the whole Ottoman Empire; and if we examine into the Great Men who have refifted the Influence of certain E Women to whom they were inclin'd, we we fhall find that they have been lefs amorous than vicious. The Craftsman, Aug. 21. N° 529. Mr D'ANVERS, the Subject of this Letter with a Picce of Criticitim upon a dubious Text of Scripture. In the Epiftle of St Paul to the Romans, Chap. xii. v. 11. moft of our printed Copies read, dueto dalius ric; and agreeably to This our English Tranflation hath it, ferving the Lord. But many anBtient M. S. S. read, nag danévores and St Ambrofe, St Cyprian and the vulgar Latin Tranflator, amongst the Moderns, Erafmus and Dr Mill, prefer the latter, as the genuine Reading. D He thinks the Choice of Minifters should be made after the Manner of the College of Cardinals in the Nomination of a Pontiff. They truft the Cenfer to fuch F only whom Age has render'd incapable of certain Steps; and then concludes with this Obfervation, that a well govern'd State, fhou'd have Old Minifters and Young Generals. The Minifter is to think and reflect in his Clofet, the General to execute. A General must have Judgment, Valour and Activity; a Minifter profound Policy. Each Age produces 20 Generals, but hardly one Minister. The Gazetteers of this Month are all on one Subject; endeavouring to enhance Mr D'anver's his Guilt by diverfifying the Circumstances of it, but as we have given our Readers the chief Part of their Accufations, we hope they will excufe us for omitting the Remainder, to make room for fome Things in our Judgment more entertaining. G H Taking it therefore for granted, that This was the Autographon of the Apoftle, let us confider the Meaning of the Words. -Dr Wall renders them thus; watching an Opportunity.A late Tranflator of the new Teftament thus, making the beft Use of every Incident. I cannot help thinking both Thefe to be wrefted Conftructions. The literal and obvious Signification of the Words is, Time-ferving, and I do not remember that either the Greek, or the Latin Phrafe, Tempori feruire, was ever taken in any other Senfe. Befides, This agrees exactly with another Paflage of the fame Apoftle, where He recommends our becoming all Things to all Men. What a glorious Panegyrick might be ftruck out of thefe Words upon Temporiz ing; or the laudable Art of getting Preferment, by complying with the Times, and the Interefts of Men in Power? It is furprizing that the minifterial Writers have not yet juitify'd their own Practices, as well as the Conduct of their Party, upon the Authority of St Paul, which might be easily extended to Timefervers, in all Ages, both Spiritual and Temporal. Bp Burnet (Hift. Ref.) tells us, that moft of the Bps comply'd with all the Changes in Religion from the Time of the Divorce in Hen. 8th's Reign, to the Completion of the Reformation under Q. Elizabeth; and I believe that is not the laft Iuftance, when the fame venerable Bench have paid more regard to this profitable Advice of the Apoftic than to any divine precept whatever. Nor are Comts ever at a lofs forLaymen of the fame obfequious Tempers as to refign their Confciences to the Direction of their Superiours for a reafonable Gratuity. But, eafy as the Practice of this Doctrine may feem, it requires fome Addrefs to make a Penny of it; and therefore a few plain Rules how to ferve the Times with Advantage may not be unfeafonable. B The first and principal Rule to be ob. ferv'd in this Cafe, is, to watch the Changes of the Times, and fuit your Conduct accordingly; that is, always to oppofe the popular Cry, and be moft zealous in for warding Meafures moft generally diffiked or condemn'd. Whilft Affairs are wifely and honestly conducted, or at least go on fwimmingly, a Minifter hath no Occasion for fuch Alfitance, and Minifters are a Sort of Dealers, who never care to put Themfelves to any unneceflary Expence. For this Reafon, the Fag-End of an Adminiftration is commonly the propereft Seafon for a dextrous Time-ferver to make his Appearance. Moft Adminiftrations, as well as moft Reigns, fet out well, and like new Brooms fweep clean. But when they have render'd Themfelves univerfally odi- c ous, by their blundering Negotiations abroad, and profligate Conduct at home, the Time ferver may be fure of making a good Harveft; especially, if he hath Skill and Credit enough to fereen them from the Refentments of the People. I could mention fome Perfons, who have raised themselves to confiderable Pofts in the Government, by bolting out fuch Pofitions, in a certain Affembly, as the ordinary Tools of Power were afhamed to advance; but being agreeable to the Views of the Court, they were immediately taken Notice of as ufeful Men, and fet down for ÿ next good vacant Place. It is likewife proper for a Man, who propofes to make his Fortune by this Method, to diftinguifh himself at fift on the oppofite Side; that he may have an Opportunity of diving into their Secrets, and betraying them to his new Mafler. When all Matters are adjusted between Him and his Purchaser, the next Thing is to pitch upon a proper Time to declare Himfelf, and a proper Point to go off upon. Which ought to be the most unpopular Question, that happens to offer itfelf, fuch as the Extenfion of Excife Laws, the Eftablishment of a ftanding Army, or any other Scheme, which hath a Tendency to abridge the antient Rights and Liberties of the People; for as there is no Merit in going over to a Minifter, when he is not diftrefs'd; fo neither is there any in concurring with him upon Points, which are juft and reafonable in themselves. If the Perfon, who is to act this Part, hath been more than ordinarily zealous in the Caufe of Liberty, and remarkably vchement against the Measures of an Ádminiftration, whilst the Oppofition to it was every Day likely to prevail; let him still profefs the fame Principles, and justify his D E F G H Change of Conduct either by a pretended Difcovery of fome fecret Deligns in those, who are fuppofed to be at the Head of the Oppofition, or an affected Concern for the Intereft of the Prince on the Throne, whom he apprehends to be endanger'd by it. It will not be amiss to add a folemn Declaration, or Appcal to Heaven, that he has been milled by Prejudices in his former Conduct; and that what he now docs proceeds entirely from better Information, and the pure dictates of Confcience, without any corrupt Views, or lucrative Confiderations whatsoever. You will obferve, Mr D'anvers, that thefe Rules are calculated chiefly for fuch Perfons as are either confiderable by their Birth and Fortune, or made fo by the Suffrages of their Countrymen ; but they may be apply'd, wth a little Variation, to Men of all Degrees; fuch as Levee hunters, Court-Danglers, Election-Mongers, politi cal Writers, and other Retainers of Power. Here give me Leave to take Notice of what Britannus observes on FOG's retiring in a Fit of Despair. (See p. 449 C) The true State of the Cafe, is this, For's Journal, for fome Weeks paft, feems to be lifted on the Court Side, but whatever Reafon the Author of that Paper may have to defpair, I ain credibly in form'd that the prefent Regulation of it did not proceed from thence, and if it is true that the Proprietors of it were converted by the fame prevailing Arguments, which had fo wonderful an Effect upon the Proprietors of the London Fournal fome Years ago, it cannot be properly faid that even They retired from the Combat, in a Fit of Despair It is faid that one of them had much ftronger Inducements; and whoever confiders the Anxicties of a long Exile, will not wonder at fome little Sacrifices to regain the Liberty of one's native Country. But whatever might be the fecret Motive to this great Revolution in Iolituks, I congratulate you upon it, as it will deprive the minifterial Writers of one of their principal Topicks; for inftead of teproaching you any longer as a Confederate with Fog, in the Canfe of Jacobitism, You may foon expect to fee Him co-operating with Them against you, and bearing Them Company gratis into the Country. It may be prefumed, at leaft, that the Prohibition at the Poft-Office will be taken off; and I fhall not be furprized to fee him admitted into the Mufter Master General's Club. It will be pleafant enough to obferve that Paper fill'd with claborate Arguments in Defence of Excifes, ftanding Armies, Corrupt Parliaments, and other minifterial Points, but I think it was not altogether prudent in Britannus to blab out this Defign, before the Publick was prepared for it. But Difcretion is a Quality, which We are never to expect from fuch Writers, A After this Triumph over Mr Fog, the fame judicious Author gives Tou a Slap, and tells us, "that nothing was look'd on farther than in what Manner the Craftsman would retreat-But lo! to the Grief and B Sorrow of all good Men, he is recovering." -What a fad Thing is that; and what will become of Us all, if you fhould go on? But I hope you will confider better of it and retire in Defpair, with poor Mr Fog; for you find by Experience that it's grown a Crime, but one Degree below Treafon, not to defpair of the Commonwealth. I fhall conclude with the famous Ad vice of a certain brazen Head, feveral hundred Years ago, which ought to be obferved by all Temporizers; viz. Time was; Time is but take Care to lay hold on the Opportunity before theTime is paft. I am Sir, &c. Fog's Journal, Aug. 28. No 408, In ANSWER to the Foregoing. On that Paper of laft Week, after NE of the Authors of the Craftsman C "Whoever, fays he, confiders the Anxieties of a long Exile, will not wonder at fome little Sacrifices to regain one's native Country." I believe the Author utter'd this from his Heart, but the Perfon be attempts to blacken was under no Neceffity of making fuch Sacrifices; if the Cafe had been otherwife, be would have defpis'd a Liberty difhonourably obtained, and defies this Writer to prove that he has made any Sacrifices whatsoever. He muft ftill further affure this infulting Writer, that whatever had been his Judgment of Men and Things, be is accountable to none for his Conduct, which he hopes however will be always govern'd by Principles of Honour and Integrity; that he was ever free and independant as any Englishman can be; that he never receiv'd from any Perfon or Party either Wages, Protection or Favour, (common good Offices from his familiar Friends and Equals excepted) and to make this little Writer eafy as to the Change he pretends to be apprehenfive of, be declares once for all, that this Paper never shall be lifted on the Court D Side, not even tho' Mr D'anvers's Patrons fhould obtain the Miniftry; and that for Special Reasons to be made known either publickly or privately, as they shall be call'd for. Shewing his Readers what profound Know- It requires the Art of a Decypherer to turn fuch Stuff as this into common Senfe. But after all, this Gentleman grows confiderate in his Invectives, and is kind enough to find an Excufe for poor Fog. G manebunt. I was tae fame Day, Aug. 20, 1674- which produced the greatest Enemy to It is to that Day we owe the present Authority which Great Britain maintains throughout the Globe. But this is a known Topic: On Confideration of thefe joint Advantages, I have been curious to pay a Refpe&t to their Author that should be new on this Occafion, and, which may feem an odd Contraft, I fetch it from Antiquity. nefit of the Publick,your Verfion was pub lish'd. What a rich and lovely Country does it reprefent to us? How populous, A and full of glorious Cities? What a Number of furprizing and magnificent Works? What Industry and Genius in the People for mechanic Arts? But above all, what admirable Maxims in Government and Morality, wherein the Chineje wifely place the Top of all Sciences. B It has been thought, that the Town of Walpole in Norfolk gave Name to the Fa. mily: But 1 affirm the contrary. Our Hiftorian Verftegan, in his Lift of Saxon Name: mentions Walpole. Cambden speaks of Alwin, which is the fame with the Saxon Name Walwin, or Waldwin, a younger Son of the Walpoles before the Conqueft. The word Waldain proves the Etymology of the Word Walpole, being from the Saxon Wealdan, to Rule of Guide, and Winnan to acquire or conquer: Thus Walpol, or properly Waldpol, from the fame Word Wealdan, to Kule, and Polis, the Greek Word for Civitas, a Civil Com. C munity, and no Word can be more expreffive of one who merits a principal Direction of a Civil State, or "Folitical Administration; our English Word to sield, or to manage and conduct, is of the fame Original. The Greek Termination is accounted for by the known Mixture of D Greek Words in the German Tongue. This Obfervation, built on that Veracity which is conformable to the Family Motto, Fari que Sentiat, are fubmitted to the fuperior Understanding of Sir Robert Walpole, and are intended to do Juftice and Honour to his Family in a Way which has not been confider'd, as he is himfelf an excellent Judge of Learning. To the EDITOR of the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. E IF I may judge of other by myself, your Subfcribers must be impatient F for your Tranilation of P. du Halde's China, wherein among other confiderable Improvements (which give it the Advantage of the French) you make the Maps fpeak English as well as the Text. The more I read the Original, the more I admire it, and with, for the Be I am perfwaded no Nation ever had more fublime Notions of Moal Virtue, produced fuch a Number of illuftrious Inftances in the several Branches of it, as the Chinese, who take more than or dinary Care to record them, for the Inftruction of the Publick. Among the great Variety I met with in looking over this Author, I could not forbear anticipating your Defign by tranflating fome of them: Whereof 1 fend you a few to infert, if you think fit, in your Maga zine, not doubting but they will be acceptable to your moral Readers, as they were agreeable to me. I have written the Names as I found them, tho' l am fenfible they are very uncouth to one who is not acquainted with the French, and mult appear quite different to fuch a Perfon, from what they would do when written after the English Manner, as you propofe in your Plan without which Improvement, I I queftion if I should have been a Subfcriber, notwithstanding all other Advantages may have beyond the Original. The Watchy ulness and Authority of a Mother over her Children, altho married. *To give this Correfpondent the ready Anfwer, is plainly telling him, There is not yet Encouragement fufficient to begin the Work on the Scheme of the Propofals publish'd. This Scheme was calculated, on the View of getting a Thousand Subfcriptions, to give 50l. for the Encouragement of Artifts, and to make a Dividend of further Profit among the first Thousand Subscribers, as Encouragers of the Work: But as many Subfcriptions were made on this Condition, and the Whole did not amount to the faid Number, the Affair has been at a Stand, till now the Impatience and Enquiries of Gentlemen have put it again in Motion. In a few Weeks therefore Part of the Work will be printed and fent to the Subfcribers; who are defired in the Interim to procure what Subfcriptions they can among their Friends, that the Work may come out, if not on the Scheme of giving 50% at least in the ufual Way; and to fend the Subfcriptions they get as foon as poffible, that a Judgment may be made how many Books it will be proper to print. the |