their Confufion is occafioned thereby? But does not he know, that ten Times as much has been Occafioned by their leaving the literal Senfe? Of which he takes no Notice. What Anfwer does fuch a Writer deferve? In the fame Mint, but of a deeper Stamp, is coined his Phrafe of the Hebrew Tongue capable of being reader'd literally at all Times into all others without lofs or diminution," which is a Miracle of his own Imagination, and a Falfhood obvious to any one, as charged to be the Confequence of A. P.'s Words. Let us fee how much better he Vindicates himself.

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He asks in his ift Letter, "whether flee before him, v. 2. is not as literal a Tranflation, as flee by his Face? Melteth at the Fire, v. 3. as by the Face of the Fire? Before God, v. 4. as, by the Face of God? That might well be wondered at; but he, not Sat shed to let it pafs fo, affirms in this," that one is as literal a Tranflation as the other, becaufe, fays he, the Hebrew words, when divided, fignify by the Face, yet in their compounded State they generally fignify before or because of. This might be, it in the Original they were here both compounded and divided, that is, both together and a part in the fame Situation, otherwife it is impofible: But because they are here joined, their Signification when fe- D parated, cannot be fo literal as the other. Moreover, why does he put because of in Contra-diftinction to ty? It has here the very fame meaning. Alfo in v. 2. and 3. it is the Letter fignifying from, because of, or by, in v. 4. the Letter fignifying to, or before, which is prefixed to the Hebrew word for Fice, and accordingly A. P. rendered it. But it is the fame according to Phil. tho' the Letters (which he calls Words) have a Directly contrary Meaning. To compleat this profcund Paffage, having faid that one is as literal a Tranflation as the other, he adds, "and I think more agreeable to an English Ear." But having not told us which it is, I must leave it, only Remarking that we shall not be very apt 10 wonder for the future, let him write what he will.

He asks alfo in his former Letter, "whether fretch out her Hands unto God, v. 32. is not as literal, as run with bis Hands to God? The Letter being a Pronoun at the end of a Word, is always Mafculine, as it is here after the Hebrew Word for Hands, and is her as literal a Tranflation of it as his? It would be modeft to blush a Little!-But if he may be Credited in his laft, tho' one Expreffion be as literal as the other, yet neither of them is literal at all, for here he fays, "The Origi nal is fhall make his Hands run to God, for being skilled fo well in the Hebrew as to be able to look out the Meaning of that common Word in Buxtorf's Dictionary, how happy was he to find Currere faciet Manus fuas ad Deum, Pfalm 68. 32. But he might have obferved that the ft Word even ia Hiphil is barely currere. That the Word is ftrongly Expreffive of a ready Submission in a Polture of Supplication, is as true of it as

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of the English Words run, make to run, and run to, which it fignifies, and no more, let him prove it if he can: And also that refre edft is as literal as preparedft in v. 1o. which he likewife affirms, tho' the Hebrew Word has no fuch Signification, and was fo rendered only because it feemed to agree well with rain, and by the like undue Liberty has weary been tranflated dry. But for any to affert that one is as literal as the other, is quite Aftonishing.

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V. 12. The Women declaring were a greate Army, falls alfo under the Cenfure of this Critick: "Declaring, fays he, in my Opinion is a very Imperfect rendering of Mebafferoth." it would be fo, because the Hebrew Word is feminine and plural, neither of which declareing alone would determine, therefore . P. tranflated it the Wamen declaring yet he goes "this must often be the Cafe, when a Tranflator confines himself to render Word for Word." But declaring is not only Extremely flat, but Imperfect in another Manner according to him, and should be publishing good News, or celebrating great Actions; but the Text informs us, it was the Word which the Lord gave them that they declared, for which Reafon we have no need of fuch Commentators. And if feveral People declare a Matter, is not that publishing of it Thefe Remarks of Phil. are not taken Notice of as being of any weight, or deferving it, for if that had been regarded, his whole Letter might have been let alone.

V. 13. Did flee, did flee; other Tranflators render in like Manner, by repeating the Word, without Fear of either Puzzling or Diverting, any more than the Original. The Reader miy look Ezek. 22. 2. and 21. 27. Fuds. 5. 27. Ifa. 38. 19. and 51, 9. Hof. 2. 2. The Pfalmift repeats it to make it more Solemn, and cause it to be taken more Notice of, like the Criers of our Courts, the Judge pronouncing the Sentence, or as we cn many other Occafions do in English.

V. 17. Why do you fart up, fays Phil. is as bald, as why hop ye fo, in the common Tranflation. But there is not the leaft Danger of any one's Thinking fo befides himself. Prompted by a mufical Ear and a difappointed Mind, the Man feems to be a little Intranced "The Original, adds he, is Why do you exult,” which rendering he feems to Efteem the Beft. G But I defire leave to ask, ift. Who told him fo? 2d. Whether he be not the Perfon who is against a Tranflation's being unfit for vulgar Ufe? 3d. Whether the Word exit be not fo? And lastly, How he will make it agree with the Context? Who fees not the Royal Pro phet fpoke of the Mountains, and the diftant Brows upon them, ftarting up unexpectedly to the Eye and Admiration of the Traveller, and yet that God would not leave the Mountain which he Inhabited to dwell there?

The laft Place he faftens upon is v. 31. but I fhall undo his hold. "Rebuke thou the reed Company. This is indeed the Original, Word for Word: But in English fignifies juft no

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thing" Thus he. Longinus that Prince of Cri
ticks is juftly admired, because while he (peaks
of any Excellency of the Antients, he
imitates it in his own Writing. Why should
not Phil. have alfo his due Praife? For while
he is telling that Signifies juft nothing, he has
a fine Imitation of it in his own Affertion, be-
ing without any Proof or Probability. " of
the Writer's intention, continues he, was to
exprefs a Company of Spearmen or Archers,
c. But it does not appear that the inspired
Writer had any fuch Intention, neither A.P.
nor the Original any fuch Signification: What B
then has he got hold of? Alas! just nothing.
The Hebrew word fignifies Beast as well as
Company, fo it has been tranflared here both
in Latin and English: And Beasts of the Reeds
agrees very well with trong Beats (or Bulls)
and Calves, and may be taken in the fame
Meaning with thofe Words in the common
Bibles. Reed Company is the fame, Marthes
and Fens where Reeds grow, being the ufuil
Places for Cattle to be in Companies, yea the
Words immediately following exprefsly tell
what the reed Company is, viz. the Affembly
of the strong Beasts, &c. But it appearing that
the expreffion is Metaphorical, fignifying the
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by their Subjecting themselves with Pieces of
Silver, &c. therefore is reed Company beft,
comprehending both that and the literal Senfe,
and retaining the very Beauty and Defign of
the Original.

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Jam fenior, fed cruda Dee, viridifq; Seneāns. Now Senior, but in fresh and green old Age. is a noble Inftance: How happy fhould we have been-Si fic omnia dixiffet.

But to fhew how ufeful and ornamental fuch Kind of Verfions may be, if pursued with a fcrupulous Exactness, I here prefent you with a Specimen of fuch a one from Horace, who would certainly bear a greater CCharacter, and be more in requeft among the Men of Tafte, if he were Tranflated in this Manner either by A. P. or his Friends.

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Sept. 1, 1736. Was in great Hopes of feeing more Specimens of that incomparable Author's Diligence and Sagacity, who gave us not long ago a moft extraordinary Verfion of the 68th Pfalm; fuch as the whole Learned World muft extol, and the Ignorant wonder at. I was always from a School-boy a Friend to Literal Tranflations and Literal Meanings; and therefore I would not have this Great F Genius flag, and give over his Defign. To ufe his own inimitable Expreffion, I would not have chofe Mountains of Great Rifings produce nothing, but load to us a few more of thefe lofty Compofitions; efpecially fince, as he tells us, his Method will make his Labour more and more expeditious, as he advances in it. It muft undoubtedly very much enrich our Language to tranfplant fo many Hebraifms and Oriental Roots into it, at the fame time that it makes us fee fo clearly the Senfe of the Pfalmift, that for the future the whole Tribe of Commentators will become ufelefs, and mere wafte Paper. It is pity all Mankind cannot be brought to difcern the Ufefulness of fuch Verfions: As for my felt, I am fo far convinced of the Juftnefs, Beauty and Profitablenefs of Tranflating Literally, that I could with all the Greek and Latin Clafficks fo ferved. What a glorious Figure they would make, if 4. P. would but take 'em in hand; for there is no Reafon to ima

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HOR. L. 1. Ode 5.

WHat flender Boy urges thee in much Rofe
Ponred all over with liquid Smells,
Under a grateful Cave, Pyrrha?
To whom tyeft thou thy yellow Hair,
Plain in Neatneffes? Alas how often
Will he cry-Faith and the changed Gods,
And unaccustom'd wonder at
The Seas rough with black Winds?
Who now credulous enjoys Golden thee,
Who hopes thee always at leisure, always
Amiable, Ignorant of the Fallacions
Air, Wretches! to whom thou feineft,
Untried. Me, the Wall facred

With votive Table indicates

To have hung up my wet Garments
To the able God of the Sea.

P. S.

Sept. 3. Since I writ this, I fee we are made happy

by another Performance of A. P. I much congratulate the Publick upon being made acquainted, which few were before, with "Song of the Stairs: The only Misfortune is, it is fo fhort that there is hardly room for the extraordinary Genius of the Tranflator to difplay itself. But as I ftill emulate his Performances, however unequal to the Task, I will venture to give a fecond Specimen of Flaccus, which is fhort too; and for a Title to it, if Criticks fay true, I need not fcruple to call it A Secular Verfe.

are my prefent Sufferings, that Life, with Philander's Infults, is not to be supported another Hour. Hard-hearted, cruel Man!could you be fatisfied with nothing left than A eternal Ruin? So artful a Deceiver are you,, that I could as foon have queftion'd my own Existence, as your Sincerity, till fad Experi- › ence forced me Philander! think how you unwilling as I was, to know

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Cautions against Quadrille. Mr. URBAN, (-SEE 373.) Beg leave, thro' your means, to make a few Remarks upon a most growing A Vice; which if not timely prevented, will end in the Ruin of the young and unwary of both Sexes; I mean the great Increafe of Play in private Houses, and more particularly that artful and cheating Game of Quadrille. It is the constant Bufinefs of the Puffs who belong to the gaming Societies, to make a general Ac- B quaintance, and by a Volubility of Tongue, to commend Company and Conversation; to advise young People, or those who but lately came to Town, to improve themfelves in the Beau Monde. The young and unwary, thro' their Inexperience, greedily fwallow this Advice, and deliver themfelves up to the Conduct of these Harpies, who fwarm in every Corner where vifiting is in Fashion: By whom they are introduced into these polite Fa milies, and taught to lose their Money and Reputation in a genteel Manner. Thefe Societies confift moftly of 2 or 3 infignificant old Maids, the fame Number of gay Widows in want of more Things than one; a batter'd old Beau, or two, fome decay'd Perfon of a good Family, made ufe of merely as a Cypher to carry on the Bufinefs, by having the Honour to be marry'd to the Lady, who to oblige her Friends and People of good Fafhion only,

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The TRIAL of Capt. John Porteous, before the High Criminal Court, or Lords of Justicia; ry in Scotland.

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The LIBEL or INDICTMENT.

Ohn Porteous, lately one of the Captain Lieutenants of City Guard of Edinburgh, now Prifoner within the Tolbooth of the faid City, YOU are indicted and accufed at the Inftance of Duncan Forbes, Efq, his Majefty's Advocate for his Highnels's Intereft; THAT WHERE by the Law of GOD, the common Law, municipal Law and Practice of this Kingdom, and Laws of all other well governed Realms,Murder and Slaughter, Maiming and Wounding with mortal Weapons, any of Subjects of fuch Realms, and the ordering, commanding and caufing any Band, or Number of Men, armed with Firelocks and other mortal. Weapons, to fall upon, wound, murder, and deftroy Numbers of his Majesty's Subjects, innocently and lawfully affembled, by firing fharp Shot amongst them, whereby Multitudes are, or may be endangered, and many Men, Women and innocent Children are, or may be killed or wounded, without any just Cause or Occafion, and without lawful Warrant more especially, when committed in the publick Streets of a City, by a Perfon lawfully commiffioned by the Magiftrates thereof, to command fuch Band of armed Men, for the Prefervation of Peace and Order, and for the Defence of the Inhabitants, and others reforting thereto, are Crimes of a high Nature, and feverely punishable, YET TRUE IT IS, and of Verity, That you the faid John Poricons, have prefumed to commit, and are guilty. and acceffory, or Art and Part of all and every, or one or other of the forefaid Crimes aggravated as aforefaid: IN SO FAR AS, upon the Fourteenth Day of April laft, or one or other of the Days of the faid Month, when the deceas'd Andrew Wilson, fentenced to be of Edinburgh, you being at that time one of Death by the High Court of Jufticiary, was to be executed at the Grafs market of the City the Captain Lieutenants of the Town Guard of the faid City, lawfully commiffioned by the Magiftrates and Town Council thereof; and in the ordinary Course of Rotation, with the other Officers of the faid Guard, being ordered to attend at the faid Execution, to preferve Difcharge of his Duty, having under your the Peace, and fupport the Executioner in the Command a Detachment of about feventy Men, you did then attend in the faid Grassmarket accordingly, and after the faid Andrew Willon had hung upon the Gallows erected for his Execution, until he was dead, at leaft for a confiderable Time, and fo long as there Hfhaking off all Fear of GOD, and Refpect to was ground to conclude he was dead, YCU his Majefty's Laws, and conceiving a moft wicked and malicious Purpofe of destroying, wounding and maiming Numbers of his Majefty's Subjects, the Inhabitants of the faid City of Edinburgh, and others there affembled at the faid Execution, without any just Cause

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fuffers her Houfe to be made ufe of for thefe Purposes. In thefe Places it is, that young Ladies of moderate Fortunes are drawn in to the infallible Ruin of their Reputations: And when by falfe Cards, Slipping, Signs, and Crimp, they are stript of their laft Guinea, their wretched Com panions will either not know them, or if they do, it is in order to turn the Penny, by felling a pretty Creature to Lechery, and Difeafes. Any one acquainted with the west End of the Town, cannot but have obferved all this with Regret, if they have Honour and Compaffion in them. Nor need I mention the weft End only, I G believe all Points of the Compafs are infected; and it is to be wifh'd, a Remedy could be found to prevent it. I cannot better conclude, than with thofe fine Lines, in which Mr Pope feemed to be very well acquainted with the foregoing Mifcreants. See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Touth of Frolicks, an Old Age of Cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Toung without Lovers,Old without a Friend; A Fop their Paffion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot.

Philo-Innocenti

Nivan late Servant to William Sellars Writer in Edinburgh, Refidenter in the Petterrow. AT LEAST, the faid Perfons were fo killed, wounded and maimed, by the firing in manner, and by the Direction as aforefaid, and by the fecond Firing after mentioned: For not contented with the Barbarities thus committed, after you had, with the faid Company or Detachment of the City Guard, marched towards, or into the Place of Street called the Weft-Bow, you without juft, Caufe or Occafion, again ordered the Men under your Command, to face about and fire upon the People, and at or about the fame time, you fired a Musket or Firelock that was in your own Hand, having either re-loaded, or caufed to be re-loaded your own Piece, or taken another out of the Hand of one of the Guard, and feverals of the faid Guard did upon that fecond Example and Command of yours, fire upon the Multitude, whereby lexander M'Neil Son to M'Neil Indweller in Mertonhall, received a Shot in the Head, with a Bullet or Lead Drop, which pierced into his Brain, at leaft, a mortal Wound or Wounds in his Head or Body, fo that he died thereof in a few Days thereafter, and Margaret Gordon, Servant to William Ogilvie Taylor in St. Mary Wynd in Edinburgh, received a Wound in the Head above her left Eye, with a Bullet or large D Drop of Lead, which pierced into her Brain, at leaft, a mortal Wound or Wounds in her Head or Body, fo that he died thereof in a fhort Space thereafter, and Henry Graham Taylor in Canongate, received a Wound in the Head, with a Bullet or large Drop of Lead, which pierced into his Brain, at least, a mortal Wound or Wounds in his Head or Body, of which he died in a few Hours thereafter: AT LEAST, by this, and the other Firings by you, and by your Order and Example above mentioned, all or one or more of the Perfons particularly above recited, as having been killed, received mortal Wounds, of which they foon after died, and all, or one or more of the Perfons above recited to have

Or neceffary Occafion, ordered the faid DeTachment of the Guard, under your Command, to fire upon the People fo affembled at the faid Execution. And the Men, at least seyerals of them, having fired, as it feems you ap- A prehended, over the Heads of the Multitude, To as to avoid doing them harm, you with Threats and Imprecations repeared your Commands to fire, calling out to them, to level their Pieces and be damn'd, or Words to that purpose, and at or about the fame time, you fevelled the Firelock that was in your own Hand, taking aim at Charles Husband, Servant to Paul Husband, Confectioner in the Abbay of Holy-rood-houfe, and moft wickedly and murderously fired at him, whereupon he immediately dropped to the Ground, having received a Wound by a Bullet, or large Drop of Lead, on the left Side of his Head, which pierced into his Brain, and another large Wound likewife by a Bullet or large Drop of Lead, on the left Side of his Neck; and a third Wound in his Body, and a fourth Wound in his left Hand, at leaft a mortal Wound or Wounds, whereof he died in fome short Space thereafter: AT LEAST, you did fo level your Piece, and appeared to take your Aim at fome one of the innocent Multitude, who happened to stand directly over-against you, and you did fire, and upon your lo firing, the faid Charles Husband, at leaft one or other of the Perfons particularly after mentioned, or more of them; did immediately drop to the Ground, having received a mortal Wound or Wounds, whereof they foon after died. And by your faid Example and Command, feverals of the faid Guard, to the Number of twenty, lefs or more, did at the fame time with you, or foon after you, fire upon the innocent Multitude, whereby all, or one or more of the following Perfons received mortal Wounds, whereof they foon after died, viz. Archibald Ballantyne, Son to John Ballantyne younger, Dyfter in Dalkeith, received feveral Wounds, with Bullers or large Drops of Lead, which pierced into his Body, at leaft a mortal Wound or Wounds F in his Head or Body, whereof he died a few Days thereafter. AND John Anderson, Son to George Anderfon, in Craig head, Drover, received a Wound in the Head with a Bullet or large Drop of Lead, at leaft a mortal Wound or Wounds in his Head or Body, whereof he died in few Hours thereafter. AND the following Perfons were grievously G maimed, hurt and wounded, to the great Danger of their Lives, viz. Margaret Arthur alias Airth; Refidenter in the Canongate, near the Water-gate thereof, Jean Peat Servant to James McDouall Merchant in Edinburgh, Da. vid Wallace Journeyman Wright in Edinburgh, James Philp late Servant to

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Efq, Refidenter in the Canongate, David Kidd H Taylor in Edinburgh, Patrick Spalding Appren tice to David Mitchell Jeweller in Edinburgh, James Lyle, and Alexander Wallace, both Servants to James Wright Staymaker in Edinburgh, John Miller Taylor in Edinburgh, David Ogilvie Writer in Edinburgh, and James

been wounded, were grievously maimed, hurt, and wounded, to the great Danger of their Lives: AT LEAST, at the Time and Place aforefaid, the faid Perfons above named and mentioned, to have been refpectively killed and wounded, were all, or one or more of them, wickedly and maliciously flaughtered, murdered and wounded, by Wounds feverally given them by mortal Weapons. AND YOU ARE GUILTY, Art and Part, of the Slaughter, Murder, and wounding of all, or one or more of them, ALL WHICH, or any Part thereof being found proven by the Ver diet of an Affize, in Prefence of the Lord Juftice General, Juftice Clerk, and Commitlioners of Jufticiary, you ought to be most ex? emplarily punished with the Pains of Law, to the Terror of others to commit the like in Time coming.

CH. ARESKINE; A. D.