. The craftsman. Fel** lows in a Corner, with meer Ink and Elbciv-Greafe* do more Harm than an hundred fchifmatical Divines w\t\),\r fzL-eaty Preaching I and, which isadrangt* Thing, the very Spanges, which one wouki thint* ftiould rather deface and blot out the whole Book. and were antiently ufedtothat Purpofe, are becom<* now the Inftruments to make Things legible. Theii* ugly Printing-Letters, thstlook but like fo many rot-* ten I^eeth, how oft have they been pulfd out by B•* and L, the puhlick Tooth-dra^jvers ? And yet thef< * * rafcally Operators of the Prefs have got a Trick tc
. The craftsman. Fel** lows in a Corner, with meer Ink and Elbciv-Greafe* do more Harm than an hundred fchifmatical Divines w\t\),\r fzL-eaty Preaching I and, which isadrangt* Thing, the very Spanges, which one wouki thint* ftiould rather deface and blot out the whole Book. and were antiently ufedtothat Purpofe, are becom<* now the Inftruments to make Things legible. Theii* ugly Printing-Letters, thstlook but like fo many rot-* ten I^eeth, how oft have they been pulfd out by B•* and L, the puhlick Tooth-dra^jvers ? And yet thef< * * rafcally Operators of the Prefs have got a Trick tc* Men them again in a few Minutes, that they grow • * as firm a Set, and ^s biting and talkative as ever* O Printing / how haft Thou difturbd the Peace o:** Mankind! that Lead^ when moulded into Bullets** is not fo mortal as when founded into Letters ! Then* was a Miftakefure in the Story of C^/w^z;; aridth<^ Serpent^s Teeth, which He fow*d, were nothing elf( • but the Letters He invented. D» Saturday,. N^ 450. ^he Craftsman. 211^^ A,S^.S^TVRT> AY ^February 15,1734-5. N E of the minifiertal Tovls hath lately-been very fevere upon Me, as She feenisto imagine, for making Ufe of Rota-tions in feme of my Writings; thoughtheir own Papers are often filid up withnothing elfe, for feveral Weeks together ; nay, evenwith tedious Repetitions of their o^vn dull, annlverfaryLibelsy which They endeavour to cram down theThroat of the Publick by Piece meal, after They haveftejefted them in Gr(7/r. But Citations, when properlykpplyd, are certainly ufeful in many Cafes j eitherby Way of Aitthority, to enforce an Argument; or to;illuftrate Points, which Decency, Prudence, and com-(Hon Safety will not permit Us to explain in nakedTerms. For this Reafon, I propofe at prefent to en-ertain my Readers with a Story out of Rapin, re-ating to the Duke of Bretagne, in the Reigns of ourRichard the 3d, and Henry tht 7th, which I believevill not be thought unfeafonable at this Junfture. V* * Fra
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