The works of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq . was hightime to bring him to punifhment. But the witnefs over-hearing the wordPillory repeated twice or thrice, flunk away privately, and hid himfelf a-mong the people. After a full hearing on both fides, Count Tarifwzs caft, and GoodmanFaSl got his caufe; but the Court fitting late, did not think it fit at thattime to give him cofts, or indeed to enter into that matter. The honeft manimmediately retired, after having afTured his friends, that at any time whenthe Count fhould appear on the like occafion, he would undertake their de-f
The works of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq . was hightime to bring him to punifhment. But the witnefs over-hearing the wordPillory repeated twice or thrice, flunk away privately, and hid himfelf a-mong the people. After a full hearing on both fides, Count Tarifwzs caft, and GoodmanFaSl got his caufe; but the Court fitting late, did not think it fit at thattime to give him cofts, or indeed to enter into that matter. The honeft manimmediately retired, after having afTured his friends, that at any time whenthe Count fhould appear on the like occafion, he would undertake their de-fence, and come to their afliftance, if they would be at the pains to findhim out. It is incredible, how general a joy Goodman Faffs fuecefs created in thecity of London; there was nothing to be feen or heard the next day, butfhaking of hands, congratulations, reflections on the danger they had efcaped;and gratitude to thofe who had delivered them from it. The night concluded with balls, bonfires, ringing of bells, and the likepublick demonftrations of Qq* THE THE W H I G-E X A M I N E R. N°i. }II The Whig-Examiner. Ni. Thurfday, September 14. 1710. Nefcia mens hominum fati fortifque futura,Etfervare modum, rebus fublata fecundis ITurno tempus crit, magno cum optaverit emptumIntaclum Pal Ianta, £f cum folia ijia diemqueOderit . THE defign of this work is to cenfure the writings of others, and togive all perfons a rehearing, who have fuffered under any unjuft fen-tence of the Examiner. As that Author has hitherto proceeded, hispaper would have been more properly entitled the Executioner: at leaft hisexamination is like that which is made by the rack and wheel. I have al-ways admired a Critic that has difcovered the beauties of an author, andnever knew one who made it his bufinefs to lafh the faults of other writersthat was not guilty of greater himfelf; as the hangman is generally a worfemalefactor, than the criminal that fuffers by his hand. To prove what Ifay, there nee
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