. The craftsman. idering their ec-centrick Motions, fhall never be qualifyd for fo greatan Honour. I content Myfelf with looking uponThem at a Diftance, as a fort of Prodigies in Nature,who draw the World after Them by feme occult , and fhew the Vanity of all human Wifdom ; foras They proceed by no Rules of Art, it is plain thatThey muil havefome Noftrum, or Specifick for all po-litical Ruptures, which the Faculty cannot difcover, andtherefore, like other Profeflions, endeavour to cryThem down as a Couple of meer Quacks; but theirCures fpeak for Them, like Wards Pills, and thoughThey k
. The craftsman. idering their ec-centrick Motions, fhall never be qualifyd for fo greatan Honour. I content Myfelf with looking uponThem at a Diftance, as a fort of Prodigies in Nature,who draw the World after Them by feme occult , and fhew the Vanity of all human Wifdom ; foras They proceed by no Rules of Art, it is plain thatThey muil havefome Noftrum, or Specifick for all po-litical Ruptures, which the Faculty cannot difcover, andtherefore, like other Profeflions, endeavour to cryThem down as a Couple of meer Quacks; but theirCures fpeak for Them, like Wards Pills, and thoughThey keep the Secret of the Compofition to Them-felves, every Body will foon be convinced of its Effi-cacy by the Operation. You are therefore defired, for the publick Benefit;to infert this Letter in your next Craftfman; by whichYou will oblige many departed State/men here, andparticularly ji. Tour humble Ser-vant, N. Machiavel. To N^433» ^^ Craftsman. S9 N°433. SaturdaYj, Odlokr 19, 1734. ro CALEB D»ANVERS, ii/£j. [Bout four Years ago, I fent you a Letter,in Defence of a certain great Minijler,which You did Me the Juftice to infertin your Paper. Having fmce receivedfome particular Favours from that Gen-tleman, and finding You perfevere in the fame Courfeof Defan\ation, I think it my Duty to throw in theother Mite, and muft once more rely on your Impar-tiality for making it publick. Nothing has furprized Me fo much of late as thegeneral Concurrence of all Parties in lamenting theprefent State of om foreign Affairs; for notwithftand-ingyour Drollery on our late Treaties, and little Wit-ticifms on the tioo noble Brothers, who have had theHonour to condud them, I will undertake to defendboth our Negotiators and our Negotiations, and prov©the Abilities of one from the EfFeds qi th^ other. There cannot be a greater Mark of true politicalWifdom than the Choice of proper Means to attain theEnd^ which a Man propofes to Himfelf. Let us there-fore enquire what was the great End, which ou
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