and to put out the firft Sparks of Party, ere they can kindle the Fire of Sedition. Moderation ought therefore to be as ftrongly recommended to the People, with Refpect to their Behaviour towards thofe in Power, as it ought to Men in Office, to prevent their making ill Ules of the Authority put into their Hands. I Free Briten, Jan. 11. N° 163. Gratitude and Ingratitude. Am aftonifh'd (fays Walfingham) A The Refuge, than to tax it with exceffive Bounty, and abufe the Men whom they hate, for the Favours they have received. 'Tis the first Inftance that a Government has been quarrell'd with for being too good to those who deferve its Encouragement. ingenious Mr. Rowe spent much Time and Pains, at the late Earl of Oxford's Command, to qualify himfelf with Languages, in View to a publick Employment; yet receiv'd no better Return, than meerly to be B told, He bad the much envied Pleasure of reading fome celebrated Authors in their Originals. And all the World will agree, that fuch Ufage as this would have juftified even a Craftsman against that Minifter. to hear Mankind extol themselves as fuch generous Animals; for Violence and Rapine feem to be their great Characteristicks. We complain of the Lyon and Tyger for their fierce and rapacious Qualities, and C indulge the fame ferocious Difpofition. Elegance of Tafte, fruitful Inventions, and artful Policies are our beloved Attributes: Hence we upbraid the Brutes for Want of Reason; not confidering that, had they Faculties of Thought and Speech, equal to their Strength of Nerves and Mufcles, they would then do by us as they are now done by. But whatever Attempts fome Perfons may make to afperse an Adminiftration, or whatever their Motives may be, 'tis infinitely lefs criminal, than for the Friends of those Minif ters to betray and deceive them. No Man alive can fay, with Truth, that he would not rather have Reproach Dand Abuse in his Lot. than Treachery and Ingratitude: For my Part, I would fooner chufe ten open Enemies, than one unfaithful Friend. Hiftories are not without Inftances of generous Lions and gentle Tygers; Dogs are remarkably faithful, and almost every Creature has fomething E to be valued; yet ftill if the greatest Part of them are corrupt, extravagant, and violent, the fame may be faid of ourselves. The nobleft Paffion in every Creature, in my Opinion, is Gratitude. To renounce this Virtue feems to be F the most unnatural Part; and the Man who is guilty of the odious Crime of Ingratitude, is unworthy of a Being even among the Beasts, for they difown the Vice. 'Tis the prefent Cafe with us, to charge not a few with deferting and deceiving the Government, whilft thofe, who are thus guilty of Ingratitude, have no other G Grubfireet Journal, Jan. 11. N° 159. Of the Grubs. H. proposes to give fome Account of the Grubeans, or Grubftreet Society. He thinks it was their venerable Body that gave Name to the Street where their chief Lodge is held; as Newgate has done to Newgate-ftreet; Lud's Castle, or Gate, to Ludgate-ftreet, &c. But then 'twill be ask'd, fays he, how we came to be call'd Grubs? I anfwer, in the Words of an eminent Author, All human Kind are Worms: And if all Men have been usually reprefented as Worms, it was natural for the Wits of yore to divide the whole Species into feveral Claffes. An Enemy to our Society repre fents modern Authors by fix Hieroglyphicks; and feems to point out the fnaky Conftitution as predominant in a Grub-ftreet Satyrift; in his firft Epifle to Mr. Pope, Page 19. The flood, flame, fwine, the lion, and the snake, Made up of venom,volumes, stains,and ftings,&c. Some may think we fhould from hence be called Snakes: But fome of my Arguments, to fhew the Impropriety thereof, will ferve to prove the Propriety of our most antient Title, Grubs. For Snakes are said to be swift in their Motions: Whereas the Contrary is the Property of Grubs, which for this Reafon are by fome called Slugs; and Grub-street Genius's are remarkable for their deliberative and flow Progreffion. Again, Snakes are known to caft their Sloughs or Coats, and to put on new ones every Year: But every Body knows this is not agreeable to our Cuftom, who are forced to make our old ones ferve feveral Years. Befides, with Mr. Pliny's Leave, Grubs are more frequently bred in human Heads than Snakes; especially, if they are, as a Brother of ours afferts, a Sort of Maggots. And laftly, the obfcure Crawling, in Oppofition to Soaring, makes me conclude, that Grubs are the most proper Infects to denote Writers of our Rank; and confequently, that Grub-street was fo called from us. Thus I think I have fufficiently demonftrated, that we derive our Name from the real living maggoty Grub, fo well known to our beloved Kinfmen the Society of Garden ers. And as to our being called Grubeans, I can only fay, it is a Corruption of our true Name; and that the Free Mafons may as properly be called Mafonians. I fhall conclude with obferving, that Crane Court may poffibly take its Name from the learned Society there, who are famous for diving into fecret Things; which the extraordinary Length of the Neck and A Beak of the Crane makes that Fowl capable of doing. And I have good Reason to think, that the antient Name of Old-street, was Owl-freet: Which Name was chang'd into the other in the Reign of Edward V. in whofe Time was conftantly held a B Chapter or Society of Antiquaries, in Honour of whom it took the Appellation of Old-ftreet, which it has ever fince retain'd. Univerfal Spectator, Jan. 13. N° 223. A C Character of King Edward the Third. Correfpondent fays, I am fo enamour'd with the Evennefs of Edward IIId's Conduct while he was fit for Action, that I know not any Prince who can be put in Competition with him, if not Henry IV. of D France. When the News was brought to Edward of his Son the Black Prince's Victory at Poitiers, where his noble Carriage to King John did him no lefs Honour than his Bravery and Conduct in the Battle; the English Monarch declar'd, E that he receiv'd lefs Satisfaction from his Son's glorious Succefs, than from the Account of his Behaviour to the captive King. Sure never Age saw, living at the fame Time, fuch a Father and fuch a Son! Their Memory ought always to be dear to the English, fince they rais'd their Name to the highest Pitch of Glory. F Whoever takes a View of the Life of this great King, will find it set that of his Grandfon [Richard II.} in a very difadvantageous Light. The Grandfather was a Father of his Country, the Grandfon a Tyrant; the Former made the Laws the Rule by which he govern'd, the other. broke thro' all Law, trampled upon the the Liberties of his Subjects, and by a corrupt Parliament fpilt the best English Blood to remove his Fears, and establish an arbitrary Power. A French Hiftorian gives Edward III. the following Character. B He was tall, but well proportion- A ed, and his very Looks commanded Refpect; he was beneficent to Men of Worth, but inexorable to those of a different Character. Hiftory makes mention but of few Princes who knew fo well how to blend the Characters of a Sovereign, a Man of Probity, and a good Chriftian; tho' as to the latter, he was not without his Faults. In his Converfation he was always eafy, but yet grave: A Friend to the Poor, the Widow, and the Orphan; and thought it a Duty incumbent on him to relieve the Ne- C ceffities of thofe who had fallen into unavoidable Misfortunes: Never King before him, diftributed Ho nours and Rewards with greater Judgment and more Regard to real Merit. Tho' his Bravery was every where acknowledg'd, he never fhew'd the D leaft Vanity on this Account; and never gave greater Proofs of his Humility than in the Course of his Victories, which he ever attributed to the only Protection of Heaven: He very well knew how to maintain the Prerogatives of the Crown, without E breaking in upon the Liberties of the Subject. All the preceding Reigns taken together, will not furnish fo many Acts of Parliament for the Benefit of the People, as were made in his. Edward always agreeing with this auguft Body which reprefented the Nation, by the Means of fo happy an Union, reprefs'd the Enterprizes of the Court of Rome, which durft never venture to have any Difputes with him. The Glory of his Son, the Prince of Wales, added a new Luftre to his own; and the uninterrupted Harmony between him and his Queen, was an Augmentation of his Happiness. As he was never F elated in Profperity, fo he was never dejected in Adverfity; his Evenness of Temper was visible, both in the Lofs of thofe Provinces which coft him fo much Money, fuch Fatigue and Care to conquer, and in the Victories by which he acquir'd them: In short, we might look upon him as an accomplish'd Prince, if his Ambition had not made him break, after an unjuftifiable Manner, the Peace he had himself concluded with Scotland, to deprive a Minor of his Kingdom, who was, befide, his Brotherin-Law. Some add his Rupture with France, and his Pretenfions to that Crown, as not over prudent, and attribute them to his Ambition only. As to his Weakness for Alice Pierce in his old Age, it is a Blot will fcarcely be perceiv'd, when blended with the many Virtues which adorn'd his Life; we may in fome Measure excufe him, by faying, that in the Beginning he look'd upon his Paflion as a pure Amufement, which fomewhat diverted his Thoughts from the Cares he was in; that having been little acquainted with the Force of Love, during his Youth, he was not fufficiently upon his Guard in his old Age. T Applebee's Journal, Jan. 13. HIS Paper is defign'd as an Anfwer to the laft Craftsman, (fee p. 5.) Let us go farther fil', fays D'Anvers, let us fuppofe, that fome foreign Power in the Interest of the Pretender, fhould conjure up a great naval Armament, all on a fudden, without any body's Notice, and find Means to fteal it into England, by the Aiftance of a dark Night, or favourable Wind; yet I should be glad to know what they are to do, when they get bere. We will tell him (fays this GWriter) what has been done by one, who was a Pretender to the Crown of England, who in every Refpect and every Circumitance had fmaller Ex pectations pectations of Success than the prefent. London Journal, Jan. 13. N° 707. Of the Army: Occafion'd by fome late F Europe (fays Ofborne) was in IF ble; no Paffes, nor ftrong Places can ftop an Enemy that should land up on us. Our Ifland is very large; a Fleet can be but in one Place, at one Time; the fame Wind that drives the Ene my upon us, may hinder us from being able to come at them: they may be fo fecret in their Design, and bring over fo many thoufand Regular Troops in a few Veffels, that we may be abfolutely unprepared. The French in Q. Anne's Time, fhipped 7000 Soldiers in 11 Frigates, of which we knew nothing till 3 Weeks before they put to Sea. So that our Fleet depending on fo many Chances, ought not to be our only Refource against a Foreign Invafion; we should have two Strings to our Bow, and C not be without this double Security of Fleet and Army. D was an Age ago, the Propofal of an F I confess I fee no Neceffity of regular Troops against popular Infurrections; the natural Strength of the Kingdom, the Militia and Civil Magiftrates, befides the Influence which the Difpofition of Employments, Offices, and Honours gives the King over the Nobility, Gentry, and others, would be fufficient against all popular Infurrections; efpecially, if it be true, as we are informed, that there is no Difaffection among us but downright Jacobitifm, and that the Church is converted. Civil Government? land is an open Country, full of Gas Good: Muft we therefore have no Plenty, every where able to fubfift an Army; our Towns and Cities are unlortified, our Rivers are all forda The Gentleman who wrote the late Papers in the Craftimar, talks very well about Militias, and like a true Briton fays, That we ought never to divest ourfelves or Children, of the Means of afferting our Liberty; and that no People can be justly call'd free, when they have Fog's Journal, Jan. 13. N° 219. F the Commodities imported from our Plantations, and which take our own Product and Manufactures no Dernier-rejort from Oppreffion, A in Return, fhould be laid under Ex ⚫ and when 'tis in the Power of the Prince to make himself abfolute. But we have a Dernier-refort, viz. the Parliament; and as long as the Parliament continues wife and boneft, 'twill be impoffible for the Prince to make himself abfolute. cifes, the Confequence must be, that the Confumption will be lefs in this Kingdom. Such Commodities will be alfo rais'd in Price to Foreigners, which will have this Confequence, That B they will either feek to have them from other Countries, or plant them in their own Colonies. We must, after all, truft England to a House of Commons; while that House remains free, we are fafe; but if ever, in Time to come, it grows fo far corrupted as to give into Arbitrary Power, and make us Slaves by Law, our Dernier-refort then will C be, Ourfelves Sword in Hand. The Craftsman does not confider, that in the Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster, their Armies were the Vafals of their feveral Lords; who, after the Battle was over, went home to their Huts and D their Vaffalage. The Kingdom was then a Military Government; for, all Lands were held by Military Service: So that we were a Kingdom of Soldi ers. But the Cafe is fo far altered, that 'tis abfurd to argue from that Antient State of the Nation to the E prefent. (See p. 4) What is faid about Q. Elizabeth, that he had none but Train'd-Bands against the mighty Spanish Armado, fignifies nothing to the Purpofe; for who could tell the Event, if the Spaniards had landed 20,000 regular F Troops? The Queen indeed jeemed not to fear; and the rode about bravely; but wife and brave Men feared. And one of the Vere's, who wanted neither Ferefight nor Courage, declared, That he trembled for the Event. And many others believed, That G had the Spaniards join'd the Prince of Parmi's Forces, and landed, we had been conquered; but God defeated them, and preferved us. This muft neceffarily hinder the producing the fame Quantities in our Plantations, and our American Settlements must decline, at the fame Time the Planters will not be able to take near the Quantities of the Manufactures and Utenfils of Great Britain, which they used to do, to the Ruin of great Part of our Artificers, as well as the Decrease of our Navigation, which is both our Strength and our Glory. Let no Man fay, That these are vain Apprehenfions, when it is confider'd what is already come to pafs in our Sugar-Trade. We fee with Sorrow that the Burdens with which that Trade has been incumber'd, has enabled another Nation to beat us in it. It is not only the Money which was brought into this Kingdom by the Sugar re-exported to Holland, Hamburgh, and other Foreign Countries, by which Great Britain once annually gain'd, and by the Decline of which Trade the faffers; but he fuffers again by the Sugar-Planters not being able to take fo much of our Goods and Manufactures by 300,000l. per Ann. as they did when their Plantations were in a flourishing Condition, which is already but too much felt by the Manufacturers and Traders of Great Britain. If |