The Right Hon. EDWARD Lord THURLOW, Lord High Chancellor of England, &c. &c. &c. &c. Qui didicit Patriæ quid debeat, & quid Amicis If you prick us do we not bleed? if you tickle us do we not laugh? and if you wrong us fhall we not revenge? if we are like you in the reft, we will resemble you in that. What you teach us, we will execute; and it fhall go hard, but we will better the Instruction.) SHYLOCK. LONDON: Printed for G. KEARSLY, N° 46, FLEET STREET. DEDICATION. TO THE Right Hon. LORD THURLOW, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR, &c. &c. &c, I My LORD, or may it please your Lordship, Need not acquaint your Lordship, that a Publication without a Dedication is as great a Phænomenon as a Minister without Power, a Peer without Principle, a Bishop without Learning, or a Maid of Honor without Chastity; and that it ftands as little chance of a favourable reception, as a Candidate for a Place, who carries with him no other recommendation than Integrity and Capability.-Every one who reforts to the prefs, whether in the character of Author, Editor, or Com Compiler, decorates his Frontifpiece with fome illuftrious name or other, and catches at that opportunity of of-fering incenfe to the God of his idolatry. One does it from motives of avarice, to fqueeze from the vain and credulous a few of his fuperfluous. guineas-A fecond, from motives of fecurity, fhrewdly concluding that the refpect fpontaneoufly and implicitly given to great perfonages, will protect his Works from the Teeth of Envy, Malignity, and Criticism.-A third, from Vanity, to prove that he cannot be nobody, fince he has the honor of knowing fomebody.-A fourth, from the most laudable motives, to hold up for imitation to the Belle Monde a fample of conjugal Fidelity, and to let their Ladyfhips fee, that a woman may rise above the rest of her fex, without ruining her husband, and gain admiration without lofing her reputation.—And a fifth (to go no further) from Gratitude, to do homage to |