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 no apology for subjoining the specimen of politic misrepresentation and obvious falsehood, in the literary dealings of Romanists with Protestants, exhibited in the following letter, although I am the subject, because, independently of that accident, it goes directly and emphatically to illustrate the precise subject of the present work, and is an instar plurimorum, if not omnium.

"On the Literary Treatment of English Catholics by Roman Catholics.

"Sir, — The case which I am about to set before you and your readers is, in part, personal to myself, as it concerns a work of mine, Memoirs of the Council of Trent, &c. It is likewise personal to yourself, as you were pleased to pronounce an encomium upon the work, of which I have gratefully availed myself in every advertisement of it which has appeared. But neither of these facts, or both together, are the chief reason by which I should feel inclined, or perhaps justified, in troubling either myself or the public on such