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8 in all of which the Farmer had a Verdict and Cots paid him; but notwithtanding thee Advantages, the Law was o expenive, that he was ruined in the Contet, and obliged to give up all he had to his Creditors; which effectually anwered the Purpoe of Sir Timothy, who erected thoe Nuiances in the Farmer's Orchard with that Intention only. Ah, my dear Reader, we brag of Liberty, and boat of our Laws: but the Bleings of the one, and the Protection of the other, eldom fall to the Lot of the Poor; and epecially when a rich Man is their Adverary. How, in the Name of Goodnes, can a poor Wretch obtain Redres, when thirty Pounds are inufficient to try his Caue? Where is he to find Money to ee Council, or how can he plead his Caue himelf (even if he