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NYWJ.737.025
19 Dec 1737:12 (215)
From the Pennsylvania Gazette. . . [Article on free speech]
One was put to death, for inserting in his history the
praises of Brutus; another, for stiling Cassius the last of
the Romans. Caligula valued himself for being a notable
dancer; to deny he excelled in that manly accomplishment was
high-treason. . . [18 lines] Nero piqued himself on his
fine voice and skill in musick; a laudable ambition this!
He performed in public and carried the prize. It was
afterwards resolved by all the judges, as good law, that
whoever should insinuate the least doubt of Nero's pre-
eminence in the noble art of fidling, ought to be deemed a
traitor to the state.
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