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PG-P.752.045
2 Jul 1752:31 (1229)
To the Printers. False accusation I think has been held
detestable in all ages, but that it is too often practised
by the present will be readily granted, and which the
following affidavit may serve to demonstrate; the motive for
inserting it, is to wrest (if possible) an injured character
from the devouring jaws of calumny, for a man thus aspersed,
if in trade, generally loses his credit, if in debt, he may
be certain of a visit from his creditors, and if their
demands be not immediately answer'd, O unhappy man! his
portion will be a loathsome jail, and inevitable ruin. I
believe this affair it too well known to need a further
comment, and shall conclude with these inimitable lines of
Shakespear:
Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something,
nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
I am yours, &c. [signed] Randle Mitchell.
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