Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1737.11.17

PG-P.737.042
10-17 Nov 1737:12 (466)
[In lead article on freedom of speech; a review of
injustices of the past:]
   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. . .