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BEP(F.763.011
14 Feb 1763:21,22 (1432)
. . . My friend likewise informed me, that the before-
mentioned author, whom, for the sake of distinction and
conciseness I shall call bluster, had under him a journeyman
scribbler, whom, he said, he could not better describe than
in the words of Hudibras, where Sydrophel's man Whacum is
described,
A paltry wretch he had half-starv'd,
That him in place of Zany serv'd,
Whose business was to pump and wheedle,
And men with their own keys unriddle:
. . . [4 more lines]. . .
. . . My friend, who is a great admirer of Hudibrais, thinks
the following concluding lines of his heroical epistle to
Sydrophel, so bien a'propos, that he insists on my adding
them here for the serious perusal of Bluster,
Tho' you have try'd that nothing's born
With greater ease than public scorn,
That all affronts do still give place
To your impenetrable face:
. . . [14 more lines, signed] J.
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