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February 9, 1767. No. 110.

————“Absentem qui rodit Amicum,
“Qui non defendit alio culpante;” solutos
Qui captat risus hominum, famamque dicacis,
Fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere
Qui requit, “hic niger est: Hunc tu Romane caveto.”        

    HOR. Sat. 4. Lib. I.

   The English Reader only, will please to accept of such a Translation, for Want of a better, as one can give him, who, tho’ always a Lover of the Muses, never took upon himself to be inspired of them.  

“He that malignant blasts his absent Friends,
Or not from others Calomnies defends,”
Invents pert Lies to gain a Jester’s Praise,
And breaks a Confidence, a Laugh to raise,
By Secrets blabb’d; “a Villain is, to Fear.

That Part of the Passage inclosed with inverted Commas, would have 

been sufficient to my Purpose, but the whole is so fine, I chose to give it the Reader entire.
                                           I am, Gentlemen, your humble Servant, &c.

February 23, 1767. No. 112.

Virtue (in Rags) sits in a secret Place,
Bids honest Mark, defy a Bailiff’s Face.
His Charity and Skill, oft’ helps the Poor;
The Rich may do the same; but—seldom more,
And his Success is Twenty to their Score.

A Soldier