ABSTRACT
Proceedings at the Court of Criticism, Thursday March 10 A third non est inventus1 being returned upon the Warrant to apprehend THE TOWN,
Process of Outlawry was issued against the said Town. One Porcupine Pillage came into the Court, and crying out, I am the Author of the
Causidicade, Processionade, Triumvirade, ’Piscopade, and Old England,2 threw a great Shovel-full of Dirt at his Honour, but luckily none of it hit him. He was immediately seized, and being brought to the Bar, the Court delivered themselves as follows:
I am very sorry to see, in an Age when the Liberty of the Press is pretended to be in Danger,3 such an Abuse made of this Liberty, as must give the greatest Encouragement to its Enemies (if there were any such) to attempt a Restraint of it: For wise and good Men will, by these Means, he brought to esteem this Liberty rather as a Nusance [sic], than as a valuable Privilege to the Society.
