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Vol. II. to I T A L Y. 87
was a Man of Learning and Wit; besides, he
was a Protefiantj and conlequently was believ’d to
have no other Interest than that of Truth in the
Success of the Quarrel which he had espous’d.
’Tis certain, his Authority has been always a
Stumbling-Block to those who are wont to
make Prejudice their Rule of Faith. The Name
of the Author is the strongest Argument in his
Book, and it is that alone which has given the
greatest Blow to his Enemies.
I have read this Piece over and over with at-
tention, and can allure you it is written after a
manner very proper to blind the Eyes and con-
found the Judgments of the generality of Rea-
ders. But those who will not suffer themselves
to be impos’d upon, and still look for something
that is solid and material, will not find any
thing in the whole Book worthy of that Cha-
racter.
I cou’d fill a Volume with Observations and
Criticisms on this Work, for I have made feme
Ressedions on every Page, and perhaps every Pe-
riod in it. This is not a proper place for ’em,
but I may find an Opportunity hereafter to com-
municate ’em to you; in the mean time I shall
content my self with giving you a general Idea
of it, accompany’d with a few particular Re-
marks, according to the Method by which I have
anatomiz'd it.
Mr. begins with a Declaration that gives
a Wound to his Cause, which all his Artifices
can never palliate. The force of Truth, and
of authentick Testimonies, which he receiv’d
from * those to whom he neither wou’d nor durst » us
refuse to give Credit, extorted this ingenuous S’almaiws,
Confession from him, That the HiJtorji os the Fe-
male Pope is contain'd in the Augsburg Copies os A-
nastasius; which I mention d before. You lee
G 4 what
was a Man of Learning and Wit; besides, he
was a Protefiantj and conlequently was believ’d to
have no other Interest than that of Truth in the
Success of the Quarrel which he had espous’d.
’Tis certain, his Authority has been always a
Stumbling-Block to those who are wont to
make Prejudice their Rule of Faith. The Name
of the Author is the strongest Argument in his
Book, and it is that alone which has given the
greatest Blow to his Enemies.
I have read this Piece over and over with at-
tention, and can allure you it is written after a
manner very proper to blind the Eyes and con-
found the Judgments of the generality of Rea-
ders. But those who will not suffer themselves
to be impos’d upon, and still look for something
that is solid and material, will not find any
thing in the whole Book worthy of that Cha-
racter.
I cou’d fill a Volume with Observations and
Criticisms on this Work, for I have made feme
Ressedions on every Page, and perhaps every Pe-
riod in it. This is not a proper place for ’em,
but I may find an Opportunity hereafter to com-
municate ’em to you; in the mean time I shall
content my self with giving you a general Idea
of it, accompany’d with a few particular Re-
marks, according to the Method by which I have
anatomiz'd it.
Mr. begins with a Declaration that gives
a Wound to his Cause, which all his Artifices
can never palliate. The force of Truth, and
of authentick Testimonies, which he receiv’d
from * those to whom he neither wou’d nor durst » us
refuse to give Credit, extorted this ingenuous S’almaiws,
Confession from him, That the HiJtorji os the Fe-
male Pope is contain'd in the Augsburg Copies os A-
nastasius; which I mention d before. You lee
G 4 what