_All are not pleas'd, nor never will i'th' main_.
_Fewds and Discords among us will remain_.
_Be that as 'twill, however I'm glad to see,
Envy disappointed both at Land and Sea_.
I do not pretend to say, that this is like the Poetry of
_Horace_, or Lord _Roscommon_, but it is the Poesy of an Astrologer;
it is his own and not borrowed; It is occult and mysterious. It has
a due Degree of that Sort of Gravity, which I have mentioned: In
short, it is form'd upon the Rules which I have laid down in this
short Essay.
I could further prove to you, if I was to go about it, That _an
Almanack-Writer_ ought not only to be a Piece of a Wit, but a very
Wag; and that he shou'd have the Art also to make People believe,
that he is almost a Conjurer, &c. But these Things I reserve for my
greater Work, and in the mean time, until that appears, I desire to
remain,
_Sir,_
_Sept_. 27. 1737. _Your very humble Servant,_
PHILOMATH.
_The Pennsylvania Gazette_, October 20, 1737
_The Compassion of Captain Croak_
On the 3d Inst. arrived here the _Rose_, of _London_, Capt.
_Croak_ Commander, from whom we have the following Relation, viz.
That on the 17th of _June_ last, being on his Voyage from
_Newfoundland_ to this Port, and in the Latitude of 41 Deg.
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