a whore in Rome never lies down, but she hopes it will be the means of converting fome poor Heathen or Heretick.

The fwearing-revenues of the town of Cork will be given for ever, by the Bank, to the fupport of poor clergymens' widows; and thofe of Ringfend will be allowed to the maintenance of failors' bastards.

The undertaker defigns, in a few days, to appoint time and place for taking fubfcriptions; the fubfcribers must come prepared to pay down one fourth on subfcribing.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE Jews of Rotterdam have offered to farm the revenues of Dublin at twenty thousand pounds per annum. Several eminent Quakers are alfo willing to take them at that rent. But the undertaker has rejected the propofals, being refolved to deal with none but Chriftians.

Application may be made to him about them, any day, at Pat's Coffee-houfe, where attendance will be given.

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Set out in his own proper Colours.

Being a full Confutation of all his Arguments against Mr. WooD's Half-pence, By William Wood, Efq. 2

Ye good People of IRELAND,

I MAKE not the least doubt, what I have oner

partially weighed and confidered what I shall offer upon the prefent occafion in my own defence, and against your Drapier; when ye fhall make an exact assay of the arguments on both fides between him and me; and, laftly, when ye fhall obferve, as I fhall point it out, the abufive and reproachful language with which he has treated me; I fay (as I faid before) I make not the least doubt but ye will all to a man reject him, and embrace me with open arms,

In his First Letter, to "the Tradefmen, Shop"keepers, Farmers, and Country-people in general, "of the Kingdom of Ireland," he begins with the wheedling preamble of" Brethren, Friends, Country

a Written in the year 1724, before the publication of the Drapier's Second Letter; it is afcribed to the Dean in Mr. Faulkner's edition, and is probably a genuine piece. Printed in the Tenth Volume of Dr. Swift's Works.

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"men, and Fellow-fubjects." A loving beginning indeed! But I wonder which of us two loves you beft, he that is getting you no money at all, or I who am at this prefent providing more money for you than you fhall know what to do with. O fad! O fad! I am really concerned for the poor Drapier.-Soon after, he proceeds; and fays, "It is a great fault among you,

that, when a person writes with no other intention "than to do you good, you will not be at the pains $6 to read his advices," p. 22. Artful enough indeed! this he did to draw you in, like fo many gudgeons, to swallow his false arguments; and you fee he has accomplished his end at last: for, had ye not read his Letters, ye might have had the benefit of my halfpence these five or fix months past.

P. 24.

"Now you must know, that the half6 pence and farthings in England pass for very little inore than they are worth: and, if you should beat "them to pieces, and fell them to the brazier, you "would not lofe much above a penny in a fhilling.

But Mr. Wood made his half-pence of fuch bafe me❝tal, and fo much fmaller than the English ones, "that the brazier would hardly give you above a penny of good money for a fhilling of his." Aye, he would give three-pence.-But one may fee his malice here with half an eye. He does not tell you of the vaft expence and trouble I am at in coining; the number of clerks I keep in pay; how much I was out of pocket in getting my patent; the great expence I fhall be at in fhipping them to Ireland, which muft, in the nature of things, be a vast drawback to the profit which I ought to have for my trouble; and therefore it cannot be fuppofed I can either put as much or as good copper in the half-pence for Ireland, as thofe for England. But, good Lord! is not a half-penny a half-penny, when once it is called fo? and, if it paffes for a half-penny, can you expect any more? Good people, never mind one word he fays,

fays, though he tells you, "a dozen hats, at five "fhillings apiece, which is three pounds, is but "five fhillings in my money." This is perfect tranfubftantiation, to juggle you out of your fenfes.Three pounds are but five fhillings! Well; if this be his computation, I have done.

P. 25.

"This fame Mr. Wood was able to attend conftantly for his own intereft;" (and why should not I?) "He is an Englishman, and had great friends;" (God be thanked for that!)" and, it feems, knew very well where to give money to those that would "speak to others, that could fpeak to the king, and "could tell a fair ftory." I grant that; and what would he infer? Then he proceeds; if his majesty the king faw that it would utterly ruin the kingdom of Ireland," he would fhew his difpleasure to fomebody

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or other. But a word to the wife is enough.' We know his meaning by his mumping; he had as well spoken what he thought, like an honeft man.

In the next page, you will read, "Most of you "muft have heard with what anger our honourable "house of commons received an account of this Wood's patent. There were feveral fine fpeeches made upon it, and plain proofs that it was all a wicked cheat "from the bottom to the top; and feveral smart votes 66 were printed, which that fame Wood had the affurance to answer likewife in print; and in fo confident 66 a way, as if he were a better man than our whole "parliament put together."The parliament was angry-made fpeeches-found me to be a wicked cheat

and I anfwered as if I had been a better man than the whole parliament!-Well, I find this Drapier will fay any thing; but I am very glad all the kingdom of Ireland knows to the contrary. Let the Drapier an fwer me only these three questions: Where did this parliament fit? and where are the speeches ? and where anfwer?

is my

P. 27. "The common foldier, when he goes to "the market or ale-house, will offer this money" (meaning my half-pence); " and, if it be refufed, "perhaps he will fwagger and hector, and threaten to "beat the butcher or ale-wife" (threaten indeed! he will do it in earneft); "or take the goods by force, "and throw them the bad half-pence." (Why should he not is it any robbery, if he pays them?)" In "this and the like cafes, the fhopkeeper, or victualer, "or any other tradefman, has no more to do than to "demand ten times the price of his goods, if it is to "be paid in Wood's money; for example, twenty66 pence of that money for a quart of ale."-The Devil is in his confcience. TWENTY-PENCE FOR A QUART OF ALE! I believe fuch another proposal was never fince Adam.-To confider all other things in proportion, what mifchief would this occafion! that is, fifteen fhillings a bottle for claret at eighteen-pence a bottle; for a flask of burgundy, five and forty fhillings; fifty fhillings a day for a coach; ten fhillings a dinner at a twelvepenny ordinary; thirty fhillings a day for a chair; ten pence a fresh egg; five pence a half penny roll; two pence half-penny for a pint of small beer. In fhort, by his advice, victualers, vintners, and tradesfolks, would foon get all the money of the kingdom into their own hands, fhould they all follow the pot-of-ale example. And now, to confider the poor: they would be undone by the Drapier's advice; the butcher would have eighteen-pence for a fheep's head; the baker ten fhillings for a twelve-penny loaf; and thus would it be in proportion as to all their other exigences. No, no, rather take my advice-Two-pence a quart, and my bleffing.

P. 28. He denies that my half-pence are lawful money of England or Ireland. I fuppofe then, he would have them lawful money of Scotland or Wales for they must be lawful fomewhere. For does he think, under the scarcity of money we find at present,

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