I pray, Sirs, Ask no further; Let this Writing be, like that on the Wall to Belshazzar, where the ⟨p. 7⟩Hand only was to be seen, and not who's it was. The History is compiled with Incontestable Veracity; and since there is no Ingenuity in it, but less than what many Pens in the Land might Command, he knows not why his Writing Anonymously may not Shelter him, from the Inconveniences of having any Notice, one way or other, taken of him. Though among his other small Furniture, he hath not left himself unfurnished with skill in the Spanish Language, yet he never could bring himself to the Belief of the Spanish Proverb, Quien no parece, perece; i. e. He that appears not, perishes; He that Shows not himself to the world, is undone. At Milan, there is an Academy of Sensible Persons, called The Nascosti, or, Hidden men; At Venice, there is one of such persons, called, The Incogniti; and at Parma, there is one of them, called, The Innominati. If there were nothing else Disagreeable in them, the Author of this History, would be glad of an Admission into such an Academy.
I pray, Sirs, Ask no further; Let this Writing be, like that on the Wall to Belshazzar, where the ⟨p. 7⟩Hand only was to be seen, and not who's it was. The History is compiled with Incontestable Veracity; and since there is no Ingenuity in it, but less than what many Pens in the Land might Command, he knows not why his Writing Anonymously may not Shelter him, from the Inconveniencies of having any Notice, one way or other, taken of him. Though among his other small Furniture, he hath not left himself unfurnished with skill in the Spanish Language, yet he never could bring himself to the Belief of the Spanish Proverb, Quien no parece, perece; i. e. He that appears not, perishes; He that Shows not himself to the world, is undone. At Milain, there is an Academy of Sensible Persons, called The Nascosti, or, Hidden men; At Venice, there is one of such persons, called, The Incogniti; and at Parma, there is one of them, called, The Innominati. If there were nothing else Disagreeable in them, the Author of this History, would be glad of an Admission into such an Academy.
