if they bear it._

Abra. _Do you bite your Thumb at Us, Sir?_

Samp. _I do bite my Thumb, Sir._

Abra. _Do you bite your Thumb at Us, Sir?_

Samp. _Is the Law on our Side, if I say, Ay?_

Greg. _No._

Samp. _No, Sir; I do not bite my Thumb at you, Sir; but I bite my
Thumb, Sir._

The most beneficial Things to a Commonwealth will have some of its Members
who will think them a Grievance. I have just now receiv'd the following
Letter from a _Fencing-Master_, who is very apprehensive of Business
falling off, if the _Act_ against _Duelling_ should take place.

"Sir,

"As you are both a Knight and a Gentleman (which now-a-days don't
always meet in one Man) I will make bold to Expostulate with you
upon a Bill depending in the House of Commons, I mean that
against _Duelling_. Every good Subject has a right of dissenting
to any Bill propos'd, either by petition, or Pamphlet, before it
passes into a Law; and this concerns the Honour of all Orders of
Men from the Prince to the private Gentleman. I make free to tell
you in a Word, if this passes, there's an End of _good Manhood_