Principles for meer shame of the practice, not daring to own the
thing in publick which they had underhand profest, and the fury of
all Parties fell upon the poor Author.

The Man fled the first popular Fury, but at last being betraid fell
into the Hands of the publick Ministry.

When they had him they hardly knew what to do with him; they could
not proceed against him as Author of a Proposal for the Destruction
of the Crolians because it appear'd he was a Crolian himself; they
were loth to charge him with suggesting that the Solunarian
Church-men were guilty of such a Design, least he should bring their
own Writings to prove it true; so they fell to wheadling him with
good Words to throw himself into their Hands and submit, giving him
that Geu-gau the Publick Faith for a Civil and Gentleman-like
Treatment; the Man, believing like a Coxcomb that they spoke as they
meant, quitted his own Defence, and threw himself on the Mercy of the
Queen as he thought; but they abusing their Queen with false
Representations, Perjur'd all their Promises with him, and treated
him in a most barbarous manner, on pretence that there were no such
Promises made, tho' he prov'd it upon them by the Oath of the Persons
to whom they were made.

Thus they laid him under a heavy Sentence, Fin'd him more than they
thought him able to pay, and order'd him to be expos'd to the Mob in
the Streets.

Having him at this Advantage they set upon him with their Emissaries
to discover to them his Adherents, as they call'd them, and promis'd
him great Things on one Hand, threatning him with his utter Ruin on