Harmony in an Uproar: A Letter to F-d-k H-d-l, Efq; Mr of the O-a H-e in the Hay-Market, from Hurlothrumbo Johnfon, Efq; Compofer Extraor- dinary to all the Theatres in Great Britain, excepting that of the Hay-Market; in which the Rights and Me- rits of both OS are properly confider'd The Hiftory of John Bull, Part III. Containing among many other curious Particulars, a Faithful Narrative of the moft Secret and Important Tranfactions of the A Supplement to Dean Swift's Mifcellanies, by the Author; Containing, . A Letter to the Students of both Univer- fities, relating to the new Difcoveries in Religion and the Sciences, and the Principal Inventors of them. 2. An the prefent Pofture of Affairs a Thousand Years hence? By a Sparkish Pamphleteer of Button's Coffee-houfe 119 The Congress of Bees: Or, Political Remarks on the Bees Swarming at St. James's; with a Prognoftication on that Occafion, from the Smyrna Coffee-boufe. Wherein are contain'd, 1. A furprifing Story of a Swarm of Bees, taken from a Manufcript in Gresham-College, and Suppos'd to be wrote by Sir John Mandeville. 2. A po- litical Defcription of Hornets and Wafps; tranflated from the Works of that famous Roman Satyrift Petroni- Kifs my A is no Treafon: Or, an Hißorical and Cri- tical Differtation upon the Art of Selling Bargains 156 A Sermon preach'd to the People at the Mercat-Crofs of Edinburgh, on the Subject of the Union in 1706, while the Act for Uniting the Two Kingdoms was depending before the Parliament there: With a Preface by the Editor, fetting forth the Advantages which have, in An Examination of Dr. Woodward's Account of the De- luge, &c. With a Comparison of Steno's Philofophy and The SUPPLEMENT. By LEMUEL GULLIVER, Poet Laureat to the King of LILLIPUT. SIR, In Believe no one will difpute your Right to this little Poem, any more than your prefiding over that Diverfion it celebrates; therefore I shall, without Excufe, lay it at your Feet. The Flattery of Dedications has been often explod ed: to avoid the most diftant Imputation of which I Shall omit feveral Things that (perhaps) might not be justly fo called: And that the more readily, A 3 fince fince your Merit is fo well known, it wou'd be only publishing what is in every one's Mouth. I cannot however help congratulating you on that Gift of Nature, by which you seem so adapted to the Poft you enjoy. I mean that natural Mafque, which is too vifible a Perfection to be here infifted on and, I am fure, never fails of making an Impression on the most indifferent Beholder. Another Gift of Nature, which you seem to enjoy in no fmall Degree, is that modeft Confidence fupporting you in every Act of your Life. Certainly, a great Bleffing! For I always have obferv'd, that Brafs in the Forehead draws Gold into the Pocket. As for what Mankind calls Virtues, I shall not compliment you on them: Since you are fo wife to keep them fecret from the World, far be it from me to publish them; efpecially fince they are Things which lie out of the Way of your Calling. Here I beg Leave to contradict two fcandalous Afperfions which have been spread against you. Firft, That you are a Bd. Secondly, A Conjurer. Whoever has feen you at a M-fq--r-de, cannot believe the firft and you have given feveral InStances at White's, that you are not the other. But what fignifies attempting to confute what needs no Confutation? Befides, you have fo great a Soul, that you defpife all Scandal and live in the World with the fame Indifference, that People have at a Mafquerade where they are not known. Smile then (if you can fmile) on my Endeavours, and this little Poem, with Gandour ~for which the Author defires no more Gratuity than a Ticket for your next Ball, and is, SIR, From my Garret in Grub-Street Your moft Obedient, Humble Servant, Lemuel Gulliver. THE MASQUERADE, &c. S OME call Curiofity an Evil, And fay 'twas that, by which the Devil To tafte the dear forbidden Fruit. Others, (allowing this) yet wou'd To this, how juftly are attributed What Wftn, Hy, have exhibited! A 4 'Tis |