Mr. S---le in his Letter to the Bailiff of Stockbridge has given us leave to P. 40 treat him as we think fit, as he is our Brother-Scribler; but not to attack him as an honest Man. That is to say, he allows us to be his Criticks, but not his Answerers; and he is altogether in the right, for there is in his Letter much to be Criticised, and little to be Answered. The Situation and Importance of Dunkirk are pretty well known, Mons. Tugghe's Memorial, published and handed about by theWhigs, is allowed to be a very Trifling Paper: And as to the immediate Demolishment of that Town, Mr. St---- pretends to offer no other Argument but the Expectations of the People, which is a figurative Speech, naming the tenth Part for the whole: As Bradshaw told King Charles I. that the People of England Expected Justice against him. I have therefore entred very little into the Subject he pretends to Treat, but have considered his Pamphlet partly as a Critick, and partly as a Commentator, which, I think, is to treat him only as my Brother-Scribler, according to the Permission he has graciously allowed me.

TO THE WORSHIPFUL MR. JOHN SNOW, BAILIFF OF STOCKBRIDGE

SIR,

I have just been reading a Twelve-peny Pamphlet aboutDunkirk, addressed to your Worship from one of your intended Representatives; and I find several Passages in it which want Explanation, especially to You in the Country: For we in Town have a way of Talking andWriting, which is very little understood beyond the Bills of Mortality. I have therefore made bold to send you here a second Letter, by way of Comment upon the former.

In order to this, YouMr. Bailiff, and at the same time the whole Burrough, may please to take Notice, that London-Writers often put Titles to their Papers and Pamphlets which have little or no Reference to the main Design of theWork: So, for Instance, you will observe in reading, that the Letter called, The Importance of Dunkirk, is chiefly taken up in shewing you the Importance of Mr. St——; wherein it was indeed reasonable your Burrough should be informed, which had chosen him to Represent them.