Answer to a malicious and lying libel; against James Maculla's beneficial adventure

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MALICIOUS and Lying LIBEL?
A G A I NS T
James Manilla's Beneficial Adventure.
■HE faid Maculla WOu’d not have thought it worth his while, to take Notice of fuch a Falfe
and Scandalous Paper, but that he believ’d, his. Silence might Confirm their Allegations
to be True, in the Opinion of chofe that do not know him : Therefore leaves every Imparti¬
al Perfon to Judge Of the Malice and FalfliOod contained therein, and the Prejudice defignjd
againlt Him, it being Publifh’d Clandeftinely \ viz,- without either the Undertaker’s or Prin ter’s Names 3
And according to their Dark and Villanous Defigns, fent it forth in Obfcurity.
They Charge Him in the [aid LIB E L with Three ARTICLES,
Firft, That he has Over-valu’d his Goods 500 /. id, That he gives his Pewter a Nick-Name- 3d, That
ho calls himfelf the Merchant zSCornivall^ the Mariufafturer at London, and Merchant from thence here 3
which they alledge to be Falfe, and fays, That he only Buys, as other Pewterers do in this City.
The faid Articles, or Allegations are Notorioujly Falfe t And to the Firft he Anfwers, That the Goods
in his Beneficial Adventure (and not a Lottery as they wou’d have it, as appears by his later Publication
at largeJ are propos’d to be Sold for 9561. which by (thofe Under-hand Contriver’s} Calculation A-
inounts to 800/. Now fully to Demonftrate their unfair Intent, Obferve, Whether there be 500/. diffe¬
rence between 800/. and 956 /. it being Only i 56 L And therefore falfly rated Goods by guefs, which
they never faw, and are perfect Strangers to the Value and Weight of them 3 and fome of them now
making in London, fome from thence Ort the Road, and alfo a great Parcel but juft Landed, the like
Goods never was feen in this Kingdom before, for finenefs, and fuch as is not to be had in any of the Shops
here at any Price whatfoever.And alfo they haveVallu’d them at %q perCent lefs than the firftCoft inLondon,
which being only Valu’d at the current Price, amounts to the Sum fet forth in the faidAdventure : And
further. They tell you of a Ciftern and Fountain, that they will Sell for 4/. which is valu’d at 8/. NoW
thatCiftern is not yet in this Kingdom, nor no peffort do know theVallue, Weight, or what Mettle it is
to be made of, and any Perfon that will Sell the like, (hall have Six Pound Sterl. for the fame, and alfo 400
Copper Tankards, and 400 Sawce-Pans, all at is- 6d- a piece, which they fay they will Sell for. Now let
the Publick Judge, how thofe Shops have impofed on them in making them pay 2 Shillings 6 Pence a piece
for the fame, at all times heretofore 3 but fince they fay you may have them in any Shop in Dublin at thofe
Rates, and be a reafonable Gainer thereby, for that reafon let no Perfon whatfocver give more,for if they
do, they may be impofed on, as they fet forth. And any that will or can buy;.them fo cheap, let them
bring as many as they will, arid {hall have ready Money for them all at thofe Rates, provided they be
new and Merchanable Goods, fuch as is to be had in the faid^c^’sShop,that he fells fori/. 6d. and as
to Pewter Difhes, they Rate them at i^d. a Pound, which is .the principle Goods in the Adventure-,
but that is what this Undertaker Sells them all at to his Cuftomers, and gives them Tickets be-
fides. But to repeat more of their Untruths, this would not .Contain it, §0 the Publick may judge
what Deceit there is in all the reft. And contrary to their Uptruths,hedofe§,and can atfbrd to Sell his
Goods as cheap as any Perfon in this City 3 arid all he has fet Up in his Adventure, are, as Fine, Rich,
and Valuable, as any that ever was in this Kingdom, and the greateft Part of them made tri London* The
faid Goods are to be Difpofed of for 7063 Britifh Half-Crowns, amouridng to 956 /. And Note, That
the Adventurers are not Oblig’d to take any of the Goods in his Adventure, as they are Rated but Have
Liberty to Chufeout fuch Goods as are in hi$ Shop, and as Cheap as any that are (as good) Sold in Dublin,
Which a great Number of Adventurers have already Experienc’d. / Every Perfon that put into the fame
(by whom defir’d) had to the Value of 2 s- 6 d- of any Sort they pleas’d, and for every Britijh Half-
Crown laid out, had a Tifket, with their Goods, whereby they may be Entitled to feme one or other
of the Prizes, which are 3 viz,- Is- 6d. 4*. yj. 6s- 7*. 8j. 9/, ioj. 1 is- 12s.- 13s. 14/. 15/. i<5>. 17^. 18/.
20s- 26s. 30^. 36s. 37^. 40J. 50^. 3/. 8/. 25/. So that every Perfon that puts in, arefure of one or other of
the faid Prizes, as at large appears iri his faid Adventure.
Anfwer to the Second. That the faid Maculla gives his Pewter a Nick-Name*, (but by way of Digrejfion,
I hope it may not be amifs to fuppofe. That the firfi Original of their Lying Vrmeighbourly . Lible, had it’s
from, one commonly call’d 3 but of this I leave them to be Judges) by cluing U.'Bif-
muth Pewter, with a Defign (as they fayj to impofe on the Publick 3 but as to Bifmuth, I will take liber¬
ty to fay, That their Judgments or Skill have not reach’d the Knowledge of fine Metals 3 and either was
not capable, or did not confult the Learned Authors inChimiftry,as,the HonM'c.Rob-Boyle,HarnS,Ltmmery,
Erckron}indWUfon,&i.Ciwho&\\ treat of theNatufeof Bifmvith,and fome of them largely Deferibes it,and fays*
That Bifmuth is made Ufe of by the Pewterers, to render their Work mof$ Beaypifiily avid, make their Mp-
ial Ring Fine', fo that the Publick may reaforiably Judge what Art iftsTneJafetyifolerttifors Of the (aidLibei
are’, and according to their Ignorant Sentiments, may juftly be deenid Botches^ Tinkers, or underftands
better to be Hmkfiers and Coblers7 rather than to Nickname that moft Noble of making fine Pewter.