Epistle XVIII. To Sabinus.
by
the Same. [Mr. Henley.]
[_]
On his Desire to engage him in a Law-Suit, as a Pleader.
YOU make a Request to me, to appear in the Publick Cause of the Firmians:
This I'll endeavour, tho' I am taken up with
a Crowd of Affairs. For I shall be glad to oblige so considerable a Body of Men by my Defence,
and you, by discharging a Part I know is agreeable to you. Since you often repeat it with some Price,
that you take my Acquaintance to be a Favour and an Honour to you, I ought to refuse you nothing,
especially when you ask in Behalf of your country. For what can deserve more Regard,
than that honest Wishes of a good Citizen, or be more prevailing, than the Application of a Friend.
On this score, give my Word to your Neighbours of
Firmium, or now,
more strictly, mine, since it is not only their Figure that entitles them to my Attention,
but the Birth and Education of so great a Man amongst them.
Farewell.
