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Containing,

I. A view of the Weekly Essays and Controversies, viz. Of Q. Elizabeth; Ministers; Treaties; Liberty of the Press; Riot act; Armies; Traytors; Patriots; Reason; Criticism; Versifying; Ridicule; Humours; Love; Prostitutes; Music; Pawn-Brokers; Surgery; Law.

II. POETRY, viz. The Ode for the new Year, by Colly Cibber, Esq; Remarks upon it; Imitiations of it, by way of Burlesque; Verses on the same Subject; ingenious Epitaphs and Epigrams.

III. Domestick Occurrences, viz. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Preferments, Casualties, Burials and Christenings in London.

IV. Melancholy Effects of Credulity in Witchcraft.

V. Prices of Goods and Stocks, and a List of Bankrupts.

VI. A correct List of the Sheriffs for the current Year.

VII. Remarkable Advertisements.

VIII. Foreign Affairs, with an Introduction to this Year’s History.

IX. Books and Pamphlets publish’d.

X. Observations in Gardening, and the Fairs in Feb.

XI. A Table of Contents.

By SYLVANUS URBAN of Aldermanbury, Gent.

Prodesse & Delectare.

The THIRD EDITION.

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