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[No. 360]Wednesday, April 23, 1712Steele

—De paupertate tacentes
Plus poscente ferent.

Hor.

I have nothing to do with the Business of this Day, any further than affixing the piece of

Latin

on the Head of my Paper; which I think a Motto not unsuitable, since if Silence of our Poverty is a Recommendation, still more commendable is his Modesty who conceals it by a decent Dress.