For my direction in the duties of my office, I have furnished myself with a certain astrological pair of scales which I have contrived for this purpose. In one of them I lay the injuries, in the other the reparations. The first are represented by little weights made of a metal resembling iron, and the other in gold. These are not only lighter than the weights made use of in avoirdupois, but also than such as are used in troy weight. The heaviest of those that represent the injuries amount but to a scruple; and decrease by so many subdivisions, that there are several imperceptible weights which cannot be seen without the help of a very fine microscope. I might acquaint my reader, that these scales were made under the influence of the sun when he was in Libra, and describe many signatures on the weights both of injury and reparation: but as this would look rather to proceed from an ostentation of my own art than any care for the public, I shall pass it over in silence.
The letter of the 7th instant, inquired for by another of the 11th, came to hand.
FOOTNOTES:
[185] See No. 132.
[186] See No. 116.
[187] See No. 103.
[188] Charles Lillie; see No. 110.
[189] The Masters in Chancery sat on the bench with the Lord Chancellor, but he was the sole judge of the court.