"That towards the evening he approaches near London, and employs himself as a convoy towards home.
"Your petitioner, therefore, most humbly prays, that for such his humble services, he may be allowed the title of an esquire."
Mr. Morphew has orders to carry the proper instruments, and the petitioner is to be hereafter written to upon gilt paper, by the title of Joshua Fairlove, Esq.
FOOTNOTES:
[70] Nichols suggested that Addison was really the author of this paper. This theory is supported by the fact that in No. 221 an error in the motto of this paper was corrected, a matter with respect to which Addison was much more careful than Steele. The suggestion that Tickell was the original of Tom Mercett is untenable, especially if Addison was the writer.
[71] See No. 217.
[72] The "Annotations on the Tatler," &c. (see No. 5).
[No. 220. [Addison.]
From Saturday, Sept. 2, to Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1710.
Insani sapiens nomen ferat, æquus iniqui,
Ultra quam satis est, virtutem si petat ipsam.