Now, to my Mind, says he, there is nothing in all the Terraqueous Globe (a Map of which, it seems, hung up in his Work-Shop) so like a _Pair of Breeches_ unmade up, as the Island of _Sicily:_—Nor is there any thing, if you go to that, quoth an honest Shoe-maker, who had the Honour to be a Member of the Club, so much like a _Jack-Boot_, to my Fancy, as the Kingdom of _Italy_.—What the Duce has either _Italy_ or _Sicily_ to do in the Affair? cries the President, who, by this Time, began to tremble for his Hypothesis,—What have they to do?—Why, answered the _Partition-Treaty_ Gentleman, with great Spirit and Joy sparkling in his Eyes,—They have just so much, Sir, to do in the Debate as to overthrow your Suppositions, and to establish the Certainty of mine beyond the Possibility of a Doubt: For, says he, (with an Air of Sovereign Triumph over the President’s Politicks)—By the _Partition-Treaty_, Sir, both _Naples_ and _Sicily_ were the very Kingdoms made to devolve upon the _Dauphin;_—and _Trim_’s _greasing the Parson’s Boots_, is a Devilish Satyrical Stroke;—for it exposes the Corruption, and Bribery made Use of at that Juncture, in bringing over the several States and Princes of _Italy_ to use their Interests at _Rome_, to stop the Pope from giving the Investitures of those Kingdoms to any Body else.—The Pope has not the Investiture of _Sicily_, cries another Gentleman.—I care not, says he, for that. Almost every one apprehended the Debate to be now ended, and that no one Member would venture any new Conjecture upon the _Romance_, after so many clear and decisive Interpretations had been given. But, hold,—Close to the Fire, and opposite to where the Apothecary sat, there sat also a Gentleman of the Law, who, from the Beginning to the End of the Hearing of this Case, seem’d no way satisfied in his Conscience with any one Proceeding in it. This Gentleman had not yet opened his Mouth, but had waited patiently till they had all gone thro’ their several Evidences on the other Side;—reserving himself, like an expert Practitioner, for the last Word in the Debate. When the _Partition-Treaty_-Gentleman had finish’d what he had to say,—He got up,—and, advancing towards the Table, told them, That the Error they had all gone upon thus far, in making out the several Facts in the _Romance_,—was in looking too high; which, with great Candor, he said, was a very natural Thing, and very excusable withall, in such a Political Club as theirs: For Instance, continues he, you have been searching the _Registers_, and looking into the _Deeds_ of _Kings_ and _Emperors_,—as if Nobody had any _Deeds_ to shew or compare the _Romance_ to but themselves.—This, continued the Attorney, is just as much out of the Way of good Practice, as if I should carry a Thing slap-dash into the House of Lords, which was under forty Shillings, and might be decided in the next County-Court for six Shillings and Eight-pence.—He then took the _Romance_ in his Left Hand, and pointing