_No man hath reason to be expensive in his Shrievalty; because though the Court of Aldermen hath a rule for supplying, as any die their vacant places out of those that have served Sheriffs, yet they make their Election to depend upon the uncertain humour of their Court, thereby frustrating when they please all Compensation for the Expence and Drudgery of a Shrievalty, as lately appeared in their Choice of Sir Simon Lewis, one of their present Sheriffs, rejecting Sir Thomas Stamp, who had served the Place several years before with good approbation, and was presented to them by the Ward he lives in as a deserving Person. And whereas each Ward when they want an Alderman, do present two Commoners to the Court, for them to chuse one; the Ward of Bassishaw, to the end that Sir Thomas might unavoidably be chosen, joyned the younger (and not the elder) Sheriff with him, not thinking that an old Sheriff would be baulked, to chuse one that had not served his year; and yet notwithstanding, the Court by their Prerogative passed by Sir Thomas, to the disappointing of the Ward that sent him. And this Example is, I suppose a good reason for Sheriffs in the future not to spend more in their Shrievalties, than is necessary, when their Reward is so uncertain._ And these mischievous, malicious, scandalous, and seditious sentences, in these English words following, viz. _Debauchery in this Expence is a Sin before God, and were it known, would be a scandal in the sight of Man; as appears in that of Three thousand Pounds Expence in all manner of ways, above Five hundred Pounds is in Wine; when a Lord, or Gentleman that formerly lived at the rate of Ten or Twelve thousand Pounds per annum, did not, as is well known (but thirty years ago) spend an hundred Pounds in Wine._ To the great Scandal and Contempt of our said Lord the King, to the great Reproach and Scandal of the Authority of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, of the City aforesaid; to the great Disturbance of the Peace of our said Lord the King, to the Evil Example of others in the like case offending, and against the Peace of the said Lord the King, his Crown and Dynasty, &c. A copy of this pamphlet is preserved in the Guildhall Library, London. 252. Malice defeated: or a brief relation of the accusation and deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier, wherein her proceedings, both before and during her confinement, are particularly related, and the mystery of the Meal Tub fully discovered. 1680. For writing, printing, and publishing this book, Mrs. Elizabeth Cellier, was tried at the Old Bailey, in September, 1680, and found guilty. She was sentenced to a fine of £1000, and to be imprisoned until payment; and also to stand on the pillory three times, the first time at the Maypole, in the Strand, the second time in Covent Garden, and the third time at Charing Cross; and her books were to be burnt by the Common Hangman.