On the thirteenth day of August now last past, at Boston aforesaid, in the County of Suffolk aforesaid, unlawfully, maliciously, and deliberately did compose, print and publish, and did cause and procure to be composed, printed and published in a certain newspaper, called the "Daily Commercial Gazette," of and concerning him the said William Apes, and of and concerning his said profession and business, an unlawful and malicious libel, according to the purport and effect, and in substance as follows, that is to say, containing therein among other things, the false, malicious, defamatory and libellous words and matter following, of and concerning said William Apes, to wit: _convinced at an early period of my_ (meaning his the said Reynolds) _acquaintance with William Apes_, (meaning the aforesaid William Apes,) _that he_ (meaning said William,) _was not what he_ (meaning said William,) _professed to be; but was deceiving and imposing upon the benevolent and Christian public_, (meaning that said William Apes was a deceiver and impostor,) _I_ (meaning said Reynolds,) _took all prudent means to have him_ (meaning said William,) _exposed, and stopped in his_ (meaning said William,) _race of guilt_, (meaning that said William had been guilty of immorality, dishonesty, irreligion, offences and crimes;) _these men_, (meaning one Joseph Snelling and one Norris,) _were earnestly importuned to investigate his_ (meaning said William,) _conduct, and enforce the discipline_ (meaning the discipline of the church,) _upon him_ (meaning said William,) _for crimes committed since his_ (meaning said William's) _arrival in this city_, (meaning said city of Boston, thereby meaning that said William Apes had been guilty of crimes in said Boston,) _though well acquainted with facts, which are violently presumtive of his_ (meaning said William's) _being a deceiver, his_ (meaning said William's) _friends stand by him_, (meaning said William's) _and will not give him_ (meaning said William,) _up, though black as hell_, (meaning that said William was a deceiver, and of a wicked and black character.) _When I am informed that he_ (meaning said William) _is ordained_, (meaning as a minister of the gospel,) _that he_ (meaning said William,) _is by permission of the brethren travelling, and permitted to collect money to build the house aforesaid_, (meaning the aforesaid Meeting-house,) _for his_ (meaning said William's,) _Indian brethren to worship God in, I shudder not so much because he_ (meaning said William,) _is purchasing Lottery Tickets_, (meaning that said William was purchasing Lottery Tickets, and had spent some of the aforesaid money for that purpose,) _but because I know of his_ (meaning said William's) _pledge to the citizens