THE GENUINE TRYAL OF Dr. _NOSMOTH_, A Physician in PEKIN; FOR The Murder of the MANDARIN TONWIN, Treasurer to the Army of the Emperor of CHINA, before the great Council of MANDARINES. ------------------ TAKEN In short Hand by the LINGUIST of the _English_ Factory. ------------------ _LONDON_: Printed for M. COOPER, at the _Globe_ in _Pater-noster-Row_. 1746. (Price Six-Pence.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] THE INTRODUCTION. Before we enter upon this remarkable Tryal, it will not be improper to inform the Reader of some Customs amongst the _Chinese_, which differ from those in other Countries of _Europe_. Those People are great Encouragers of all useful Learning; which they endeavour on all Occasions, to turn to the Benefit of the publick in general, and the Ease and Happiness of every individual Subject in that vast Empire. There are publick Schools in all the Provinces and great Cities of the Empire, for the Education of Youth in the liberal as well as mechanick Arts; where the Genius of the Children are carefully studied and improved in those Arts to which Nature seems to have given them the strongest Bent without consulting the Whim or Pride of the Parents; by this means, it’s no rare thing to see the Son of a Nobleman drudging at the meanest Handicraft; and that of a Peasant shining in the highest Orb of Life. Birth, Title, or Riches, give amongst these people no Claim to the smallest Preferment; Merit only recommends the Man to Encouragement in that Sphere of Life, to which his natural Genius has fitted him. When a vacancy in any of the Offices happens, the Candidates are chosen out of the publick Schools; and the Person fittest for the Employment always is chosen, without Respect of Persons. In this Country, the _Physician_ is a very considerable Office; not only in the Emperor’s Court, but in that of all the _Mandarines_ or great Governors and Officers of State. Before any Man is preferr’d to the Office of Physician, either to the Sovereign or to any of his great Men, he undergoes a strict and impartial Examination, as to his Knowledge of the Theory and Practice of Physick, as well as of the other Branches of Learning, which are necessary to compleat the wise Physician.