You _Nosmoth_, Doctor of the Divine Science of Physick, stand indicted before this Sovereign Court, at the Suit of our Sovereign Lord the most High, mighty, and Puisant Emperor, _Abdaer_ Emperor to the World, Lord of Vast Territories, Commander of Kings, and Beloved of the Sun, to whom all are Slaves &c. &c. For, that you not having the fear of the Mighty Gods before your Eyes, but being Instigated thereto, by the Suggestion of the Black Angel, who Commandeth the Burning Lake; and with malice in your Heart, and out of Envy and premedicated spite, to the Great _Mandarin Tonwin_ Slave of our Great Emperor, and Treasurer of his Invincible Armies, Didst on the Sixth Day, of the Second Month, of the Year of our Empire, six thousand seven hundred and forty six, conspire and contrive the Death of the said _Mandarin_; that is on one or other of the Days of the said second Month; thou didst maliciously, with a certain Instrument made of Steel, called a _Lancet_, stab the said _Mandarin_ in the right and left Arm, and didst take from him, a large Quantity of his Blood, to the amount of fifty seven Ounces; and likewise didst prevail with the said _Mandarin_, by false unreasonable, and scandalous Suggestions, to swallow certain Quantities unknown, of poisonous Drugs, for sixteen or seventeen Days together; and likewise caused during the said Space of Time, to be introduced into the _Anus_, (Anglice A——se,) of the said Mandarin, a certain Machine, call’d a Clister-Pipe, through which was squeezed a certain further Quantity of poisonous Drugs, into his Bowels; and contrary to the Duty of your Profession as a Physician, ordered the said Mandarin, then your Patient, to eat of Meats and Drinks, improper for his Condition, and neglected to administer such Medicines, as you knew by the Help of the great God Paphor,[A] would have restored him to Health; by all which your Acts of Malice, before-mentioned, you permitted the Angel of Death, to carry away the said _Mandarin_; by which Means our great Emperor, has lost a faithful Slave, the Empire an useful Member, and the distressed a great Protector; this is your Accusation, are you Guilty or not Guilty. ----- Footnote A: The God of Physick amongst the _Chinese_. _Council for the Prisoner._