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Newspaper
Whisperer
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 01, 1771
Page
7
An argumentative, polemical piece railing at censorship and punishment. It invokes Puritan precedent and laments heavy penalties for authors, urging freedom of writing and criticizing English governance while praising Lord Chief Justice Fefferies and the resilience of a reading public. The text mocks harshures and defends continued literary expression despite risk.
In a lengthy exchange from the 2 7-Second Part of Heary 6, Cade confronts a clerk and a weaver of Chatham. The clerk boasts he can write his name, while Cade accuses the man of villainy and treachery and calls for punishment and public shame.
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