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<HEAD>THE
REPLY
OF
Richard Hutchin&s;on, E&s;quire,
TO
Sir Eliab Harvey's
ANSWER.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Eliab</HI> begins his An&s;wer with an In&s;inuation, as if the Printed Ca&s;t
was only <HI>In the Name</HI> of <HI>Richard Hutchin&s;on</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> when it is well known,
that it was Written, Printed, and Publi&s;hed, by his Direction. Next,
Sir <HI>Eliab</HI> pretends, That the Objection again&s;t tho&s;e who Voted for him
without Right, was, That they were made by the <HI>Pre&s;ent Bayliffs</HI> to Serve
a Turn: Whereas, the Objection was, That they were made at &s;everal Times,
contrary to a known <HI>By-Law.</HI> And though he &s;ugge&s;ts, that but One was made
while the&s;e Men were <HI>Bayliffs;</HI> it is in Proof, That many were made in their
Time without Right, and that in favour of Sir <HI>Eliab.</HI></P>
<P>He affirms, That <HI>None were denied the Taking up their Freedoms which had Right
to require them:</HI> When it will be proved, that &s;everal were denied their Right
till an Action was brought by One of them for &s;uch Denial.</P>
<P>He &s;ays, the Sixteen <HI>Clergy-men</HI> that Voted for him had Freedoms by Birth|right
(<HI>or otherwi&s;e</HI>), yet cannot &s;hew, that more than One of them had any
Right, but from the Free Gift of them who, by the <HI>By-Law,</HI> were re&s;trained
from giving away any Freedoms. Be&s;ides that, it was contrary to the Pre&s;cri|ptional
Right of the Town; which appears by Record to have been a <HI>Borough</HI> in
the Time of <HI>Hen.</HI> I. and the Indentures of Returns to Parliament have been by
the <HI>Burge&s;&s;es</HI> of the <HI>Borough.</HI></P>
<P>He &s;ays, That <HI>Clergy-men</HI> and <HI>Non-Conformi&s;t Preachers</HI> Voted for Mr. <HI>Hutch|in&s;on;</HI>
when there were but Two, one of which was made Free before the <HI>By-Law,</HI>
and the other as his Son, born after his Freedom.</P>
<P>He &s;ays, Every Freeman was called over <HI>according to his Seniority:</HI> which is
quite otherwi&s;e; it being by a meer Contrivance; by which Sir <HI>Eliab</HI> had Se|venty
One at the Beginning, when there were but Five on the other Side. Nor
was ever any thing with le&s;s Colour than his A&s;&s;ertion, That Mr. <HI>Hutchin&s;on</HI>'s
Friends pre&s;&s;ed <HI>to have the Books of Freedom in their Cu&s;tody for a Week:</HI> When 'tis
well known, that he was chiefly in&s;i&s;ted upon it, proffered to proceed to the Scru|tiny
upon the Place immediately, if he might have an In&s;pection of the Books
of Freedoms to compare with the Poll; by which it would have appear'd, that
Mr. <HI>Hutchin&s;on</HI> had a con&s;iderable Majority of True Votes.</P>
<P>He &s;ays, All the re&s;t of Mr. <HI>Hutchin&s;on</HI>'s Paper will appear <HI>Fal&s;e and Frivo|lons.</HI>
But if <HI>Bribery,</HI> among other Things, be proved, as it is not doubted but
it will, certainly this will not appear <HI>Frivolous.</HI></P>
<P>Upon the whole, it is to be ob&s;erved, That Sir <HI>Eliab</HI> did very prudently,
not to deny that there is &s;uch a <HI>By-Law</HI> as is urged again&s;t him; becau&s;e, though
it is not to be found in the Books, he cannot but believe, that the examining
into the Tearing it out of the Book, will not make for his Cau&s;e; and there|fore,
it was be&s;t to &s;ay nothing of it.</P>
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