i, who have subscrib’d my name hereto, ambitious of being thought a man of wit and learning, have perus’d this manuscript, which i find, to my great mortification, amusing, moral, philosophical, and fit to be read, even by those who have an utter aversion to romances; for which reason, i have depretiated it, as it deserves, and have in direct terms told the cadi-lesquier, that ’tis a most detestable performance.