Letter

 1 I  |     Christ was baptised by St. John." "Friend," replies the
 2 I  |  Christ indeed was baptised by John, by He himself never baptised
 3 I  |    disciples of Christ, not of John." I pitied very much the
 4 I  |        Jews use the baptism of John to this day. Look into ancient
 5 I  |        and thou wilt find that John only revived this practice;
 6 I  |    submitted to the baptism of John, as He had suffered Himself
 7 IX | exorbitant taxes. At last King John delivered up by a public
 8 IX |    dethroned the wretched King John and seated Louis, father
 9 IX |         The barons forced King John and King Henry III. to grant
10 XIX|       wit and true humour.~Sir John Vanbrugh has written several
11 XIX|      but not so ingenious. Sir John was a man of pleasure, and
12 XIX|      an epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has these lines:~"
13 XIX|       heavy load in thee."~Sir John having taken a tour into
14 XIX|      and regular, those of Sir John Vanbrugh most gay and humorous,