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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35590	The Case betwixt Mr. Pool and Mr. Cornelius Bee considered and decided		1677 (1677)	Wing C859; ESTC R43076	7,532	9

thus viz. Whether the Criticks were Mr. Bees and consequently whether Mr. Pool or any other might assay any thing with or about the Criticks destructive to Mr. Bees interest and propriety And where does Mr. Pools perspicacity find Mr. Bee mistaken or absurd in the stating of his case Hereupon I suppose not without as good reason as Mr. Pool produces any that Sion Colledge where Mr. Bees treasury of books was being burnt down if Mr. Pool builds upon the ground where it stood and makes the buildings less than before Epitomizes them and claps his Bills upon the Door or upon the Exchange signifying that if any man hath a mind to be his Tenant though the rooms are not so big yet they the price are as commodious and they shall have them for a third part they were at formerly that he does the owners of that ground as little injury as he does to Mr. Bee in this Case for he hath as much right to his Criticks by the Law though they are most of them burnt as any man hath or had to his House or the Ground whereon up● House stood Mr. Bee hath a mind to build his house again himself dist●● is own ground and foundation what reason hath any man to less Ep●● If he takes not in all his ground but builds his rooms he not have es his Criticks himself which I hope be will not do shall his own and w●erty allowed by the Law to do what he please with What if Mr Bee breasonable to grant every man in those cases according to his Speci● as large as before Prints I mean the Criticks intends it will 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 forth which if he proceeds to do as he 〈…〉 eminent work next the Sacred Bible that ever the Christian world enjoyed suppose it amounts to a round price Mr. Pool will direct any man to an expedient that hath not 10 l to purchase it or time to read such large Volumes and will assure him where he shall have the most material Authors if not all of them for a small matter Mr. Bee hath sunk the prizes of them so low by hooking them as it pleases Mr. Pool to call it into his Criticks Mr. Pool intends to take in the Bibl. Max and many other Authors he names into his Synopsis and to squeeze the virtue out of them which if he does we shall hope to have those voluminous Authors for a Song or as cheap as Marrow Bones in the street when Mr. Pool hath suck't out the Marrow as he confidently would perswade his Subscribers and all that are so credulous as to take his word for it It is suggested in Mr. Pool's last paper that his warrant is good for his proceeding vigorously in his business because though he makes bold with Mr. Bee's Criticks yet he extracts also out of several other Authors This justifies him not a jot or no more than if any man should think he might lawfully export prohibited commodities out of the Kingdome of England if he carries along with those prohibited goods several others that are allowed to bear them company there is as little to be said against Mr. Pool should he undertake the epitomizing of Mr Bee's Criticks only as if he takes in Bib. Max. Cajetan Ainsworth c. into his Synopsis to go along with them I believe the Law will not excuse him that practises the former which if it does not it can never justifie Mr. Pool for doing the latter for it necessitates the ruining Mr Bee's interest in reference to his just right in his Criticks For Mr. Pool's two concluding cases and his Queries upon them he may take these few concluding considerations First If his Doctor be so Reverend very Learned and Worthy as Mr. Pool represents him he will do nothing unworthy of all those titles If he hath epitomized Mr. Bee's Criticks and drawn in collections out of divers other Authors much of Mr. Pool's labour is done to his hand when the Dr. pleases to set forth his Specimen if it appears that he hath not undermined Mr. Bee's propriety I shall wish him God speed Further if Mr. Pool's Doctor be such as he sets him forth viz. Reverend very Learned and Worthy Mr. Bee may possibly supersede and suspend his interest in hopes that the publique may be served by a person of such eminencies which he hath great reason to doubt are very hardly to be found in Mr. Pool Again those excerptions of the Doctors gathered out of the Authors which Mr. Bee hath taken into his Criticks before Mr. Bee's Criticks came forth which is about 8. years since were supposed by the Doctor either to be prejudicial to Mr. Bee's interest or very little beneficial to the publick otherwise he would not have concealed them so long and at last revealed the secret to Mr Pool to make a query of I believe Mr. Pool's Doctor hath not epitomised the Criticks because it s rarely done for private use by Reverend and very Learned Doctors For Speeds Chronicle Dictionaries Reports and others if upon an extract out of them all those that have the priviledge of sole Printing them are not injured or are not willing to think themselves injured what concerns it Mr. Bee to become their Apologist And for Mr. Pool to argue à facto ad jus is to leave a Cipher for the consequence Doubtless Mr. Bee is wronged by Mr. Pool's unrighteous attempt apparently against that which must necessarily be acknowledged to be the reason of the Law by all that impartially weight it otherwise they must conclude it a very difficult matter to find any in it When you have signified what I have said to Mr. Pool acquaint the Book-seller and Printers who used to publish books worth a Schollars reading that hereafter they secure themselves by Subscriptions ere they begin or else fortifie themselves with a strong belief that when they have bestowed some thousands of pounds in Printing of an Author the Epitomizing of it will do them no injury unless by chance it undo them What would they think that have the Copy of Serjeant Rolles his Common-place book lately set forth and sold for forty shillings should any man fall to Epitomizing paring something off and inserting something into it out of other law-Law-books changing the method all which are feasable and tell the world that the Book is Large the Price Great and some have not so much time as to read such a Volume others not money to go to the price of it I would not excuse the Undertakers for the loss of many a pound for suppose the Epitomizer tell his Subscribers be would sell his Synopsis for the third part of the price and they should have for their money all that 's Material in the large Volume besides the Marrow of many a rare book to boot and its fitting all sorts of Lawyers should be accommodated I would rather be possessed of so much good white paper then the large Printed book If men be uneasie to beleive that all these things may be done let them repair to Mr. Pool and he shall with a great confidence assure them and that with authority that they receive no injury by all this FINIS