in all of which the Farmer had a Verdict and Coſts paid him; but notwithſtanding theſe Advantages, the Law was ſo expenſive, that he was ruined in the Conteſt, and obliged to give up all he had to his Creditors; which effectually anſwered the Purpoſe of Sir Timothy, who erected thoſe Nuiſances in the Farmer's Orchard with that Intention only. Ah, my dear Reader, we brag of Liberty, and boaſt of our Laws: but the Bleſſings of the one, and the Protection of the other, ſeldom fall to the Lot of the Poor; and eſpecially when a rich Man is their Adverſary. How, in the Name of Goodneſs, can a poor Wretch obtain Redreſs, when thirty Pounds are inſufficient to try his Cauſe? Where is he to find Money to ſee Council, or how can he plead his Cauſe himſelf (even if hewas
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