artifice and nonsense. But no man, not as debauched as themselves will believe them independent of the positive disproof of their story in the written documents.
As to the affair of threats (except those in Reynolds’ letters respecting the connection with his wife, which it will be perceived were very gentle for the occasion) not the least idea of the sort ever reached me ’till after the imprisonment of Reynolds. Mr. Wolcott’s certificate shews my conduct in that case—notwithstanding the powerful motives I may be presumed to have had to desire the liberation of Reynolds, on account of my situation with his wife, I cautioned Mr. Wolcott not to facilitate his liberation, till the affair of the threat was satisfactorily cleared up. The solemn denial of it in Reynolds’ letter No. XLII was considered by Mr. Wolcott as sufficient. This is a further proof, that though in respect to my situation with his wife, I was somewhat in Reynolds’ power, I was not disposed to make any improper concession to the apprehension of his resentment.
As to the threats intimated in his letters, the nature
