But
this persevering journalist, whose name had for a long time appeared
alone as the printer of his newspaper, contrived to surmount this
difficulty, for in a manifesto, dated January 11th, 1640, he says:
'Courteous reader! we had thought to have given over printing our
foreign avisoes, for that the licenser (out of a partial affection)
would not oftentimes let pass apparent truth, and in other things
(oftentimes) so crosse and alter, which made us weary of printing;
but he being vanished (and that office fallen upon another more
understanding in these forraine affaires, and as you will find more
candid) we are againe (by the favour of his Majestie and the state)
resolved to go on printing, if we shall find the world to give a
better acceptation of them (than of late) by their weekly buying of
them. It is well known these novels are well esteemed in all parts
of the world (but heere) by the more judicious, which we can impute
to no other but the discontinuance of them, and the uncertaine
daies of publishing them, which, if the post fail us not, we shall
keep a constant day everie weeke therein, whereby everie man may
constantly expect them, and so we take leave.'
This number of his journal is entitled _The continuation of the Forraine
Occurrents, for five Weeks past, containinge many remarkable Passages of
Germanie, etc.
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