The  secretary  promised  me  to  swinge  him.  I  must  make  that
rogue  an  example  to  others.'

In  the  early  days  of  the  reign  both  these  papers  had  manu-
script postscripts,  or  supplements,  when  any  fresh  news  arrived
that  was  not  in  their  last  edition,  they  being  published  thrice
weekly.  '  This  is  to  give  Notice,  that  the  Post  Boy,  with  a  Written
Postscript,  containing  all  the  Domestick  Occurrences,  with  the


'LONDON  GAZETTES   HERE!'


1    The  Life  and  Errors  of  John  Dunton^  Lond.  1705,
*  Daily  Courant^  Sept,  21,  1705.
