that in mystical terms, which shall

Putation, there is a
general massacre of learning designed in these realms; and through my sides there is a
wound given to al l the
Protestant almanack-makers in the universe. Vivat Regina. ***** A vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff,
Esq; against
what is objected to him by Mr. Partridge in his almanack for the present

year 1709. By the said Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; Written in the year 1709.

Mr. Partridge hath been lately pleased to treat me after a very rough manner, in that which

is called, his almanack for the present year: Such usage is very undecent from one gentleman to another, and
does not at all contribute
to the discovery of truth, which ought to be the great end in all disputes of the learned. To call a man fool
and villain, and impudent
fellow, only for differing from him in a point meer speculative, is, in my humble opinion, a very improper style

for a person of his education. I appeal to the lea