The trimmer, his friendly debate with the observator concerning uniformity; rendition of charters, the House of Commons, not a house of courtiers; and twenty things more, not worth the rehearsal in a title-page. Though it be common policy of some authors or booksellers to wheedle men in to th' exchange of money for books, by putting more in the title-page, then you shall find in the book; and (like the Observator) more in the contents then in the chapter.
Hickeringill, Edmund,1631-1708.
London : printed for R. Hall; and sold by most boooksellers,
1683.
The trimmer = Edmund Hickeringill.
The observator = Sir Roger L'Estrange, who wrote and published the periodical "The Observator".
Wing (2nd ed.)
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L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704