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there proceeds to the
1st Obj: That the 1st & 10th Count are incompatible with the rest.
There are 2 kinds of Publication, one general, the other particular & limited & this is not sufficient in the case of a civil action.
See Barrow v Llewellin
Hobart Rep. 62. Pl: 63. & Sir Baptist Hickes’s case in Hobart plac: 277, and in Popham 129 – In both which cases it is admitted that for a Libel rent privately by letter to the party himself, no action on the case will lie; though it be punishable.
In the 4 Sta: To: 355, Case of the 7 Bishops – the attorney General quotes the before mentioned determination in these