For in truth there was between the doctrines which he had long professed and the doctrines which were propounded in this treatise a coincidence so exact that many suspected him of being the author; nor was this suspicion weakened by a passage to which a compliment was paid to his political writings.

But the real author was that very Blount who was, at that very time, labouring to inflame the public both against the Licensing Act and the licenser.
Blount's motives may easily be divined.

His own opinions were diametrically opposed to those which, on this occasion, he put forward in the most offensive manner.

It is therefore impossible to doubt that his object was to ensnare and to ruin Bohun.

It was a base and wicked scheme.