He wants you to discredit a man for forgery upon no evidence under heaven but that of his own, who thinks proper, without any sort of authority, without any sort of reference, without any sort of collateral evidence, to charge a man with that very direct forgery.
Burke critiques the lack of evidence in accusations of forgery, emphasizing the importance of credible proof.
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