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produc'd, tho' His great Father be in the Number of them.

His Country may with Pleasure reflect, that when He has any thing of Moment in his View, there is Nothing, which can either break his Resolution, tire his Activity, or limit his Expence. His Spirit encreases on Resistance, and like a great Flame, it burns the stronger, and shines the brighter, in proportion to the Violence of the Storm that offends it. In the present troubled State of Affairs, in which the Nation fluctuates, how has he strove against the Power of Wind and Tyde to assist Her into Harbour; while some have endeavoured to tear Her to Pieces, in order to provide for their private Safety, and swim ashore on her Ruins?

Thus speaks the World. I, My Lord, whose Knowledge of Your Grace lyes more in private Life, can tell them, in Return, of One, who can animate his Country Retirement with a kind ofPlea-

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