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TO
William Dale Eſq;
SIR,
POEM on a New Uncommon Subject, cannot better, recommend itſelf to the Publick, than under the Protection of One, whoſe happy Genius at improving of great and uſeful Schemes, diſtinguiſhes him among Mankind; and makes him as much the Object of their Praiſe, as he is the Promoter of their Fortunes and Intereſt. This is ſo much your Character, that it is as impoſſible for You to eſcape this Dedication, as it is for you to conceal your Virtues. No Body can be a Stranger to them, and leaſt of all Men a Poet.
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