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Preface.

of clandeſtine ſale. Having therefore ſo much reaſon to apprehend a ſurreptitious impreſſion, he choſe rather to ſubmit his own errors to the world, than to ſeem anſwerable for thoſe of other men. And, with this apology, he commits himſelf to the indulgence of the public.

2 Nov. 1765.