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Progenitors for a long Descent; and the living, and more prevailing Example of Your most Illustrious Grand-Father and Father will fire a Soul like Yours to a generous Emulation, and, l hope, Your Lordship will follow them with equal Steps, if You do not go beyond them.

So select a Conjunction of the happiest Circumstances must have a blessed Influence on the whole Course of Your Life; and if Families are the more Noble for being more Ancient, Your Lordship will shine in true Nobility, and reflect a Lustre on all the long Gallery of Your Predecessors.