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History and Defence

OF

MAGNA CHARTA.

He that would animate mankind to the ſupport of freedom, which is their common cauſe, ſhould himſelf feel in an eminent degree, that ardour which he wiſhes to inſpire. Even an enthuſiaſm therein may be deemed a holy rapture, ſince that by which it is produced is the cauſe of God; and is ſo great a good to the firſt order in his creation.

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