Attonitus novitate mali, diveſque miſerque,
Effugere optat opes; & quæ modò voverat, odit.
But it is impoſſible that Men ſhould not ſooner or later have made Reflections on ſo wretched a Situation, and upon the Calamities with which they were overwhelmed. The Rich in particular muſt have ſoon perceived how much they ſuffered by a perpetual War, of which they alone ſupported all the Expence, and in which, tho' all riſked Life, they alone risked any Subſtance. Beſides, whatever Colour they might pretend to give their Uſurpations, they ſufficiently ſaw that theſe Uſurpations were in the main founded upon falſe and precarious Titles, and that what they had acquired by mere Force, others could again by mere Force wreſt out of their Hands, without leaving them the leaſt room to complain of ſuch a Proceeding. Even thoſe, who owed all their Riches to their own Induſtry, could ſcarce ground their Ac-
