to ſome poor Nation, which has yielded to the fatal Temptation of invading them, and then grows opulent and weak in its turn, 'till it is itſelf invaded and deſtroyed by ſome other.
I wiſh ſomebody would condeſcend to inform us, what could have produced thoſe Swarms of Barbarians, which during ſo many Ages overran Europe, Asia, and Africa? Was it to the Induſtry of their Arts, the Wiſdom of their Laws, the Excellence of their Police they owed ſo prodigious an Increaſe? I wiſh our learned Men would be ſo kind as to tell us, why inſtead of multiplying to ſuch a Degree, theſe fierce and brutal Men, without Senſe or Science, without Reſtraint, without Education, did not murder each other every Minute in quarrelling for the ſpontaneous Productions of their Fields and Woods? Let them tell us how theſe Wretches could have the Aſſurance to look in the Face ſuch ſkilful Men as we were, with ſo fine a Military Diſcipline, ſuch excellent Codes, and ſuch wiſe Laws. Why, in fine, ſince Society has been perfected in the Northern Climates, and ſo much Pains have been
