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Dedication.
And you, Magnificent and moſt Honoured Lords; you, the worthy and reſpectable Magiſtrates of a free People, permit me to approach you in particular with my Duty and Homage. If there is among Men a Rank qualified to give a Luſtre to thoſe who fill it, it is no doubt that which both Talents and Virtue combine to beſtow; that, of which you have rendered yourſelves worthy, and to which your Fellow Citizens have promoted you. Their Merit adds conſiderably to the Splendor of your's; and conſidering that Men capable of governing other Men have choſen you to govern themſelves, I deem you as much above other
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