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Dedication.
dom and Moderation, it is on their Zeal for the Proſperity of the Commonwealth, that I ground the Hopes of its enjoying an eternal Tranquillity; and I obſerve with Pleaſure, Surpriſe and Reſpect, how much they deteſt the ſhocking Maxims of thoſe ſacred and barbarous Men, of whom Hiſtory furniſhes us with more Examples than one, and who, to maintain the pretended Rights of the Almighty, that is to ſay, their own Intereſt, were ſo much the leſs ſparing of human Blood, as they flattered themſelves their own ſhould be always reſpected.
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