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Dedication.

have unhappily given way to any indiſcreet Tranſports in this lively Effuſion of my Heart, I humbly entreat you to excuſe it, in Conſideration of the tender Love of a true Patriot, and of the ardent and lawful Zeal of one, who wiſhes no greater Happineſs to himſelf than that of ſeeing you all happy.


I am, with the profoundeſt Reſpect, Magnificent, moſt Honoured and Sovereign Lords,

Your moſt humble, and
moſt obedient Servant
and Fellow-Citizen,


John James Rousseau.
Chamberi, 12
June, 1754.