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have deflroyed the remains of feudal flavery, 

 mitigated the hardiliips endured b}?- unfortunate 

 prifoners, as well as the feverity of civil and mi- 

 litary puniQiments ; you have given to the inha- 

 bitants of certain provinces the liberty of aflefling 

 themfelves to the public impofts, remitted to the 

 Nation the dues of your accefiion to the Crown, 

 fecured 'to the poor feaman a part of the fruits of 

 war, and reflored to men of letters the natural pri- 

 vilege of reaping thofe of their labours. 



While, with one hand, you were affifting and 

 relieving the wretched part of the Nation, with 

 the other, you raifed ftatues to it's illuftrious men 

 of ages pall, and you fupported the opprefled 

 Americans. Certain wife men, who are about 

 your perfon, and, what is ftill more potent than 

 their wifdom, the charms and the fenfibility of 

 your auguft Confort, have rendered the path of 

 virtue eafy to yOu. O great King ! if you pro- 

 ceed with conftancy in the rough paths of virtue, 

 your name will one day be invoked by the mifer- 

 able of all Nations. It will prefide over their def- 

 tinies even during the life of their own Sovereigns. 

 They will prefent it as a barrier to oppofe their ty- 

 rants, and as a model to their good Kings. It will 

 be revered from the rifing to the fetting of the 

 Sun, like that of the Titufes^ and of the Antonimifes. 



When 



