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on his real cllfcoveries, and on what he 

 prizes ftill more highly, the great quaU- 

 ties of his heart and mind. If he feems 

 to have acquired any advantage over 

 the Prince of Philofophers, he himfelf 

 afcribcs it cliiefly to the weapons fur- 

 nifhed him by Englifh Obfervers and 

 Navigators, particularly T)ampiei\ Ellis^ 

 Anfon^ Carteret^ Byron^ Coohe^ Gierke^ 

 Wales ^ and the great Newton himfelf. 

 Thus, in a noble and liberal mind, can- 

 dor and acutenefs of invefligation walk 

 hand in hand. 



I have endeavoured to profit by all 

 the foreign Editions which I was able to 

 procure. The few notes which I have 

 prefumed to introduce, are marked with 

 my initials, to diftinguifh them from 

 thofe of the Author. With all my at- 

 tention to the prefs, a few flips, I am 

 forry to obferve, have crept in. In the 



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