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thofe who affecl Humanity, and when 



every Thing facred is trod under Foot, 



and Heaven itfeh^ treated as a Chimera , 

 this, Madam, is an Honour, thatin.the 

 Eye of Reafon eclipfes all the Pomp of 

 Rank, and all the Ollentation of Title. 



is more your Glory, Madam, to 



have claimed this Character,' : than 

 to have defcended from the lonoreft 

 Line of Patriots and of Heroes. It 

 is for thefe the Good v/ill celebrate you 3 

 anticipating that Praife, which your 



pure Spirit fhall tafte, when Angels fing 



about it, as they conduct it to thofe 

 Regions, which He who loves Virtue, 

 has prepared for its Reception. 



Pardon a Stranorer, Madam, who 



addreffes you in Terms, fuitcd not to 



ordinary Circumftances of Rank 

 and Title, thofe others fhare with you ; 

 but in that Goodnefs in which, to the 

 Misfortune of the World, you are al- 

 mort alone : And who knows the moft 

 that he can fay, will not be accounts 

 Flattery ; becaufe, bad as Men axe in 

 eneral, they all allow Virtue to be 



amiable; 



