2^2 KrSTORICAL FRNGMENTS — AMERICA. Jufle 2^, 



fums as fhall be required for their fopport ; Snd pow- 

 er by means of the places we fhall have to beftow *. 



11. And they ceafed not to extol that country ; and 

 they hired fcribes to write in its praifes ; and the peo- 

 ple believed in all the things that they faid. 



13. At length, a certain man arofe, who devifed 

 rnighty things, and he fpa.ke great words, and he pro- 

 phefied. 



14. And the people liftened unto him, and they be- 

 lieved the words that he uttered, becaufe they did not 

 underftand the meaning thereof: And they faid one un- 

 to another, furely no man could have imagined thele 

 things, if he had not been infpired. 



15. And he cried with a loud voice, and faid r 

 " Kear ! O ye people, and attend I and ye rulers of 

 " Britain^ give ear. 



16. " Verily 1 fay unto you, that every perfon ye 

 *' fhall fend from your own country into thefe diltant 

 " fettlen^ents. fliall add to the wealth, and augment 

 " the profperity of thy native country, as much as 

 " FOUR TiMKS THE NUMBER would do, if they were 

 " fufFered to remain at home *." 



17. And this faying pleafed the rulers ; and they gave 

 bounties and premiums to induce their own people to 

 go thither. 



18 For they faid among themfelves, the more mo« 

 ney we fliall have to diflribute, the moi'e we fliall be 

 able to retain to Ourfelves and to our friends. 



19. And they made to themfelves friends of thfe 

 mammon of unrighteoufnefs ; nor had they the fear of 

 the Lord before their eyes. 



20 Neverthelefs, it was foon difcovered, that the 

 prophet was a lying prophet ; — and that there had been 

 a lying fpirit in him ; and that he had uttered thefe 

 words only with an intention to deceive. 



* Qiiar. ^1ight not the fame reafoning be applied to the fettlemeOt 

 (of Botany Bay ? 



See Franklin's political writings. 



