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for when the waters are troubled, it is hard to 

 see the bait. 



2. Because the parenthesis betwixt an old 

 and new government flatters the hopes of all 

 parties, soothing those desires that are for a re- 

 lapse into the old, and yet encouraging those 

 that wish for the establishment of a new. 



3. Because, when all things are reduced into 

 a chaos and rude heap, when all the lines and 

 lineaments of the former government are blotted 

 out, that which is new written will be more 

 legible, and the old sooner forgotten : for sup- 

 pose a kingdom made a lump, without shape 

 and void, and it is, like materia prima, prone to 

 embrace any form ; when an instrument is dis- 

 tuned, you may set it to what key you please ; 

 and he that cannot sometimes loosen the strings, 

 will never make good music upon Synesius's 

 harp. 



4. Because, by new moulding of jurisdic- 

 tions, and offices of state, there may be a fair 

 opportunity offered, of gratifying those that 

 have served us ; and for others, it is very fami- 

 liar to see some stubborn and rigid opiniators, 

 who have continued long unshaken, either by 

 threat or argument, at length to surrender their 

 principles, and bow the knee before the dagon 

 of honour and riches ; such is the flexanimous 



