( 54 ) 



" ed to her conftitution, but relied upon faith-* 

 u lefs auxiliaries, for fpirit and vigour." 



P. 78. " Commerce is an avowed enemy to 



" mankind: Kingdoms have been plundered 9 



' laid wafte, and the inhabitants butchered, 



" to pum her intereft ! How much blood has 



' been fhed to humour her jealoufies ! How 



" many millions have perifhed in her fervice, 



" by endemial difeafes, or fwallowed in the 



a ocean ! and how many thoufands have been 



1 flattered out of the world, by her deceit- 



" ful luxuries ! Commerce gives countenance 



" to every extravagancy, by tranfmuting the 



" vices of mankind into relative virtues. 



" Agriculture received her appointment 

 " from the hand of nature, and, like a faith- 

 " ful fervant, has conformed to the inftruc- 

 " tions of her great patronefs ; me is a friend 

 u to mankind, me fecures him health, and 

 " appetite, and provides him food to main- 

 " tain one, and gratify the other ; me gives 

 " ftrength to his body, and furnifhes him 

 ' with materials to cloath and preferve it : 

 1 As an attentive handmaid, fhe drefles up 

 " the face of nature in lovelinefs, and feafts 

 the eye of man with her incomparable beau- 

 ties ; add to all thefe real excellencies, ihe, 



"by 







