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duty, not only to my country, but singly to 

 your self : give me leave therefore to wind 

 up my epistle, and solicit pardon if any 

 thing be amiss ; supposing my language runs 

 harsh and rugged ; but that I cannot help, 

 because drawn from the rough draught of a 

 martial pen, which shews my stile may be 

 somewhat unpolished. Nor can I flatter 

 the times, for I never was a parasite nor a 

 time-server ; so that, errors excepted, I may 

 hope a pardon and an easy penance from 

 so mild, so moderate and judicious a pa- 

 tron, under whose patronage I lodg my sen- 

 timents, and subscribe my self, 



Worthy sir, yours to serve you, 



PHILANTHROPIC. 



