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their Treafure and Dominions in the hdies^ 

 without which that bulky Monarchy muft fall 

 by its own weight. This is likewife of fo 

 much the greater importance, that it may very 

 probably either prevent a religious War, to- 

 wards which the Papifts difcover fo much in- 

 clination, or at leaft bring it to a fpeedier Gon- 

 clufion : for we have as good reafon to look up- 

 on the Spani/b Mines in the Wefi-hdies to be 

 Antichrift's Pouch, by which he maintains his 

 War againft the Church, as the old Tdborites 

 had to call the Silver Mines in Bohemia, by that 

 Name. It is certainly the fureft Method of 

 deftroying Antichrift, to feize his Purfe ; for 

 if he once be deprived of Judas^s Bag, he will 

 quickly drop St. Feter'^s Keys. It's by the 

 Charms of her Gold that the BAhylonijh Whore 

 hath made the whole World to wonder after 

 her, and the Kings of the Earth to be drunk 

 with the Cup of her Fornication. 



8. By this means the £;^^///i& may be better 

 able to prevent the ruin of their Trade in the 

 Mediterranem and WeJt-IndieSj if the French 

 fhould poffefs themfelves of the Kingdom of 

 SfAtn: and they will likewife be the better 

 able to prevent their poffeffing themfelves of the 

 Netherlands ; which if once they fhould do, and 

 get Ports there capable of holding a Fleet, they 

 would alfo ruin their E^y?/^;;^ Trade, and put 

 a period to the Liberties of Great Britain. 



9. It will effectually unite the Scots to Enf^- 

 knd by an infeparable Tie, if the En^H/b join 



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