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enough then to conceive that he was never like 

 to have any by his late excellent Princefs. Had 

 we taken any of thefe Methods, it muft be 

 own'd that E;;^/^;?^ would have been con fider- 

 ably weakned, and leffenM in the Elieem of the 

 World by it , that we fhould have thereby had 

 an opportunity of making fuGli foreign Allian- 

 ces With Fraftce, as formerly, or wich any o- 

 ther Nation, as would have made England un* 

 eafy, and perhaps unfafe on occafion 5 and 

 therefore it muft be reckoned highly impolitick, 

 as well as ungrateful, in our Neighbours to treat 

 us continually at fuch a rate, as if they had a 

 mind to bring us under fubjeflion, (ince v/e 

 have (b many open Doors to get out at. 



They muft not think that we have fo far de- 

 generated from the Courage and Honour of our 

 Ancettors, as tamely to fubmic to become their 

 Vaflals, when for 2000 years we have main- 

 tained our Freedom ; and therefore it is noc 

 their Intereft to cpprefs us too much. If they 

 confult their Hiftories, they will rind that we 

 always broke their Yoke at long-run, if at any 

 time we were brought Under it by Force or 

 Fraud. The beft way to allure themfelves of 

 us is to treat us in a friendly manner : Tho w-a 

 be not fb great and powerful as they, it is noc 

 impoflible for us to tind fuch Allies as may en- 

 able us to defend our feives now as w^ell as for- 

 merly. 



None of thefe things are fuggefted with an 

 illdefign to raife Animofity betwixt the Na- 



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