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judged; and a fair opportunity loft is not 

 eafily regained. 



The leflee of the tithes a<5led under a reft- 

 lefs impulfe ; and no matter the inftruments 

 he made ufe of, fo thej^ anfwered his purpofe. 

 He, therefore, applied to the house-own- . 

 ZRs; who, feeing riches within their reach 

 which till then they had never thought of, 

 grew frantic with expedlation. 



A law-acrent well fuited to the defigrn was 

 pitched upon ; and other agents, no Icfs qua- 

 lifi'ed, gave hini their beft afliftancc. An 

 equal divifion of the commons among the 

 houfes only was the prize held out ; and a 

 bill, framed for the purpofe of obtaining it, 

 was fent up to Parliament. 



A faint ill-condudted oppofition was made 

 by the land-owners •, but a more powerful in- 

 tereft, well applied, having got there before 

 them, their intentions of throwing out the 

 bill were fruftrated. 



Parliament, however, feeing probably the 

 iniquity of the bill, without being willino- to. 

 enter into a minute inveftigation, or able at 

 their diftance to afcertain with conveniency 

 fufficient fads, left a principal matter open to 

 E 4 a trial 



