LETTER OF DEDICATION TO THE DUKE OF KENT. Ixxiii 



translated into English by himself, also alludes to the rival factions 

 of Whigs and Tories, a few years later : — " If the Peace has given any 

 Calm to our Isles after the bloody Conflicts they have had with our 

 GREAT neighbour, it has left us involved in such Dissentions and 

 intestine Animosities that they deprive us of an entire Happiness ; and 

 these lamentable ^Misunderstandings seem so to inflame the Minds, 

 that the most moderate Persons can hardly hinder themselves from 

 Listing under one of the Banners of this sad Discord. One is even 

 look'd upon by the Generality of the People as not being in the 

 Fashion when he does not take upon himself, and with Warmth too, 

 one of these factious Names which my Pen declines to set down, of W. 

 or of T.'' It may be noticed that ^lisson here speaks of himself as a 

 British subject, alluding to " our Isles'". In a note he explains the 

 origin of the terms Whig and Tory, 



The signature of the anonymous translator is omitted. In the French 

 edition the dedicatory epistle bears the signature of Francois Leguat, 

 with the date — '• Le 7. Octobre, A Londres, 1707." Of course, it 

 differs considerably from the above wording of the English translator, 

 who distinctly avows himself to be an Englishman. In the French 

 edition the author requests that His Highness will be pleased to grant 

 his generous and powerful protection in the most flourishing Island of 

 the world, where good Providence has happily led him, and where, 

 he adds, he shall never cease to offer his wishes for His Highness' 

 abundant and eternal prosperity, etc. It has not been considered 

 necessary to give this letter in extenso. The arms, crest, supporters, 

 motto, and heraldic insignia of the Marquess are figured in the French 

 but not in the English version. 



