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the power of imagination, they go to' battle with a loud and bar- origin 

 barous fong ; each feature is diflorted, each limb is fet i 



in a ca- 



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fenced motion i they brandifh their deflrudlive weapons, and 

 ilamp upon the ground with their feet, while the whole band join 



awful, tremendous groan ; xh^ fong begin 



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the whole troop is lofl in ixtnzj and rage -, they fall to, and every 



one fights as if animated by furies ; and deflrudion and carnage 



await the routed party : whofoever falls, is murdered without mercy, 

 and the corfes of the ilain immediately ferve 



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appetites of the conquerors. 



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bounds of humanity arc 



once paiTed, and the reverence due to the bright image of divinity, 



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is conquered by frenzy, the pradice foon becomes habitual, ^{^z- 



ially as it is reckoned among the honours due to the 



conqueror 



to feail upon the wretched victims of favage victory ; add to this, 



than a few ftupid 



that a nation which has no 



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dogs and fifh, will foon reconcile themfelves to human ilelh, which, 

 according to feveral known inflances, * is reputed to be one of 

 <the moil palatable difhes. 



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Pinto, who was then Governor, that human fleili was extremely palatable, efpecially if 

 taken from a young perfon. And during the laft dearth in Germany, a fliepherd killed firft 

 .& young perfon, to futlsfy the cravings of hunger with Ms flefii, and afterwards feveral more, 

 in order to pleafe his luxurious palate. 



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