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opened to me a wide door to emo- 

 luments and honours* 



After having been fo publicly and 

 fo honourably called from a diftant 

 country to the moft generous and 

 powerful Monarchs; and after hav- 

 ing contributed to the tranquillity 

 and happinefs of fo many illuftrious 

 Princes, who, being educated under 

 the maternal care of the moft vir- 

 tuous Princess, are become highly 

 important to mankind, and have 

 filled the world with a well-founded 

 confidence to fee its happinefs 

 promoted by their means ; what^ 

 ever advantage or reputation I have 

 acquired from fuch a flattering ap- 

 3 pointment, 



