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B A C U F F A. 



From 1719 to 1729. 



Bloody Reign— Exterminates the Confpirators — Counterfeits Death — Be- 

 comes very popular. 



HONEST men, who loved their country, faw the danger- 

 ous fituation it was then in. Every day had produ- 

 ced inflances of a growing indifference to that form of go- 

 vernment which, from the earlieft times, they had looked 

 upon as facred ; and upon every flight and unreafonable dif- 

 guft a perfon of confequence thought he had met with, a 

 party was immediately formed, and nothing lefs was agreed 

 on than directly imbruing their hands in the blood of their 

 fovereign. 



A prince was neceflary who had qualities of mind pro- 

 per to enable him to put a flop to thefe enormities before 

 they involved the Hate in one fcene of anarchy and ruin. 

 4 F 2 Bacuffa 



