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the knowledge of infe&s, tliat 

 I was induced to make this tranf- 

 lation of it public, in order that 

 others nright receive t.he fame en- 

 tertainment, and this agreeable 

 ftudy become more general. 



The addition of the copper 

 plates will, it is prefumed, tend 

 to make what is contained in 

 thefe pages better nnderftood ; 

 and by that means ftill farther 

 anfwer the end the tranflator had 

 in view by this publication. 



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