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altitude of their bodies 3 fuch owners how- 

 ever overlooking their unasquable bignefs 

 many times to their height — In which light- 

 ing ftate of thefe combatants^ it is found 

 neceffary again, after fome time, by the too 

 vifible appearances of mutual damages to 

 each other 5 to proceed to another extirpa-* 

 tion, by which time however their grace-^ 

 ful and exemplary afpiring, (much pleafing 

 but delufive View) is fuch, as to go to their 

 heart to take many more down : But finding 

 a general indulgence to be but cruelty, they 

 are forced upon it-^In the revolution per-^ 

 haps of one feven years more, fuch pro- 

 prietors become fufficiently convinced that 

 Oaks like not fellowfhip like reeds ; But 

 the time being come, that they ^re to make 

 a little better return of what require a fur- 

 ther extirpation, than for the fire (for it muft 

 be called but a little) fince fir timber of their 

 I fize is fo cheap, and fo much better ; as no 

 forefter is worth lefs for mechanical ufes^ 

 than Oak 5 ajh^ and elm^ from their firft be- 

 ginnings, being all heart, as the other is 

 moftly fap, with a mixture often of Jioleni 

 "joleiis^ they fet about making another draught 

 out 5 and poffibly fuch as are unexperienced, 

 take down all the crooked ones to choofe— ^ 

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