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do ; and only add a lltde more compre- 

 henlively my felf j That, how few Perfons 

 foever may at firft thought look upon them- 

 felves to be concerned in this Argument — 

 Still it is certain, that befides our Sailors be- 

 fore alluded to, and fuch prefent happy 

 Proprietors themfelves — -All orders and con- 

 ditions of men diredtly, or indireftly ; the 

 very labouring Hind — the Mechanick— 

 the Merchant — the Statefman — even the 

 Divine, as much a Paradox as that may 

 feem — and equal to all together, every King 

 of England has an intereft in themfelves, 

 or their Succeflbrs ; in propagating, pre- 

 ferving, and perfecting the culture of 

 this Seleft, this Shining Plant the Brtijh 

 Oak, 



I SHALL not be more exprefs about 

 the Mechanifm recommended, that it may 

 not look like a low cunning to (hift in 

 fbme uncommon merits of mine along with 

 it* — Other than that it is fingularly adapted 

 to the Exigencies of the Clime of Great 

 Britain — That it is alfo a National as well 

 as private benefit — And never in any age be- 

 / fore, like now wanted-— 



Withal 



