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fuch refpedive Britons breaft, to make 

 fome compenfation to Pojierity^ in lieu of 

 the national Debt, Monjlriim tlorrendum ! 

 which we the unhappy Infolvents have 

 laid upon them j And what furer, what 

 lefs pervertible v^ay is there than this alluded 

 to, the fruits of which they^ and only they 

 can fully enjoy ? 



I AM fenfible it k apparently mdre thaii 

 time for me to confider now^ on the ac- 

 countablenefs of my Prefumptioh bf thi^ 

 Mechanifm, or my other Monitions being 

 any whit attended to by men of Figure^ 

 or not : As coming from fo obfcure a 

 Writer as my felf— But, among all my ig- 

 norances, I need not be told of the more 

 captivating influences on a Reader's judg» 

 ment, either of an eftabliflit character in 

 the Publifher^ — A royal Patent— Or fome 

 exprefs lUuftrious Patron to give a work 

 of this kind an Eclat— Now a Bookfeller 

 indeed, who was to buy the Copy, might 

 Juftly fear he fhou'd not have a numerous 

 Sale : But the want thereof I regret not 

 on my own account : Efpecialiy as fuch 

 iaiy obfcurity, and unrecommended Publi-^ 

 cation hereof^ is all thofe Oak proprietors 



advantage^ 



