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oppress the liberties of Europe ; shook off the yoke of ecclesiastical tyranny ; 

 restored religion from the corruptions of popery ; and by a wise, a moderate, 

 and a popular government, gave wealth, security, and respect to England. 



KING WILLIAM III. 



Who, by his virtue and constancy, having saved his country from a foreign 

 master ; by a bold and generous enterprize, preserved the liberty and religion 

 of Great Britain. 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH, 



A valiant Soldier, and an able Statesman; who endeavouring to rouse the 

 spirit of his master, for the honour of his country, against the ambition of 

 Spain, fell a sacrifice to the influence of that court, whose arms he had van- 

 quished, and whose designs he opposed. 



SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, 



Who, through many perils, was the first of Britons that ventured to sail round 

 the Globe; and carried into unknown Seas and Nations the knowledge and 

 glory of the English name. 



JOHN HAMPDEN, 



Who, with great spirit and consummate abilities, began a noble opposition to 

 an arbitrary court, in the defence of the liberties of his country ; supported 

 them in parliament, and died for them in the field*. 



SIR JOHN BARNARD, 



Who distinguished himself in Parliament by an active and firm opposition to 

 the pernicious and iniquitous practice of stock-jobbing: at the same time 

 exerting his utmost abilities to encrease the strength of his country, by reducing 

 the interest of the national debt; which he proposed to the House of Commons 

 in the year 1737, and with the assistance of Government, carried into effect in 

 the year 1750, on terms of equal justice to Particulars and to the State; 

 notwithstanding all the impediments which private interest could oppose to 

 public spirit. 



In the Grotto River are several small Islands ; upon one 

 of them is 



