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rality, by thus promoting to the utmofl the Caufe of 
Science, in which they were, under his Protedion^ 
embarked. 
Gifts like jthefe, unfolicited and unconditionally 
bellowed, might have fatisfied the Impulfes even of a 
Princely Munificence but not fo with our Royal 
Patron. Amply informed in every Branch of real 
Knowledge, He refolved to beflow a- Hill more diftin- 
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guiflaed Mark of his Favor on Science which he 
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loved, and in this his laft belt Gift has fulfilled his 
Royal Refolution. 
Such a Donation, fo fuited to our prefent profper- 
ems and flourifhing Condition under his Royal Pa- 
tronage and Prote&ion, is admirably calculated to 
increafe the Refpect, great as it is, which ye have ever 
received from the Learned of all Europe, placing 
you at once, in every Point of fplendid Accommoda- 
tion,. as much above all Foreign Academies, as the 
Labors of your learned Predeceffors had raifed you 
above them in literary Reputation, 
Let 
