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or the subject matter is varied, it must happen ; yet the warp 
quite through is of the same thread; which being the due to so 
many and intricate meanders, trodden by a few, I am the more 
pardonable when I slip; though I do declare my desire is, to 
shew my diligence in collecting, and sincerity in compiling, what 
may make the road more easy to the next adventurers, and satisfy 
the present inquirers.’ 
“ Nisi utile est quod facias, stulta est gloria,” Ph/ed; 
Brighthelmstone, 
March 1 , 1812 . 
