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kind, I'am become one of their. greatelt 
Adinirers, and -a publick (may i prove 2 
prevailing and a. fuccefsful) Advocate for 
them: Moft folemnly protefting againft “all 
that notorious Injuftice, and inexcufable Ine 
gratitude of their cruel and mercilefs Owners, 
who not content with all their Treafure 
(colle&ted “with “infinite Pains, and. many 
Perils) devote them to the Deftrugtion with- 
out any Diftinction, or. the leaft ‘Pity and 
Compaflion. | . 
Not unlike fo many» bloody Rufians 
and Martherers, who, not fatisfied to rob 
others of their Subftance, do facrifice their 
Lives, their deareft Pofleffion ; for which 
they are the juft Abhortence of Mankind, 
A righteous Man regards the Life’ of his 
Beaft.* And is no Regard due to thefe 
Creatures of God, which are fo excellent 
in themfelves, and ‘ferviceable to Men? Was 
Balaam rebuked only for beating his AG? -- 
What Cenfure do thofe deferve, who thus 
deftroy fuch Multitudes of innocent, ufeful 
Creatures, and 'moft faithful Servants? Are 
they righteous, who are thus cruel and bar- 
barous?or do they act confiftently with 
their own or the publick Intereft? | 
-omWhen therefore the ‘following Pages will 
make! it appear, with how little Trouble, 
and without any Expence, ‘the Owners may 
come at their Riches, with Safety to their 
| O 2 ee LAVGRS 
* Prov. tii, x0. + Numb, xxii. 28. 
