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102 raise them at Home, than Abroad. We had better rely on our own Troops than foreign Forces, and I believe we have sufﬁcient Strength and Numbers within ourselves: There is a vast Treasure, an inexhaustible Fund in the old English, from whence Authors may draw constant Supplies, as our Ofﬁcers make their surest Recruits from the Coal-Works and the Mines. The Weight, the Strength, and Significancy of many antiquated Words, should recommend them to Use again. 'Tis only wiping off the Rust they have contracted, and separating them from the Dross they lie mingled with, and Rh