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Rh for I have always thought that the more we are bound up to an exact Narration, we want more Life, and Fire to animate and inform the Story, otherwise the Success of an Historian would depend on the Times he writeth of, more than on his Abilities. This most auspicious Reign of our most Gracious, hath opened the brightest, and most glorious Scene that History can display. The Triumphs of Her Arms, and the Happiness of Her Councils, illustrate and adorn each other in a perfect Harmony and Co-operation. These Annals will shine in any Hand, the Subject is so Great Rh