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 'Tis from the Boom of this Diorder and thee Revolutions, that Depotim gradually rearing up her hideous Cret, and devouring in every part of the State all that till remained ound and untainted, would at lat iue to trample upon the Laws and the People, and etablih herelf upon the Ruins of the Republic. The Times immediately preceding this lat Alteration would be Times of Calamity and Trouble: But at lat every thing would be wallowed up by the Monter; and the People would no longer have Chiefs or Laws, but only Tyrants. At this fatal Period all regard to Virtue and Manners would likewie diappear; for Depotim, cui ex honeto nulla et pes, tolerates no other Mater, wherever it reigns; the Moment it peaks, Probity and Duty loe all their Influence, and the blindet Obedience is the only Virtue the mierable Slaves have left them to practie.