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 our delicate Way of living, by our alternate Tranitions from the cloet Parts of our Houes into the open Air, the taking or laying aide our Cloaths with too little Precaution, and by all thoe Conveniences which our boundles Senuality has changed into neceary Habits, and the Neglect or Los of which afterwards cots us our Life or our Health; et down the Conflagrations and Earthquakes, which devouring or overturning whole Cities detroy the mierable Inhabitants by Thouands; um up in fine the Dangers with which all thee Michiefs are contantly attended; and then you will ee how dearly Nature makes us pay the Contempt we have hewed for her Leons.

I hall not now repeat what I have elewhere aid of the Calamities of War; I only wih that Perons ufficiently informed for that Purpoe were willing or bold enough to favour us with the Detail of the Villainies committed in Armies by the Undertakers for Victuals and Hopitals; we hould then plainly dicover that their montrous Frauds, but too well known already, detroy more Soldiers than actually fall by the Sword of the Enemy, o as often