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 And thus I have finiſhed what I at firſt propounded; but under ſuch difficulties and diſadvantages of a broken Health, as I do verily believe never Book was Written. And for that Reaſon, I am certain that the very Great Perſonages to whom I ventured to Offer it, (though it was upon preſumption of a better Performance) will bear with it; to whom I wholly Submit it with all Deference: and if one ſingle Word of it ſhould happen to be againſt Law, I here revoke it before hand. And for the ſame Reaſon I earneſtly deſire all Antiquaries and Learned Men to look further into this Matter, becauſe I my ſelf cannot: And as they ſee Cauſe, either to Confirm or Confute my Notion, which is Indifferent to me, becauſe I only ſeek Truth. I do not ſpeak thus doubtingly concerning Annual Parliaments, for I am Poſitive in them; but if People will have the utmoſt of Antiquities, and the very Original of the Wiſeſt and Juſteſt Government in the World, they muſt ſometimes be content to Read with Letters that are ſomewhat Worn; Though I have been of Opinion for many a Year, that the Kalends of May were very Legible. And Rh