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F a Man would have an entire View of the Engliſh Conſtitution, he muſt have recourſe to thoſe Able and Approved Authors who have written Purpoſely on that Subject. For it is a Rule, Parva eſt Authoritas aliud Agentis; and what is ſaid by the by, is of leſs Weight, than what is profeſſedly handled; provided it have been Maturely conſidered, by a Competent Judge of that Matter of which he treats. And in this kind we Rh