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''Am very apprehensive of the Expectation of some, and the Censure of others, who shall take this Treatise into their Hands: Those whose good Nature has inclined them towards any favourable Expectation from it, I should be very glad to find them, any way gratifyed with the Endeavours I have used to please them. In which I have employ'd much of my Desires: And as the more candid sort of Readers will, perhaps, be so generous as to think, I have also taken some Pains. Those who are more addicted to Censure, will not be so easily satisfyed. For in dealing with this sort of People, there are these great Obstacles to be conquer'd. Ignorance on one Hand, or an affectation of Wit and knowledge on the other. Both of which have their''