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Rh any Man Rich that Bought him. Well (ays One) And why d'ye Sell him then? For he will make you Rich, if you Keep him, as well as he will make me Rich if I Buy him. You ay very Right ays t'other; but 'tis Ready Mony that I want, and the Purchaer will have only an Etate in Reverion.

hen Demetrius Phalaræus (a Tyrant and an Uurper,) took Poeion of Athens, how was he Beet and Puru'd with the Huzza's and Acclamations of the People! Nay, and the Leading Men of the City too, with Joy in their Looks, and Gall in their Hearts, triving who hould be Foremot in the Solemnity, to cry Vive Demetrius, and Kis the Hand that Enlav'd chem. After them follow'd the Men of Eae, Luxury and Pleaure, for fear of being thought Wanting in point of