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 OF BUNGAY, IN SUFFOLK, A ZEALOUS PROMOTER, FROM EARLY MANHOOD, OF CIVIL, RELIGIOUS, AND COMMERCIAL LIBERTY, AND, WITH THE ABLE ASSISTANCE OF JOSEPH HUME AND A FEW OTHER COADJUTORS, THE SUCCESSFUL ABATER OF THE MONOPOLY WHICH TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLED THE PRICE OF THE , THIS HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER UNRIGHTEOUS MONOPOLY, IS INSCRIBED, AS A TESTIMONY OF SINCERE RESPECT FOR HIS UNDEVIATING ADHERENCE TO PRINCIPLE, AND AS A MEMORIAL OF FORTY YEARS' UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND THE AUTHOR.