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 ��Preface to First Edition.

��be utterly lost, preserved these relicks from the flames. By purchase from Barber's widow they came into the possession of the Editor.

The original MSS. are deposited in the Museum of Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, belonging to the Editor ; which is open to the inspection of the publick.

LlCHFIELD,

March 2, 1805.

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