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BUT as every Misfortune forces Men to think of a Remedy, the Calamities, to which this barbarous \Vay of living was expofed, taught the Greeks, in proccfs of time, the Ne- eellity of willing their Towns; which, in its turn, procured them Security and W’ealtlh and ﬁrﬂ enriched the Cities upon the Sea: Theft: who lay moll expofed to lnfults before, were now moi} open to Trade 3 and the ‘P/szician and Egrptiqn Merchants quickly taught them the Methods of Gain : By this means Cljrzlrir, Corinth, and [lb/emu? were the hill opulent Ci- ties after themes. Riches foon produced Sull- ordination; the lefs powerful being contented with the Protea ion of the Rich and Brave; and mat, on the other hand, glad of Numbers for carrying on their Affairs h.

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