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 ever well treated, carefled, enriched, flattered, or exalted, have regarded this Country with the leaſt Gratitude or Affection, till the Race has by long Continuance, after many Generations, been naturalized and aſſimilated.

They have been ready upon all Occaſions to prefer the petty Intereſts of their own Country, though perhaps only ſome deſolate and worthleſs Corner of the World. They have employed the Wealth of England, in paying Troops to defend, Mud-wall Towns, and uninhabitable Rocks, and in purchaſing Barriers for Territories of which the natural Sterility ſecured them from Invaſion. This