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 Pleaſure nor Inſtruction from it, Nor is it leſs apparent, from the Suppreſſion of his Name, that he was equally a Stranger to that wild Deſire of Fame, which has ſometimes infatuated the nobleſt Minds.

His Modeſty, however, has not been able wholly to extinguiſh that Curioſity, which ſo naturally leads us, when we admire a Performance, to enquire after the Author. Thoſe whom I have conſulted on this Occaſion, and my Zeal for the Honour of this Benefactor of my Country has not ſuffered me to forget a ſingle Antiquary of Reputation, have almoſt unanimouſly determined, that it was written by a King. For where elſe, ſaid they, are we to expect that Greatneſs of Mind, and that Dignity of Expreſſion, ſo eminently conspicuous in this Inſcription?

It is with a proper Senſe of the Weakneſs of my own Abilities, that I venture to lay before the Public the Reaſons which hinder me from concurring with this