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 this Opinion, which I am not only inclined to favour by my Reſpect for the Authors of it, but by a natural Affection to Monarchy, and a prevailing Inclination to believe that every Excellence is inherent in a King.

To condemn an Opinion ſo agreeable to the Reverence due to the regal Dignity, and countenanced by ſo great Authorities, without a long and accurate Diſcuſſion, would be a Temerity juſtly liable to the ſevereſt Cenſures. A ſupercilious and arrogant Determination of a Controverſy of ſuch Importance would doubtleſs be treated by the Impartial and Candid with the utmoſt Indignation.

But as I have too high an Idea of the Learning of my Contemporaries, to obtrude any crude, haſty, or indigeſted Notions on the Public, I have proceeded with