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 baſe Submiſſion, as well as of Cruelty, Miſchief, and Malevolence.

I cannot forbear to obſerve in this Place, that as it is of no Advantage to Mankind to be forewarned of inevitable and inſurmountable Misfortunes, the Author probably intended to hint to his Countrymen the proper Remedies for the Evils he deſcribes. In this Calamity, on which he dwells longeſt, and which he ſeems to deplore with the deepeſt Sorrow, he points out one Circumſtance which may be of great Uſe to diſperſe our Apprehenſions, and awaken us from that Panick which the Reader muſt neceſſarily feel at the firſt tranſient View of this dreadful Deſcription. Theſe Serpents, ſays the Original, are, of no fighting Race: They will threaten, indeed, and hiſs, and terrify the Weak, and Timorous, and Thoughtleſs, but have no real Courage or Strength. So that the Miſchief done by them, their Ravages, Devaſtations, and Robberies, muſt be only the Conſequences of Cowardice in the ,