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 ? Are not the Riches of the World our own? Do not our Ships ſail unmoleſted, and our Merchants traffick in perfect Security? Is not the very Name of England treated by Foreigners in a Manner never known before? Or if ſome ſlight Injuries have been offered, if ſome of our petty Traders have been ſtopped, our Poſſeſſions threatened, our Effects confiſcated, our Flag inſulted, or our Ears cropped, have we lain ſluggiſh and unactive? Have not our Fleets been ſeen in Triumphat Spithead? Did not viſit the Baſtimentos? and is not now ſtationed at Port Mahon?

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