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''AM enible of the boldnes of the title-page and at firt ight it will hardly be excued from the charge of great presumption. The mallnes too of the volume which promies o much, whereon an infinite number of tracts has been wrote, eems inufficient to any great dicovery: and where authors hitherto carce durt pretend to a remedy, without imputation of quackery. But o it is, that at length, if I am not mistaken, Providence has put into our hands a perfect cure for this dreadful ''hydra. Rh