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 rather than an Acknowledgement, or at best, an ostentatious kind of Gratitude, to tell the World that I have receiv'd the highest Obligations from the Lord : 'Tis an Honour to be regarded by a Person of so distinguish'd a Character: I am proud of it, and not being of a nature to be content with a silent Gratitude, am not deter'd from owning it, tho' it be liable to be mis-call'd Vanity.

You have, my Lord, the Happiness to enjoy what that great Statesman Walsingham, who held the same Office which you fill'd with so much Honour, frequently wish'd but never obtain'd; A Retirement from Business in the Declension of Life, to