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 though they took gold and ilver to themelves, they eized ilands and kingdoms in the name of their Sovereigns. When a new region was gained, a governour was appointed by that power which had given the commiion to the conqueror; nor have I met with any European but Stukeley of London, that formed a deign of exalting himelf in the newly found countries to independent dominion.

ecure a conquet, it was always neceary to plant a colony, and territories thus occupied and ettled were rightly conidered as mere extenions or procees of empire; as ramifications which by the circulation of one publick interet communicated with the original ource of dominion, and which were kept flourihing and preadrng by the radical vigour of the Mother-country.

Colonies of England differ no otherwie from thoe of other nations, than as the