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wrote a petition to the king, wherein they be- sought him, not to cast off his people, for they were his own inheritance; but that he would look towards them as in times past.

23. And the petition was given to Benjamin to give to the king : now this Benjamin was a wise man, and his name was much set by amongst the people; he exceeded ail the ancients in wisdom and knowledge.

24. He taught the people the hidden mys- teries of nature, which had lain hid from the foundation of the world, and which our fathers knew not!

CHAP. III.

Dr. Franklin presents the Petition of Congress to the Parliament of Great Britain

AND when Benjamin came into the great Council of the kingdom, the eyes of all the people were fastened upon him! <!--American