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ii thrown, to hear that he has been imposed upon by the grossest fabrications, and, (however mortifying the discovery may prove,) that many of those who have practised on his integrity and surprised his judgment, are weak at once and worthless, with few pretensions to talents, and none to honesty.

or, (as the name is usually abbreviated by himself,), was born in the early part of the year 1574. His grand-