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 doubt not, be made by uch, of the Tranactions which happened in the Family of our worthy Man, during all the Years which we have thought proper to pas over: For tho’ nothing worthy of a Place in this Hitory occurred within that Period; yet did everal Incidents happen, of equal Importance with thoe reported by the daily and weekly Hitorians of the Age, in reading which, great Numbers of Perons conume a coniderable Part of their Time, very little, I am afraid, to their Emolument. Now, in the Conjectures here propoed, ome of the mot excellent Faculties of the Mind may be employed to much Advantage, ince it is a more ueful Capacity to be able to foretel the Actions of Men in any Circumtance from their Characters; than to judge of their Characters from their Actions. The former, I own, requires the greater Penetration; but may be accomplihed by true Sagacity, with no les Certainty than the latter.

As we are enible that much the greatet Part of our Readers are very eminently poeed of this Quality, we have left them a Space of twelve Years to exert it in; and hall now bring forth our Hero, at about fourteen Years of Age, not quetioning that