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 Containing as much of the Birth of the Foundling as is neceary or proper to acquaint the Reader with in the Beginning of this Hitory.  The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feat.

N Author ought to conider himelf, not as a Gentleman who gives a private or eleemoynary Treat, but rather as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at which all Perons are welcome