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 of a new War give above fourteen or fifteen per cent. for Premiums and Interet, then the Remainder will be 3000000 l. I believe I may venture to ay, they will not be very fond of leening the Civil Lit, and loe their Salaries and Penions. Then if we deduct 700000 Pound per Annum, upon that account there will be 2300000 pound per Annum, for the ue of the War, if the People pay the utmot Penny they are able; o that the Quetion will not be as in the lat War, how we hall carry it on againt France at large, but how 2300000 Pound hall be dipoed of to the greatet advantage; which I preume every one will believe ought to be in a good Fleet.

This leads me to conider what will be the bet, if not the only way of managing a new War in cae the King of Spain's Death, and a new Rupture with France; and I will uppoe the Nation to be as perfectly free from all incumbrances as before the War. Mot Men at this time of Day, I believe, will agree with me that 'tis not our buines to throw Squibs in Flanders, end out vat Sums of Money to have our Men play at bopeep with the French, and at bet to have their Brains beat out againt tone Walls: But if a War is neceary there, 'tis our Interet to let the Dutch and Germans manage it, which is proper for their Situation, and let our Province be to undertake the Sea; yet if we have not Wit and hoety enough to make uch a bargain with them, but that we bring ourelves again to a neceity of maintaining Armies there, we may hir Men from Germany for half the price we can raie them here, and they will be ooner ready than they can be tranported from hence, that Country being full of Men, all Soldiers inured to Fatigue, and erving for much les pay than we give our own: Beides, we hall carry on the War at the expence of others Blodd, and ave our own People, which are the trength and riches of all Governments; we hall ave the charge of providing for the Officers when the War is done, and not meet with uch difficulties in dihanding them.

There are ome Gentlemen that have tarted a new method of making War with France, and tell us it will be neceary to end Forces to Spain to hinder the French from poeing that Country; and therefore we mut