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 And after all, what's the mighty Advantage we propoe by keeping this Force? Why forooth, having a mall Number of Men more (for the Officers will always be ready, and now a great part of the private Soldiers are to be rais’d in cae of a new War) ready ix Weeks ooner to attack Frame. And I durt almot appeal to thee Gentlemen themelves, whether o mall a Balance againt France is equivalent to the Hazard of our Liberties, Detruction of our Contitution, and the contant Expence of keeping them up, to expect when the King of Spain will be plcafed to die. If thee Gentlemen are really afraid of a new War, and don't ue it as a Bugbear to fright us out of our Liberties, and to gain their little Party-Ends, the Way to bring the People into it heartily, is to hew them that all their Actions tend to the public Advantage, to leen the national Expences, to manage the Revenue with the greatet Frugality, to potpone part of their Salaries, and not grow rich while their Country grows poor, to give their hearty Aitance for appropriating the Irih Lands gain’d by the People°s Blood and Sweat to the public Service, as was promis’d by his Majety, and not to hew an unhappy Wit in punihing ome Men, and excuing others for the ame Fault, and pend three Months in Intrigues how to keep up a Standing Army to the Dread of the greatet Part of the Nation; for let them fancy what they pleae, the People will never conent to the raiing a new Army till they are atified they hall be rid of them when the War is done; and there is no Way of convincing them of that, but the dibanding thee with Willingnes. When we ee this done, we hall believe they are in earnet, and the People will join unanimouly in a new War; otherwie there will always be a coniderable Part of the Nation (whatever peronal Honour they have for his Majety, or Fears of France) that will lie upon the Wheels with all their Weight, and do them more harm than their Army will do them good.

To conclude, we have a wie and virtuous Prince, who has always endeavour'd to pleae his People by taking thoe Men into his Councils, which they have