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Show , [ ·P ] 9n our G\l:trd agaiQ.il: Men, who by the Means,they ufe, fo plainly fhew they inten~ us no good ? Can we think our felves fafe in Guides, who take fo much,Pains, to Blind thofe tl\ey would lead ~fter- the!}l J· S,hall :-ve not fuipea Men have fome il.rDe!ign, upon us, when they try to perfuade us out qf our ~enfes ; when they tell us, what ruins Credit, will rai(e !-4o1,1:ey ; that to check1 the Progrefs of our A.r~~' is the way to Pe11ce ; and to m:~ke :~n til War, the only Method to put a good End to it ? if we c;~n but once be wife enough, to put thefe Queil:ions to onr felves ' . we fhall foon be cur'd of our Fondnefs for thefc falfc Patriots; who, while they pretend to be our Frienlis, are doing the Enemy the greateil: Service that caJl·be; fd tnuch Service, that p,.a,ce muil: be verj poor indeed, if they are not very well paid for it; I' or we may be very fure, 1-Ioc Itbactts v elit, 6--; m11g>zo metcentur At rid£, :ts we may feel perh;ps by the EffeCl:s, before we are much older. But P ro vidence has on fo many dccalions favour'd; us, that I am ftill, in (pite o[ all thefe fi range Contrivances to ruin us, or rather to make us ruin our ielves, willing to hope for better Things. . You will forgive this tedious Letter, and itrtpute the Length of it t,O th~ Delire I have, of giving ydu the fulleil: Satisfaction in ti:e Points you hav~ been pleas1d to ask my Opt~ nion of, and to the Sincerity with which I am ever, S t R, Your moft· Faithful Humble Servatit, F iNIS. - .. 'o . ~ . . THE Negociations FOR A Treaty of Peace, In I 7 0 9· CON StDER'D In a Third Le~ter TO A Tory-Member. Part the Firfl:. 'Jttft!ti-~n_e prim mirer, Bel!ive . ·-- - . La~~~-m ..~ €1:]c ~econll <tnttton. t 0 N D 0 N : Printed for 4· Baldwin, near the d:cforJ-Atmi · 111 Wnrwick-L,me. 1 7 u . .. · -· |