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viii P R E F A C E. THE lecond Tract was firfl: publiflied Fragment of a greater Work. in the Year 1763, juft after the Conclu- Work was undertaken at the Defire of lion of the War. Dr. HAYTER, At that Junéture the Mob and the News-Writers were f0 en- P R E F then A C E. ix This Lord Bifhop of raged at the Thoughts of Peace, that the Norwz'c/z, and Preceptor to the Prince of Walcr, his prefent Majefty. His Lord- Pamphlet lay neglected above a Year in the Hands of the Publilher, and had very fliip's Defign was to put into the Hands few Readers But the Approbation which would convey both clear and comprehen- it has fince met with, Marcia" {from Ahead, five Ideas on the Subject ofNational Com- where Premiums have been inltituted for Dillbrtations on a like Plan, induce me merce, freed from the narrow Conceptions to hOpe that Prejudices begin to wear OH", of his Royal Pupil fuch a Treatife as of ignorant, or the finif'cer Views of crafty and that it hath a better Chance now than and defigning Men; and my honoured Friend, and revered Diocefan, the late it had before of being read with Candour, Lord Bifhop of Brflz'ol, Dr. CONYBEARE, and attended to with Impartiality. In- deed it was neceflary for me to publifh it in this Colleétion, becaufe of the Ufe which will be made of the fame Train of Arguments in the fourth of thefe Traéts, when we come to thew the true Interefis of Grezzt-Brz'tazh with refpeét to the Co- lonies, and the only Means of living with them on Terms of Harmony and Friendlhip. was pleated to recommend me, as a Perfon not altogether unqualified to write on fueh a Subjeét. I therefore entered upon the Work with all imaginable Alacrity, and intended to intitule my Performance, 7716 ONE Thing more I have to fay on this Head :‘ The Fact fets forth, that it is a Fragment Elemem‘r of Cammrrce, and 77160791 qutzxc'r. But I had not made a great Progrefs, be- fore I difcovered that fueh a Work was by no Means proper to be lheltered under the Protection of a Royal Perfonage, on account of the many Jealoufies to which it was liable, and the Cavils which might be raifed againft it. In fact, I foon found that there |
