They are not only jealous of their own Liberty, but even of that of other nations. The Engliſh were exaſperated againſt Lewis the Fourteenth, for no other reaſon but becauſe he was ambitious; and declar'd war againſt him merely out of levity, not from any intereſted motives.
The Engliſh have doubtleſs purchas'd their Liberties at a very high price, and waded thro' ſeas of blood to drown the Idol of arbitrary Power. Other nations have been involv'd in as great calamities, and have ſhed as much blood; but then the blood they ſpilt in defence of their Liberties, only enſlaved them the more.
That which riſes to a Revolution in England is no more than a Sedition in other countries. A city in Spain, in Barbary, or in Turkey, takes up arms in defence of its Privileges, when immediately 'tis ſtorm'd by mercenary Troops, 'tis puniſh'd by Executioners, and the reſt of the Nation kiſs the chains they are loaded with. The French are of opinion, that the government of this Iſland
