164 lq �H. T E R R/E-F ILI U $. N XX�IIIo l'arcite v?ttcz?uM ai?ndere crimen in omne?. Ovid, .?I?.; .?re?:?ti.:i T is with the utmoft r?lu&ance that .?i :.ti- ever open my mouth, or draw my pen
- -?- I ? ligainf[ WOMiI?KINI)i for whom I have
? ? fo paffionate a veneration, that even the ?,?'?l?,?"?: ?,orfl gartofthem often find me too ten- ' der hearted towards them, and get the better of myoth?hculties. But as I'liavetaken _t?on m y t?if the char?er of a general Rearmet, i illall i?a.ve' the misfortunes of numberleft younK?en to anfv&r for, if I conceal any thing v&ich may be' for their advant' e, or ti e an a?u es in the tl?u?h cometted by ? faireft offenders. . with all This mull ftand for my apdo_gj reafon' able perforts otboth rexes, f?r what for the t?lick (which over-rules my own, natural tender- neff) prompts me to utter, in the fullowing paper?- concerning the Oxvos? It is one of the misfortunes off. eva, that ?s great a pli/her. and refiner of men as, it pretends to l?e, it is a fore enemy to hurd./?udffand ?hilo]b?isnl drudge- ry. It is a moR arbitrar}; palllon,.kn.d wherever it gets po?ffion ofa man'g breal}, it. ro?s the who? man; and fo far is it from piti %ith any of ?ts ting conqu:tt to ?ufi?efi or kaming, that, like other ambi- tious tyrants, amidtt vaR empires, it grumbles at its awn ?..?.rny, and fearches. a[t? new acq?ilitions.
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