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PREFACE IF theAuthorofthese united Tracts hadbeen any Friendto PREFACES , he wou'dprobably have made his Entrance after that manner , in one or other ofthe Five Treatisesformerly publish'dapart. But as to all Prefatory or Dedicatory Discourse, he has told us his Mind sufficiently, in that Treatise which he calls SoLILOQUY. Being satisfy'dhowever, that there are manyPersons who esteem these Intro- [ivJ ductory Pieces as very essential in the Constitution ofa Work; he has thought fit, in behalfofhis honest Printer, to substitute these Lines under the Title of A PREFACE; andto declare, "That (according to his bestjudgment andAuthority) these Presents ought to pass, and be receiv 'd, constru'd, and taken, as satisfactory infull, for all Preliminary Composition, Dedication, direct or indirectApplicationfor Favour to the Publick, or to any private Patron, or Party whatsoever: Nothing to the contrary appearing to him, from the side ofTruth, or Reason." Witness his Hand, this Fifth Day of December, 1710. A.A.C.A.N.A.AE. C.M.D.C.L.X.X.J. XXl ...

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