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give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o true_a motive_n which_o induce_v i_o to_o it_o any_o body_n may_v observe_v there_o be_v no_o nation_n to_o which_o my_o book_n may_v be_v so_o useful_a as_o to_o france_n if_o she_o will_v be_v please_v to_o follow_v my_o advice_n i_o represent_v only_o the_o mischief_n which_o her_o people_n groan_v under_o but_o i_o do_v she_o none_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a all_o that_o i_o say_v tend_v natural_o to_o the_o heal_n of_o her_o disease_n if_o so_o be_v she_o think_v fit_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o remedy_n which_o i_o propose_v if_o any_o man_n say_v that_o i_o take_v a_o delight_n in_o her_o calamity_n and_o that_o i_o aggravate_v they_o i_o declare_v here_o in_o all_o sincerity_n that_o i_o think_v they_o be_v great_a than_o what_o i_o say_v and_o that_o i_o wish_v earnest_o and_o with_o all_o my_o soul_n that_o they_o will_v repent_v and_o if_o france_n ever_o come_v to_o her_o self_n there_o be_v no_o reward_n so_o great_a but_o i_o may_v 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inform_v than_o hitherto_o of_o the_o affair_n of_o england_n for_o it_o will_v seem_v that_o they_o flatter_v '_o emselve_n as_o if_o the_o strength_n of_o this_o kingdom_n have_v be_v exhaust_v which_o be_v far_o from_o the_o truth_n see_v the_o nation_n if_o it_o will_v may_v be_v in_o a_o better_a condition_n than_o ever_o it_o may_v also_o be_v observe_v that_o i_o speak_v good_a of_o france_n without_o partiality_n as_o well_o as_o evil_a and_o that_o i_o take_v the_o liberty_n to_o reprehend_v the_o fault_n and_o defect_n of_o our_o best_a friend_n for_o in_o general_n i_o hate_v disorder_n and_o will_v have_v all_o thing_n go_v on_o in_o their_o proper_a course_n it_o will_v be_v also_o find_v that_o i_o have_v whole_o
follow_v a_o new_a method_n in_o display_v by_o reason_n pure_o political_a the_o falsehood_n of_o the_o romish_a pretend_a religion_n by_o its_o natural_a and_o perpetual_a opposition_n to_o the_o good_a of_o state_n the_o repose_n of_o people_n and_o good_a moral_n which_o alone_o be_v enough_o to_o render_v it_o detestable_a to_o all_o those_o who_o love_n order_n justice_n and_o the_o prosperity_n of_o nation_n though_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v say_v against_o it_o from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n i_o hope_v that_o equitable_a person_n who_o shall_v be_v convince_v of_o my_o good_a intention_n and_o of_o the_o usefulness_n of_o my_o labour_n will_v grant_v i_o a_o easy_a pardon_n for_o all_o the_o error_n defect_n and_o imperfection_n which_o they_o may_v perhaps_o meet_v with_o such_o thing_n be_v common_a to_o all_o mankind_n errata_fw-la page_n 3._o line_n 21._o read_v be_v decrease_v p._n 11._o l._n 2._o r._n hole_n by_o p._n 16._o l._n 31._o r._n oppression_n p._n 17._o l._n 28._o r._n three_o part_n of_o four_o p._n 19_o l._n 29._o r._n 70._o p._n 47._o l._n 27._o r._n as_o p._n 50._o l._n 13._o r._n day-labourer_n p._n 52._o l._n 20._o after_o day_n add_v for_o food_n diet_n and_o clothes_n ibid._n l._n 22._o after_o expense_n r._n for_o the_o food_n alone_o and_o l._n 28._o after_o wherewithal_o r._n to_o cloth_n and_o p._n 68_o l._n 2._o r._n 21._o p._n 108._o l._n 21._o r._n of_o which_o p._n 180._o l._n 8._o r._n 340._o p._n 206._o l._n 1._o r._n the_o p._n 224._o l._n 26._o r._n the_o three_o part_n in_o four_o p._n 226._o l._n 12._o r._n in_o the_o province_n p._n 232._o l._n 22._o r._n linnen-cloath_n p._n 247._o l._n 12._o r._n per_fw-la pound_n p._n 252._o l._n 5._o deal_n of_o the_o content_n chap._n 1._o pag._n 1._o the_o desolation_n and_o ruin_n of_o france_n demonstrate_v etc._n etc._n chap._n 2._o pag._n 26._o a_o more_o punctual_a and_o particular_a account_n of_o the_o present_a condition_n of_o france_n chap._n 3._o pag._n 65._o that_o england_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v more_o populous_a proportionable_o to_o its_o bigness_n than_o france_n be_v even_o before_o the_o war._n chap._n 4._o pag._n 174._o how_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o french_a king_n have_v devour_v the_o three-fourths_n of_o all_o the_o capital_a stock_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n chap._n 5._o pag._n 193._o a_o particular_a account_n of_o the_o depopulation_n of_o france_n together_o with_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o depopulation_n chap._n 6._o pag._n 223._o prognostic_n which_o may_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o depopulation_n of_o france_n chap._n 7._o pag._n 254._o a_o list_n of_o the_o principal_a imposition_n and_o tax_n that_o be_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n the_o desolation_n and_o ruin_n of_o france_z demonstrate_v etc._n etc._n chap._n i._n the_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n of_o france_n be_v now_o become_v the_o common_a theme_n of_o discourse_n and_o the_o most_o ordinary_a subject_n of_o conversation_n especial_o 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of_o people_n in_o france_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o proportion_n which_o there_o be_v between_o the_o extent_n of_o france_n and_o that_o of_o england_n as_o also_o between_o the_o number_n of_o parish_n in_o the_o two_o kingdom_n france_n contain_v 82_o million_o of_o acre_n and_o england_n 30_o million_o there_o be_v in_o france_n 27_o thousand_o parish_n as_o have_v be_v say_v already_o and_o in_o england_n about_o 10_o thousand_o now_o if_o it_o be_v the_o common_a estimation_n that_o in_o the_o 30_o million_o of_o acre_n and_o the_o 10_o thousand_o parish_n in_o england_n there_o be_v not_o above_o 6_o million_o of_o people_n it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o there_o can_v be_v in_o the_o 82_o million_o of_o acre_n and_o the_o 27_o thousand_o parish_n in_o france_n above_o 13_o million_o and_o a_o half_a by_o reason_n that_o a_o popish_a nation_n under_o a_o arbitrary_a government_n can_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v so_o well_o people_v as_o a_o protestant_a nation_n under_o a_o 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