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a_o just_a and_o modest_a vindication_n of_o the_o scot_n design_n for_o the_o have_v establish_v a_o colony_n at_o darien_n with_o a_o brief_a display_v how_o much_o it_o be_v their_o interest_n to_o apply_v themselves_o to_o trade_n and_o particular_o to_o that_o which_o be_v foreign_a sanctiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la patriae_fw-la jura_n quam_fw-la hospitii_fw-la corn._n nep._n in_o vit_fw-mi timoth._n nemo_fw-la patriam_fw-la amat_fw-la quia_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la sua._n senec._n epist._n 66._o print_a in_o the_o year_n 1699._o to_o the_o reader_n there_o be_v no_o dedication_n of_o this_o discourse_n a_o preface_n be_v therefore_o not_o only_o the_o more_o allowable_a but_o necessary_a for_o how_o vain_a as_o well_o as_o impertinent_a soever_o they_o be_v deserve_o account_v who_o think_v either_o to_o recommend_v or_o to_o cover_v a_o unseasonable_a useless_a and_o trifle_a book_n from_o censure_n contempt_n and_o ridicule_n by_o their_o emit_v it_o under_o 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