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"Thy fathers went down into Egypt with three i
persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee a
heaven for multitude.".............■...............
 

" Two things are to be considered in writing history, truth and
elocution, for in truth consisteth the soul, and in elocution the body
of history; the latter without the former, is but a picture of history;
the former without the latter, unapt to instruct. The principle and
proper work of history, being to instruct, and enable men by their
knowledge of actions past, to bear themselves prudently in the
present, and providently towards the future,"...........T. Hobhes.
 

NEW YOEK:
WILLIAM   OOWANS.