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their Inhabitants have, upon all Occaſions, been firmly attached to the Crown; and were ever remarkable for the Innocence of their Lives, and Purity of their Manners: For theſe Reaſons (your Royal Highneſs will permit me to add) they have a Sort of Right to your Protection; ſince Virtue and Loyalty are always favoured by the Good and the Brave.
Your Royal Highneſs's Affection for this Nation has been ſo ſignally manifeſted on the moſt intereſting Occaſions, that no Wonder its remote Inhabitants ſtrive to ſhelter themſelves under your auſpicious Wing, and are ambi-
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