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loden, gave a full Diſplay, not only of your martial Capacity, but of your ſincere Regard for the Religion and Liberties of Britons, and of your indefatigable Aſſiduity in the Service of your Country.

As your Royal Highneſs's Preſence always animated and inſpirited the Army, ſo it was always equal to Numbers. And in whom could your Royal Father ſo happily repoſe the Honour of his Crown, and the Safety and Defence of his People?

But here I find myſelf anticipated: For what can be added to thoſe high Encomiums, thoſe monumental Teſtimonies of Gratitude, volunta-

rily