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The Renowned History of

Reflections, Sir, have been rendered neceſſary, by the unaccountable and diabolical Scheme which many Gentlemen now give into, of laying a Number of Farms into one, and very often of a whole Pariſh into one Farm; which in the End muſt reduce the common People to a State of Vaſſalage, worſe than that under the Barons of old, or of the Clans in Scotland; and will in Time depopulate the Kingdom. But as you are tired of the Subject, I ſhall take myſelf away, and you may viſit Little Margery. So, Sir, your Servant,

The Editor.

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