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Excerpt from Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks Truth will ever be unpalatable to thofe who are determined not to relinquifh error, but can never give offence to the honeft and well-meaning amongtt my countrymen F or' the plain-dealing remonftrances of a friend differ as widely from the rancour of an' ene-x my, as the friendly probe of the phyfician from the dagger of the affafiin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.