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A Short Sketch of the underline Antient History /underline
That we may understand how ye different States & Kingdoms that divided the World arriv'd to the height of Grandure they are painted in History, & the remarkable transactions that may be useful to us by comparison in the various occurences of this life; we will begin our researches from the most early periods of this World.
Then every father was Soverign of his addition ^ own /addition family the arbitrator of all disputes in his little Region, He was very moderate in his Command, & as such solely occupy'd with the prosperity of his family; He call'd his Oldest Children frequently to his assistance in forming the Laws He thought adapted to preserve the Peace & harmony of his little Society, which werer by all with pleasure obey'd; the preference to an Eldest Son as the first Joy, to a Wife, or Daughter, occasion'd different divisions of effects in familys, which gave rise to the various usages of Nations.
addition ^ underline In the /underline /addition proportion family encreas'd by births & alliances their dominions did also, & by degrees dorm'd Villages
