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will resume its preeminence, & the Nation become poor, may perhaps in the convulsion recover its Virtue, & the generous spirit of our ancestors take place of the narrow, despicable way of thinking that our extensive Commerce has enspir'd us with; but so terrible is this remedy & the consequences so unknown, so fatal perhaps to the Royal family as well as to the Nobility, that every honest Man must deprecate the event, & endeavour by proper regulations, by prudent oeconomy & a careful exercion of the Laws, to lessen gradualy the Debt & law a proper foundation for its total extinction, & such are the nerves of this Country that a public Spirited Prince bless'd with honest & Virtuous Ministers & a long