Excerpt from The Revolution of America

The Tran¿ator cannot help molt folicit'ou¿y Will'l mg that fome of his fellow-fubjeéts, of the Bl'ltllll dominions, may enter the lifts for the prize propofed in the following Advertifement from the Academy of Lyons, in the hope that he {hall have the happinefs to fee it born from the red of the lettered world, by a hero of that people, who have been clear, tam Marti qahm Mercurio, who are yet dillinguifhed for their eloquence, and who, he trufts, when fraternal feuds {hall be recohciled, will vindicate their fuperiority in arms. He humbly offers his fervice to any candidate for this prize, produétive of f0 great celebrity, who may not know the ready means of doing it himfclf, to get his performance conveyed to Lyons, free of poftage, provided that it be left with his Bookfeller.

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