Earl of Dartmouth's MSS.
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APRIL 14, 1775.
THE
NUMBER 31g.
NORTH-CAROLINA GAZETTE.
With the latest Advices, Foreign and Domeftick.
p.l. 1st column
SEMPER PRO LIBERTATE, ET BONO PUBLICO.
Bahama-Islands, New Providence, February 6, 1775.
TO LORD DARTMOUTH
MY LORD,
It has been remarked by the celebrated Cardinal
de Retz, that the most extraordinary Things which
happen in our own Times, and which we see
ourselves, do not surprise us near so much, as
Quam longetu eum ub lrs rebis abesse arbtrare, quas non modo
antia nunquam cogitaset, sed ne nunc qudem, eum eas ingredi-
tur, qua & quantx sint suspicouri potest
GINC.INCRCIL.
very common Transactions we read of in Times
past, and he is of Opinion, that when the
Emperor Caligula made his Horse a Consul,
the People of Rome at that Time, grown fami-
liar with Tyranny and Corruption, were not
much astonished at it. If we review in par-
ticular Instances the Malignant Influence of
Prerogative within a few years, and the conse-
quent Unhappiness, Anarchy and Destruction which
APRIL 14, 1775 THE NUMBER 319.
With the latest Advices, Foreign and Domestick.
Bahama.Islands, New Providence, February 6, 1775.
TO LORD DARTMOUTH.
Quam longitu ub bie rebus abesse arbitrare, quas non modo
antea nunquain cogitasit, sed ne nunc quidem, eum eas ingredi
tur, qua & quantoe sint suspicari potest
GIC. IN COECIL.
the People of Rome at that Time, grown fami
much astonished at it. If we review in par.
Prerogation within a few years, and the conse.