ON THE

RISE AND FALL

OF THE

1

ANCIENT REPUBLICKS.

ADAPTED TO THE

PRESENT STATE

OF

GREAT BRITAIN.

Οὐ τί τάδε, ἤ τώδε δόξει λογιζόμενο

̓Αλλὰ τί πέπρακται λέγων.

Lucian. Histor. Scribend,

BY EDWARD W. MONTAGU, JUN.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. P. WAYNE,

OF ROME

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