Ex tempore, non importuno, of impromptu, done at leisure, and occasioned, by the, new, not less supreme, dignity of the, great, and good, Admiral, Sir Charles Saunders, Knight of the Bath, Member of British Parliament, and of Privy Royal Council, Lieutenant General of maritimes Legions, my ancient friend, and constant benefactor, who is, now, the First Lord of the, sublime, English Admiralty, then not far from to be, sooner, than late, also, by Progress, of deserving, and, actively, laborious, Merit - (above low Covetousness, and extravagant Ambition) - Lord, Duke, and Peer, of the, free, great, opulent, and strong, by Sea, and Land, Britanny, where I live, with Honour, and Comfort, of Christian Fortitude, (not without Labours) by Grace of Providence Divine, since twenty-seven Years, after Loss of two Thirds of my paternal Pension.

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[1766]