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the Expulsion of the Jesuits; in Consequence of an attempt to Assassinate the present King: it has been daily loosing Ground: the Present Prime Minister - Conde Ogares Governs the Church, Just as absolutely as the State: subjecting the Inquisition, even to his Power: who dare no more make use of their secret Processes, but are reduced nearly to the same footing, as other Courts of Judicature.
In the Case of the Prime Minister, the Governement of Portugal is most Particular; the King here is as absolute as Man can be: the Lives & Fortunes of his Subjects, depending intirely upon his Will,
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