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will without any controul [control]: which Power he excercises [exercises], I may say, wantonly: imprisoning for Life &c. without any reason given, almost without Process; & giving the Portugese [Portuguese] frequent opportunities of making use of their favourite word, Patientia, a Virtue which they possess to a surprizing degree.
As the Kind is absolute over all, so the Prime Minister is next to him in absoluteness; Governing every Body else: & so tenacious is he of that Priviledge, that he will not suffer any Body to Govern but himself: he himself manages every material department, which makes Publick [public] Business here, more tedious than any where
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