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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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