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Else; all the inferior Offices he himself fills up with his Creatures, who he turns out upon the least offence given by them: if a Judge, who he orders to give a particular Sentence, should refuse; he would be changed the next day: of which instances are frequent: & yet the Portugese [Portuguese] bear, even this, without a murmur, except shrugging up their Shoulders, & crying Patientia, may be called one.
Patientia, in cases of Government at least, may truly be said to be the Mottos of these People: who certainly shew [show] the most abject Submission to the Governors, of any People in the World: tho' in cases of receiving private Injuries, their Behaviour is Revengefull:
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