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476 The Royal AMERICAN MAGAZINE, 

EQUALITY.
QUOTH Thomas to William, " that numskull behold ! 
" How he lolls in his chariot, " embellish'd with gold !
" With his sleek courtly slaves in "rich liv'ries behind [[?]]
" Ten thousand a year, with so senseless a mind !
" How unequal the deity things " doth dispense !
" Such wealth to a wretch with " out eeling [[feeling]] or sense !', 
' Hold Thomas, said William, ' too fast you proceed,
' You take but one side of the ' question indeed :
' Suppose me of power to say to ' yourself,
' Here, presto. Sir Murmerer, ' change with that elf ;
' Give to him what I gave you, ' refinement of soul, 
' Sense, feeling,  discernment, ' wit, taste[[?]], quit the whole :
' In an instant, come take his ' ten thousand vile pence
' Be him, such a dolt, without ' feeling or sense. '
You hesitate Tom, " my good " friend, he reply'd,
" I feel I am wrong ; you have " truth on your side :
" The deity, hence forth, I'll " thank and revere, 
" A mind is a balance for thou- "sands a year." 
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Answer to a REBUS, in No. X.
WIND is often times heard tho' ne'er can be seen,
To India for wealth many per-sons have been,
With Love: [[?]] that sweet passion your heart is inspired ;
And Lucre by misers is chiefly d sir'd [[desired]], [ly improve ; 
By Inquiry most students do great
From the American climate you hope ne'er to rove;  [ravish the ear,
Musick's sweet sound doth o[[?]] 
The Sun is an orb that goes round all the year.  [will find,
Join the initials and then you
That Williams is much to fair Lucinda's mind  W  P
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AREBUS.
WHAT was the name of him of great renown, 
That fav'd Great Britain from a popish crown. [should take
What is the thing we thankfully
From every person for improve-ment's sake [[?]] [borne) 
What is the title (worthy to be
By the creator, and by mortals worn, [ the law   
Who was the first transgressor of
By what does Britain keep her foes in awe. [plainly see, 
Join the initials and you'll 
The place where England shew'd her tyranny.    W.P. 
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AREBUS. 
THAT part of the day, when the sun brightest shines,
That part of the world, which is fam'd for its mines, 
That author of mischief, who ne'er was found out, 
The form of the belt, that girds Saturn about, [for fight,
And that part of life best dapted 
Will shew half the name I'm at-tempting to write. 
Take the first christian emperor, sirnamed the great ;
And the son of Laertes, that tois-[[?]]ball of fate. 
Take the name of a river, the pride of the scots, 
And the creature whose beauty consists in his spots ;
Take the mimic, sent back to the horns by the hills, 
And the fountain from whence flow perpetual ills ;
The initials of these, put in or-der, disclose,
The name of a lady, more sweet than the rose.  HORATIO. 
Historical

For DECEMBER 1774. 477

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Historical Chronicle, December, 1774. 

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

London, October 16, 1774.

A LETTER from Chatham dated the 12th instant says " A detachment of marines, con.sisting of 150 men, exclusive of officers, among whom is major Pircian, is ordered to march to Portsmouth, to be embarked in the ships now sitting out at that port for Boston "

A letter from Rome dated Sept. 22, mentions, that his holy-ness the Pope, died there a few days before. It is said he was poisoned. 

On Saturday night some in-structions, which had previously passed the great seal, were sent from Lord Rockford's office for Falmouth, to be forwarded from thence to several of the govern-ors in North-America.  

This day the sheriffs will hold a common hall and declare al-derman Sawbridge, Haley, Oli-ver, and the Lord Mayor duly elected members for the city, and return them accordingly. 

OCTOBER 27.

A letter received in town from an English gentleman at Brest, says, that a french frigate and a snow lately sailed from that port for America, laden with firelocks gunpowder, &c. It is added, that two experienced military officers embarked on board the said fri-gate. 

Some ships sitting out at the port of Liverpool about 7 weeks since, could not have permission to take on board either gunpow-der, or any kind of guns, swords, &c. 
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BOSTON. 
THURSDAY, December 8 1774.
Friday last the Provincial Congress made choice of the Hon. John Hancock, Esq; the Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Sa-muel Adams, John Adams, Esq; and Robert Treat Paine, Esq; as delegates to represent this pro-vince at the continental Con-gress to be held at Philadelphia the 10th of May next. 
At a meeting of the freehold-ers and other inhabitants of the town of Boston, at Faneuil-Hall, on Wensday the 7th inst, by ad-journment ; a committee of 63 persons were appointed to carry into execution in the town of Boston the agreement and associ-ation of the late respectable Con-tinental Congress. 

FRIDAY, December 16. 

Yesterday was observed agrea-ble to the recommendation of the Provincial Congress, as a day of public thanksgiving through-out this province,
On Saturday last, the provincial Congress at Cambridge, having 
finished

Transcription Notes:
I combined the indented lines with the starting line for the poems, removing the excess quotations and made most of the "f" looking s's into "S" because that's how I interpreted the letter initially. That being said, some of these bad boys were a little confusing, so please bear with me. [[^]] = continuation written from the line above [[?]] = for words/symbols I was confused about The historical chronical was written top half Left to right, then bottom half left to right, because that's how it appears to be separated. I'm sure this just ended up making more work for somone, so thank you in advance. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-12 10:49:58