FAREWEL ADDRESS, & c . A_ FAREWEL ADDRESS T 0_ The Rev. Mr. JAMES RAMSAY: FROM JAMES TOBTN, E SQc TO WHICH IS ADDED A Letter from the Society for Propagating the Gojpel, to Mr. Jnth/my Benezet of Philadelphia: AND ALSO A Tranflation of the French King’s Declaration relating to the Situation of Negroes, &c. in his European Dominions. PRINTED FOR G. AND T. WILKIE, N° 7 1, ST. Paul’s church yard, London; e. easton, SALISBURY; AND J. B. BECKET, BRISTOL. MDCCLXXXVIU. TO The Rev. Mr. JAMES RAMSAY. S I R, TP H E very polite Letter you have done me the honor of addreffing to me, has but lately fallen under my infpeftion, though from the experienced acrimony of your difpofition.I have little reafon to be fur- prized at an additional attack of this fort. Indeed your frequent boafts of having another rod in foak for me could not in- tirely efcape my knowledge. That you betray the moll pointed inclination to ex- ercife this fame rod without much regard either to mercy, or decorum, your readers will be ready enough to acknowledge: yet B I fear t ^ i I fear they will at the fame time be tempted to lament, that the pickle in which.it has been fo long deeping, muft have been compofed of a much larger proportion of vinegar, than fait. This laft effufion of your ill humour is, in fad, both in matter and Ityle, fo much more like the impotent railing of an enraged old woman, than the manly refentment of a liberal mind, that I fhould deem it totally beneath any notice, did it not attempt to convey a few frefh mifreprefentations (to ufe a very foft ex- preffion) which I find myfelf in fome meafure interefted to clear up, for the fa- tisfadion of the few readers who may confider the difpute between us worth their further attention. It is by no means my intention topurfue the original contro- verfy to any greater length, as it is a fubjed which has of late furnifhed employment to the penS 6f fuch a numerous tribe of o'cca- fional writers in the prints of the day, as leaves iit nearly barren, and exhausted. I feel likewife an additional inducement to remain filent, from an alFurance that the African- African -flaw- trade is likely i'oon to become the topic of parliamentary inquiry, and difcufiion. An inveftigation in which the chief queftion between us (the treatment of the negroes in the Englifli colonies) will of courfe be involvedan inveftigation, which I have no. doubt, will tend greatly to remove the prejudices which feem.at prefent fo remarkably to have taken pof- feflion of mens minds: and an inveftiga¬ tion, which the body of Weft India planters have no with to ftirink from, as it will ferve to convince the world, that jkve-holdtrs may be men of as much real humanity, as thofe of their fellow fubjefits who at this time feem to enjoy fuch a par¬ ticular pleafure in traducing them. You appear indeed yourfelf to be almoft tired, of fo frequently tracing over the fame track; as your late epiftlefeems obvioully intended to make ufe of the original matter in'agitation only as oftenftble cover for a few perfonal reflections, of a kind, far, very far, below the adoption of a writer who fets up for fo much refpedability of charader. You arepleafed to fay, that I ftep boldly forward and pawn my own reputation * for the truth of every faff in your disfavour, which is produced by the authors of, what you call, the St. Kitt’s Libel. So far how¬ ever is this ftrange affertion from having any foundation, that it will moft evidently appear, that the utmoft I ventured upon, was to quote three or four fhort paffages from that work, not one of which cafts the leafl imputation either on your moral, or religious charader: nor did I even vouch for the truth of a Jingle fa£l alluded to in my extrads, but left them exadly as I found them, to reft on the credit of the gentlemen who thought themfelves autho¬ rized to produce them. I am further accufed of endeavouring to make you appear “ a moft abominable “ charader,”'j' and “ a moft vile man.”J In [ 5 1 In what fenfe you mean to ufe the words vile, and abominable, or what are the abomi¬ nations I attempt to fix upon you, I am totally at a lofs to conceive, as I defy the ftri&efl: fcrutiny to find one fentence in either of my pamphlets, which charges you with the flighted: criminality. — In another place you fay, I call you an “ un- “ pj-incipled innovator.” You feem here. Sir, to have confounded your own language with mine; as every reader of my little traCts may eafily convince himfelf, that I have no where applied any fuch epithet to you, or to any one; though, harfli as it is* it may be met with more than once in that coarfe and illiberal compofition called your Reply ; and attended too with pretty intel¬ ligible applications. The .only perfonal imputations which I can, by the moft forced conftrudtion of my .expreflions, be deemed to have brought againfl: you, are thofe of poflefling a fevere, unfeeling, and vindictive fpirit; and of being ftrongly warped in your opinions, and evidently B 3 biafed [ 6 I biafed in your reprefentations, either by fpleen, prejudice or difappointment: and whether, or not, I am juftified in enter¬ taining fuch ideas, I am contented to reft on the evidence of jour own writings.* You aver, it is true, that you was never confidered as forward in beginning •{- a quarrel: admitting this to be fo ; the fipcereft of your admirers cannot but allow, that you are bleffed with a moft admirable knack of keeping a quarrel all vt. You have. Sir, by thus, r^fhly and un- advifedly, bringing forward three or four charges totally unfupported by the leaft ftiadow of proof, afforded me a very fair occafion to accept your invitation, of dealing plainly, and “ roundly ” with you, J by giving a flat, and unqualified, contra¬ diction * In one of which (Reply, p. 9.) Mr. R. acknowledges that he never fet up for “ one of thofe milk and water cha-> f‘ rafters, of which every body (peaks well,”' f Letter, p. 16, J Advertifement to the letter, p. 7. ' I 7 1 didtion to your allegations, and thereby putting an end to our contefton your own terms :* but at prefent I fhall content myfelf, with leaving your condudt in this particular refpedt, to be commented upon by thofe of your friends contrary to whole well-intended advice *j- you appear to have fo obftinately perfifted in publilhing your very unbecoming letter.—Indeed Mr. R. your readers, your reviewers, and even the warmeft of your advocates, mull all join in confeffing, that you have let yourfelf ladly down by your laft weak, and malevolent performance.—And as “ Jus ejl et ab hojle “ doceri give me leave to tell you without referve, that the world will be apt to conlider him who is fo impatient under the flighted: oppofition, as but ill qualified to profefs himfelf the champion of un¬ limitedfreedom : it will be equally ready to admit, that he who can wantonly uncover the grave of a father, in hopes of raifing a B 4 blufh * Advertifement to the Letter, p. 7. f Ibid. p. 3 and 4. [ 8 ] blufh in the cheek of a fon, has but ail indifferent right to arrogate to himfelf the charader of a man of humanity: the world. Sir, will be inclined to go lfill further ; and when it fees a man, whofe mind is fo evidently fraught with the moft inveterate refentment, addreffing the throne of mercy with daily petitions “ againft hatred, ma- “ lice, and all uncharitablenefs •” and with , the mere froth of charity on his lips, harbouring the luft of vengeance in his heart, it will, I fay, conclude (whatever may be the creed he has fubfcribed to) that fuch a man has little reafon to plume himfelf on his Chrijiianity. You treat me whenever it anfwers your purpofe, as the undoubted author of the Curfory Remarks yet in other places you appear very unwilling to allow me the credit of a work, which it feems has at- iraded more notice than you could have wifhed ; and talk of informations * you- have received, of afliftances I may have had from fetter, p, 3 and 33, [ 9 ] from a learned friend deceafed. Who this learnedfricnd may have been, is far beyond my power to conjedure : it is not there¬ fore impoffible but you may have been im- pofed on * in your intelligence: and as you have not hefitated. to doubt the moft folemn afieverations in the power of a man to make, I may, I think, without expofing myfelf to the cenfure of unprovoked ill manners, go fo far as to doubt, on my fide, whether fuch informations as you allude to, were ever ferioufly given you.—You affed it feems to difcover a difference be¬ tween the ftyle of the Curfory Remarks and that of the Rejoinder-, the latter in your opinion being inferior in fome refpeds to the former.—As I never wrote for fame, the utmofl of my ambition was to date a few plain fads, and produce a few obvious arguments, in plain language: which of my trifling produdions therefore is the moll ■ finifhed; or whether either of them is pofleffed of any great lhare of merit when confidered as a literary compofition, is not a matter * Letter, p. 3. f 10 3 3 matter of much anxiety to nie. But in cafe it was, I am happy in finding a very .diftinguilhed fpciety of profeffionai critics* (judges to whpfe decifions you can your- felf appeal when it ferves your turn) widely differing with you in fentiments. Of ray -firft tradt thefe gentlemen only fay, “ it is in the Gentleman’s Magazine for January 1788—p. 54. ' [ 18 3 cation is an undeniable proof, that you are now actuated intirely by private pique, and perfonal refentment ; and th^t,- of courfe, all ufeful argument, and candid inquiry, is likely to be at an end ; it muft be fome- thing equally extraordinary and unexpected which forces me to be further trouble- fome, either to you, or the public. I fhall therefore conclude this fhort addrefs with declaring, that I have carefully revifed the two pamphlets which appear to have fo dreadfully roufed your indignation : and though it might perhaps have been as much to the credit of both of us, if we had abated fomething of the afperity which, it feems, has been objected to in our different productions ; yet. Sir, I cannot by any means bring myfelf to allow, that I was the original aggreffor in that refpeCt. This however is a point, on which we are flill lefs likely to agree, than on any other the world, therefore, when it has nothing better to do, muft decide between us ; and to it’s award I fhall cheerfully fubmit.—Nor, on the cooleft recon- [ i9 ] reconfideration of the unwarrantable treat¬ ment I have received at your hands (which is fo confpicuoufly vifible through the flimfy veil of affeCted candour, and mode¬ ration, you have aukwardly endeavoured to throw over it) do I feel in my heart any reafon, for wifhing to expunge a fingle fentence I have written. In every difpute of this nature, one of the parties muft of courfe have the laft word, if therefore, Sir, you fet a very high value on fuch an imaginary advantage, and think it worth further contention, you are heartily welcome to enjoy it: as I hereby take my final leave of you, and the contro- verfy together.—If however you can fo far deceive yourfelf, as to imagine, that fuch productions as your Reply, and your late Letter to me, will increafe your reputation as a writer, or add luftre to your character as a Chriftian Divine, you will do well to fwell the number of fuch grofs, and intempe¬ rate, compofitions: go on, Sir, and profper! under the firmed: aflurance that you will C 2 not not in future meet with the moil trifling crofs, or joftle, from me , in fo laudable a career towards the goal of fame--Yet Sir, flop! And whatever you may think of me, or my performances, refpedt your- felf! contemplate for a moment the fa- crednefs of your function! and refled, that fuch unmanly' and vindidive lampoons muft neceifarily be penned with the fame ltand, which is dedicated to diiiribute, from the holy altar, the confecrated fymbols of diyine love, and miverfal ■peace ! / / [ 21 ] POSTSCRIPT. SlNCE the foregoing pages were fent to the prefs, the following paragraph and Letter have appeared in the daily papers.* As the Letter came from fo very digni¬ fied a quarter, and breaths a fpirit of good fenfe, and moderation, fo different from that which feems at prefent to poffefs the minds of a confiderable part of the nation, 1 hope I fhall hand excufed for prefenting it to fuch of my readers, as may not have already met with it. “ A great deal having lately been faid “ as if the Bench of Bifhops, and the “ Society for Propagating the Gofpel in Foreign Parts had given their counte- “ nance to a prefent prevailing opinion, “ that flavery is inconfiftent with, the na- “ tural and divine rights of mankind, we “ are dejired to infert the following Letter, “ which is fuppofed to have been written “ under the particular direction of the late “ pious Archbifhop Seeker ” Copy ? Particularly in the Morning Chronicle for Feb. 22,1788. E 22 ] Copy of a Letter fent by the Rev. Dr. Burton Secretary of the Society for the Pro¬ pagation of the Gofp'el in Foreign Parts, to Mr. Anthony Benezet in Philadelphia-, dated the bth of February 1766. SIR,. Your letter to the Society for Propa¬ gating the Gofpelin Foreign Parts, of the- 26 th of April laft, hath been confidered by them with all due attention. And I am direded to allure you,, that they have a great efleem for, you, on account of the tendernefs and humanity which you ex- prefs for the negroe Haves, and are ex¬ tremely defirous they fhould be treated with the utmoft care and kindnefs, both with regard to temporals, and fpirituals: that their labour fhould be made eafy to them in all refpeds; that they fhould be provided with conveniences and accom¬ modations to render their fituation com¬ fortable, and efpecially that they fhould be regularly intruded in the principles of the Chriftian [ 23 ] Chriftian religion. The Society have for many years pall; uniformly given directions to their agents in Barbadoes, agreeable to thefe fentiments, which they believe have been obferved in a good degree : However they have lately fent to make more parti¬ cular inquiries into this matter, with full purpofe of tranfmitting, in the ilrongelt terms, fuch further orders as may be found necelfary, and of watching over the ex¬ ecution of them with all poffible attention;' hoping that the good effedts of their ex¬ ample will have a proper, and by degrees a general, influence on other owners of Haves in America. But they cannot con¬ demn the pradtice of keeping Haves as un¬ lawful, finding the contrary very plainly implied in the precepts given by the Apoftles, both to mailers and fervants, which lall were then for the moll part Haves. And if the dodtrine of the un- lawfullnefs of flavery Ihould be taught in our colonies, the Society apprehend, that mailers, in Head of being convinced of it, will grow more fufpicious and cruel, and much [ 24 ] much more unwilling to let their Haves learn Chriftianity : and that the poor creatures themfelves, if they come to look on this doctrine as true, will be fo ftrongly tempted by ft to rebel again!! their mailers, that the mol! dreadful confequences to both will be likely to follow: and there¬ fore, though the Society is fully fatisfied that your intentions in this matter are perfectly good, yet they mol! earneftly beg you to go no further In publilhing your notions, but rather to retrad them, if you /hall fee caufe, which they hope you may on further conlideration. FINIS. APPENDIX. The following paper has juft been fent to me by a friend on the Continent.— As it isclofely connected with a queftion which at prefen t engages fo large a fhare of the public attendon, a tranflation of it will not probably be unacceptable to thofe who may deem thefe flieets worth their perufal. And if, after the moft dif- paflionate, and elaborate, difcuffion of a fubjed of fo much real importance, the prevailing opinion fhall be, that the de¬ gree of civil and political inequality, which we call flavery,. is not inconfiftent with the natural rights of mankind, or contrary to the revealed will of the Su- D preme [ 26 ] preme Being: at the fame time that the continuance of fuch a fyftem of fubordi- nation, under proper modifications, is an objedt of immenfe magnitude, when con- fidered as contributing to the permanence, and profperity, of one of the moft en- . lightened, and heft-governed kingdoms in the world : if, I fay (notwithftanding arty remaining doubts of fpeculative, or welh meaning individuals) fuch. ftiould be the cool, and fettled, fenfe of the nation at large, when the prefent ferment fliall have fubfided; it is refpedlfully fubmitted to the wifdom of the.Legiflature, whe¬ ther it may not at leaft be prudent, if not abfolutely neceffary,.to adopt a fet of re¬ gulations as much refembling thofe which follow, as the fpirit of the Britifh go¬ vernment will admit of.. -Had fome . law. of this kind'been in force four , years ago, it ; would have effedlually prevented the aggregation of fuch a multitude of unfortunate blacks as for a confiderable . tirne.infefted the ftreets of the metropolis; and f 2 7 ] and who, after being long a burthen to public and private charity, were at laft fo unpromifingly difpofed of.-In the mean time, the French King’s' Declaration will ferve to exhibit, in a very ftriking manner, the fteady, and minute, regard which our wife and politic rivals pay to the fuccefs of their fugar colonies; as well as the ready attention of their go¬ vernment to the teprefentations of the colonifts. DECLARATION of the KING Respecting Negroes, &c. Given at Yerfailles the 9th of Auguft 1777. Regiftered in Parliament the 27th of the fame month, in the fartie year. LOUIS, by the grace of God King of France and Navarre; To all Whom thefe D % pre- [ 28 ] prefents fhall come greeting. Having by our Letters-patent of the 3d of Septem¬ ber laft, ordered that judgment fhould remain fufpended in all caufes concerning the ftate of the Negroes of either fex, which the inhabitants * of our Colonies have brought with them into France for their convenience: we are at length in¬ formed that the number of fuch Negroes is greatly increafed, owing to the facility of the communication between America and Europe j by which means a fet of people fo neceffary for the cultivation of the Plantations, are daily brought away; at the fame time that their refidence in the different cities of our kingdom, parti¬ cularly in the Capital, gives rife to great dif- * I am well aware that the words“ Haitians,” and “ Habitations,” when they occur in a French author treating of their Colonies , conftaritly mean " Planters,” and “ Planta- “ tions: and that from an ignorance of, or inattention to, this circumllance, fome ufeful tranflations into our own language have been rendered rather obfcure : yet as this , Declaration is intended for the benefit of all the Inhabitants of the French Iflands, it is obvious that the word “Habitant ” is ufed in it’s more extenfive fenfe. '[ *9 ] diforders: and that when they return to the Colonies they carry with them fuch a fpirit of independence, and refractori- nefs, as makes them rather dangerous than ufeful: it therefore appears to us, that it will be a proof of our wifdom to yield to the folicitations of the inhabitants of our Colonies, in forbiding the entrance of all Negroes into our kingdom : we would not however deprive fuch inhabi¬ tants of the Colonies whofe bufinefs calls them into France, of the affiftance of a Negroe-fervant to attend them du¬ ring the paffage; yet on condition that fuch fervants fhall not depart from the port where they firft land until they em¬ bark on their return to the colony from which they have been brought. We fhall alfo take into our confideration the fituation of the Negroe-fervants which are at prefent in France. In fhort we fhall, by thefe regulations, reconcile the general good of the Colonies, and the particular interefts of their inhabi- D 3 tants. [ 3 ° 1 tants, with that regard which we owe to the prefervation of regular manners, and good order, in our kingdom.—For thefe and other good caufes us thereunto moving, with the advice of our Council, ,and from our own cpmpleat knowledge, full power, and royal authority, we have by thefe prefents, figned with our hand, declared, and ordered; and do hereby declare, and order;' and opr will and pleafure is, as follows. Article the First. We hereby forbid all our fubjedts, pf whatever quality or condition they may be, and even all ftrangers, to bring into pur kingdom, after the publication and regiftering of our prefen| Declaration, any Negroes, Mulattoes, or other people of colour, of either faf, apd tp retain them in their fervice, under pain of forfeiting 3000 livres: and eveq under ftill greater penalties if necejTary. II. In [ 3 * 1 II. In like manner, and under the fame penalties, we forbid all Negroes, Mulat- toes, or other people of colour, of either fex, who fhall not be in fervice, to enter into our kingdom in future, under any pretence whatever. III. All fuch Negroes, or Mulattoes, who fhall have been brought into France, or who fhall have introduced themfelves, fince the faid publication, fhall,. at the requifition of the proper officer of our Courts of Admiralty, be arretted, and conveyed to the neareft fea.- port, in order to be re-embarked for our Colonies, at our expence, agreeable to the particular orders which we fhall give for that purpofe. IV. We do neverthelefs hereby permit every inhabitant of our Colonies who is de- D 4 firous [ 32 J firous of coming to France, to bring witli them a fingie Negroe, or Mulattoe, of either fex to attend them during their paffage, on condition that fuch fervant. on his or her arrival at a fea-port, fhal. be delivered at fuch office* as fhall b appointed for that purpofe by our orden there to remain until they can be re. embarked: and we hereby enjoin our officers of Admiralty of the port whert fuch Negroes are landed, to obferv< flridlly the execution of this order ; am to oblige them to embark on board thi firfl veffel which fhall fail from the fait port for the colony from whence they were brought. Such inhabitants of our Colonies as would avail themfelves of the exception containecl in the preceding article, fhall be obliged, as has always been cuftomary in « Depot.” C 33 1 in our Colonies, to depofit the fum of iooo livres, French money, in the hands of the treasurer of the colony, who fhall receive the fame: and they fhall afterwards appear before the govenor-general, or commandant of the faid colony, to obtain a permit, which fhall contain the name of fuch inhabitant, that of the "Negroe, or Mulattoe, fervant he defires to take with him, with his age, and a defcription of his perfon in which permit the receipt for fuch depofit muft be attefted by the go¬ vernor, or elfe be void : and the faid per¬ mit, and receipt, fhall be regiftered in the court of Admiralty at the place of embar¬ kation. VI. We hereby very exprefly forbid all the officers of our men of war to receive on board their fhips any Negroes, Mulattoes, or other coloured people, who cannot produce fuch a permit properly regiftered, as well as fuch attefted receipt for the depofit [ 34 ] depofit money; of which mention (hall be made in the ffiip’s mufter-role.*' VII. In like manner we ftri&ly forbid all captains of merchant-fhips to receive on board any Negroes, Mulattoes, or other people of colour, if they do not produce luch permit properly regiftered, together with fuch attefted receipt, of which notice fhalj be taken in the fhip’s mufter-roll, under pain of forfeiting 1000 livres for every fuch Negroe, or Mulattoe, and of being prohibited from following their employment for three years; with double the faid penalties in cafe of a fecond of¬ fence : and we enjoin the officers of the Admiralty at our different fea ports to attend to the execution of this order.f The * “ Btole d’embafqijemerit.” f It was found advifable, no longer ago than lad year, to encreafe the penalties under the fixth and feventh articles. [ 35 J VIII. The charges for keeping the faid Ne¬ groes in the proper office, and alfo the expence attending their return to the Colonies, ffiall be advanced by the clerk to the treafurer-general pf the marine in the different fea-ports; which ffiall be repaid out of the fum depofited agreeable to the fifth articje: and the furplus ffiall not be returned to the matter unlefs he produces an extract from the mutter-roll- pf the veffel on board which the Negroe, or Mulattoe, fervant was embarked to return to the Colonies or a regifter pf his death, in cafe he ffiall die : nor ffiall the faid ffim be allowed to the treafurers-general of our rnarine in their account of expences, but upon in confequence of the application of the planters on a par- ' ticular occafion_The captain of a Ihip of war offending againil: this Declaration is now fubjeft to be broke.—And the matters of merchantmen are; rendered incapable of ever again commanding a'veffel—And both are liable to perfonal actions for damages bettdes, [ 36 ] upon fight of fuch extra&s in good and proper form. Thofe of our fubjedts, as well as ftrangers, who fliall have Negroes in their fervice, at the time of the publication and regiftry of our prefent Declaration, fhall be obliged, within a month from the day of the faid publication and regiftry, to appear before the officers of Admiralty of the neareft fea-port within the diftridt they refide in,. and if there is no Court of Admiralty in that diftridt:, then before the judge-royal of the faid diftridt:, for the purpofe of declaring the hames, and qua¬ lities, of the Negroes, Mulattoes, or other coloured people, who live with them the time when they landed, and the Colony from whence they were brought: and it is our will, that after the expiration of the faid term, they cannot retain the faid Ne¬ groes in their fervice without their own confent. ' Such [ 37 1 X. Such Negroes, Mulattoes, or other co¬ loured people, who may not be in fervice at the time of the faid publication, ffiall be obliged within the fame term, to make a like Declaration to the Courts of Admi¬ ralty, or to the Royal Jurifdi&ions, of their names, furnames, age, profeffion, the place of their births, and the date of their arrival in France. XI. The Declarations prefcribed by the two preceding articles fhall be received without any expence, and fent by our officers of the faid courts to our fecretary of Rate for the marine-department, that according to the account which may be given to us, ■we may ilfue fuch further orders as we may think proper.* And * Such “further crders” ate, that the Negroes, &c. fo ?ftrar.ged from their mailers, become ■orfexted. to the King, and are accordingly feizrd, and tranfported to the Colonies, and there fold on his account. [ 38 1 xii. And as the permiffion Which we have granted to the inhabitants of our Colonies by the fourth article of our prefent De¬ claration has no other objed than their perfonal convenience during their paflage: our will is,- that the faid Negroes, Mulat- t'oes,- and other people of colour, fhall re- Main during their continuance in France, and until their return to the Colonies, in the fame fituation in which they were at their departure from thence, without a poffibilify of their date being altered, either by their mafters or otherwife. XIII. .. The . orders contained in our prefent Declaration fhall be carried into execution. notwit-hdanding any edids, declarations, regulations, or other precepts fubfifting to the contrary, all which we revoke and annul: hereby giving in command to our beloved and faithful Oounfellors. of our court of Parliament at Paris, that they ■ caufe caufe thefe prefents to be regiftered, and the contents thereof to be kept, and ob- ferved, notwithftanding every thing to the contrary: for fuch is our pleafure: in witnefs whereof we have ordered our feal to .be affixed to thefe prefents.—Given at Verfailles the 9th day of the month' of Auguft, in the year of Grace 1777, and in the fourth of our reign. LOUIS. By the King. De Sartine. Regiftered in Parliament the 27th of Auguft 1777. Signed, Ysabeav. ERRATUM. ?age 15, line 4 from the bottom, for v/arefert read itarfirt. 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