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« At the Request of a particular Friend of mine, I have taken the Liberty of presenting the Armed Yeomanry of England with the following Sheets, which I flatter myself will be of Assistance to them in attaining to such a Degree of Discipline, as is absolutely necessary; and, by directing their Endeavours in the proper Channel at once, I am in Hopes, that that I shall not only enable them to accomplish their Object much sooner, but also be the Means of saving a great deal of their valuable Time, which cannot be broken in upon without essential Inconvenience : of course, therefore, every Moment of it that is mis-spent becomes a Matter of serious Regret.
In times like the present, nothing can be more laudable, nothing can more fully prove, that the genuine Blood of our public-spirited ancestors remains pure and unsullied in our Veins, than Associations formed upon such Principles as these are; and no Class of Men in the Kingdom were so proper to come forward in this Manner as the Yeomen. These Affociations prove that this respectable Body, who form one of the principal Props of Great Britain, are sensible of the many Benefits they derive from their admirable Constitution; that they are determined to defend that true Freedom, which has been their best Inheritance; and that they are thoroughly aware of the dangerous Tendency of those Doctrines, which the French wish to disseminate through this happy Island, in order, first, to break the Chain that now links us so firmly together, and, after having dissolved the Bonds of Society, to tyrannize over the weakened Multitude. » Présentation de l’éditeur (1795)