220 
Benjamin Franklin rors 
France, Spain, Holland, and Saxony, all together. 
Friends! Believe us, you have none, nor ever will 
have any, till you mend your manners. How can 
we who are your neighbors have any regard for you, 
or expect any equity from you, should your power 
increase, when we see how basely and unjustly you 
have used both your own mother and your own 
children?