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CHAP. X.
Tong Manag'd the whole Affair of the Plot, from One End to the Other.
WE are now come to the Last Chapter of This Little Piece of History. We have seen the State of the Original Cause; and That State, Reported: We have taken a Specimen of some Proceedings upon it: Enquir'd into the Rise, and Creation of it; and find it at Length to be only One Counterfeit Drawn from Another; and Design'd for a Cheat, from the Beginning. We have shew'd likewise how it came to be Entertain'd, and to Thrive in the World. We have given an Ho∣nest Account of the several Evidences and the Papers also, that are here made use of toward the Proof of This Matter. It appears further, that Tong's Pretended Plot struck at the very Root of This Im∣perial Monarchy. Thus far we have gone Already; and it remains now, only in One Section more, to set forth, that the Founder of This Imposture was the Chief Manager too; and that all this Hurly-Burly has been, in a Great Measure, the Work of One Weak Man; A Simple, Visionary Bigot, and a very Dreamer of Dreams, according to the Letter. But when People are so Blinded with Passion on the One side, as not to Discern the most Palpable Folly, and Wickedness, on the Other, what will not an Obstinate Enthusiasm be able to bring about, when 'tis not only Supported by a Prevalent Faction,