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ABSTRACT
OP THE
LIFE OF JOHN TOLAND.
John TOLAND was*bom on the 30fh November,
1670, in the most northern peninsula in Ireland,'on
the isthmus whereof stands Londonderry,
That peninsula was originally called Inis-Eogan,
or Inis-Eogain, but is now called Enis-Owen.
Toland had the name oi Janus Junius given him at
the font, and was called by that name in the school
roll every morning; but the other boys making a
jest of it, the master ordered him to be called John,
which name he kept ever after,
Mr. Toland is reported to have been the son of
a popish priest; and, he hath been abused by
Abbot Tilladet, Bishop Huetius, and others, on the
ground of his alleged illegitimacy:
which, were it
true, is a most base and ridiculous reproach ;
the
child, in such a case, being entirely innocent of the
guilt of his parents. Had Mr. Toland been veally
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