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32 LIFE OP TOLAXD.
tin, by one Cardinal Matthew, in
1-^14, gave it to
JMr. Toland, who edited it, both in English and
Latin: along with other violent expressions,
it contains the following, Gallornm Ungues non
resecandos, sed penitus evellendos esse; i. e. That
the nails of the French were not to be pared, but
torn out by the roots.
Soon after, he published The Elector Palatins
Declaration, lately published in favour of his protestant
subjects, &c.
This Mr. Toland did, at the
particular request of theelec tor Palatine's minister.
In the spring,
Mr. Toland went to Germany,
and visited Berlin, Hanover, Dusseldorp, Vieima,
and Prague in Bohemia. At Dusseldorp, he was
most graciously received by his electoral highness,
who, in consideration of the English pamphlet,
published by him, presented him with a gold chain
and medal, besides a hundred ducats. From
Prague, he returned to
till 1710.
Holland, where he staid
In Holland, he published the follo'wing dissertations,
viz.
1st,
Adeisidoemon, sive Titus Livitis a Snperstitione
Vindicatus, ^-c.
2do, Orig?ies Judaica?, ^^c. In the course of
this dissertation, he animadverted on Hi(ctiits' Demonstralio
Evangclica. He ridicules Huetius for
affirming that several eminent persons recorded in
the Old Testament are allegorized in the heathen
mythology; and particlnarjy Moses under the