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In all these later years what province have you had free from
pirates? what revenue has been safe? what ally have you been able to protect? to whom have
your fleets been any defence? How many islands do you suppose have been deserted? how many
cities of the allies do you think have been either abandoned out of fear of the pirates, or
have been taken by them?
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