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Bed-Room Murders are become (I hope not) as common as Street Rob- beries.
I hope our Poor-House is supplied with an able Physician, but I fear ---- I fear much-
STUDENS MEDICINAE.
To be LET, and may be entered upon the first Day of April next,
A pleasant situated Farm on the South Side of Raritan River, over against Sandy-Point, and nearly opposite the City of Perth-Amboy, containing Seventy-four Acres of Salt Meadow, and Three Hun- dred Acres of Upland, whereon is a good new fram'd Dwelling House with three Rooms on a Floor, a Cel- lar Kitchen and Pantry, a large Barn, an Orchard of four Hundred bearing Apple Trees, and a good Stock of Cattle ; also Seven Hundred Acres of Land, divided into three Farms, at the Roundabouts, with a sufficient Quantity of Meadow to each of them, and good tenantable Houses. Inquire of RAVAUD KEARNY, in Perth-Amboy.
-N. Y. Journal, or The General Advertiser, No. 1471, March 14, 1771.
NEW-YORK, March 18. | Capt. Moore, from
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Turks-Island, on Monday last, off Barnagat, spoke a Schooner from Coracoa, bound in here.
On Tuesday Night the 26th Ult. the House of David Brallow,1 Esq; Attorney at Law, at Allentown, in New-Jersey, was entirely consumed by Fire, to- gether with all his Books and Furniture: The Fami- ly with great Difficulty escaped with their Lives.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Trustees of Queen's College, in New-Jersey, are, desired to meet at Hackinsack, in the County of Bergen, on the first Tuesday in May next, who are desired to attend, as it is appointed that it then will be taken into Consid- eration where the said College shall be placed, with other important Affairs relating to the said Institu- tion.
per DAVID MARINUS, Clerk. -The N. Y. Gazette, or the Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1502, March 18, 1771.
From the Pennsylvania Gazette, of Jan. 18, 1770. | PROPOSALS | For publishing by Subscription. All the Poetical | Writings, and some other Pieces, of | The Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS, A. M. | late Missionary in Gloucester County, New-Jersey, and | Chaplain to Lord Vincent Killmorey.
The Papers, which are to compose this small vol- ume, were committed to the Care of myself, and a Lady (to whom several of them are addressed) soon after the Death of Mr. Evans, agreeable to some of his own last Directions; and so sacred is the Trust
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consigned by a deceased Friend, that I scarce know how to excuse my long Delay in offering them to the World. Want of Leisure to review the different pa- pers, hath contributed partly to this Delay; but the main Cause, was a Desire first to secure a sufficient Countenance to the Undertaking, and especially from the Clergy-Brethren of the Deceased-at their late meeting in this Place.
To those who were acquainted with Mr. Evans, and have read such of his Pieces as have appeared in Print, it will be useless to give any Recommenda- tion of his Writings. Those who knew him not, may form some Idea, how high and rapturous were his Conceptions of true POETIC GENIUS, from the fol- lowing PREFACE, intended for his Pieces, and un- doubtedly written by him in the Short Interval be- tween his dangerous Illness, and the fatal Relapse, which put an End to his Life -- This PREFACE I shall give literally as he left it, for here the least Va- riation would be criminal.
PREFACE.
"POETRY (says he) has been accounted the most peculiar of all the "liberal Arts; and it is the only One in the Circle of Literature, which a "Man of common Capacity cannot by meer Dint of constant Application "become Master of. The most exalted Prose- Writers that ever graced the "learned World, have rendered themselves liable to Ridicule in their Ad- "dresses to the MUSES.
"The great CICERO, not less famous for the Elegance of his Style, than 'for his universal Knowledge, was a remarkable Instance of the Truth of "this Observation. And the Wonder ceases, if what a celebrated Critic* "says, be true, to wit-That to constitute a POET, is required, "an Eleva- "tion of Soul, that depends not only on Art or Study, but must also BE "THE CITY OF HEAVEN"-I say, if this be the Case, the Riddle is imme- "diately expounded, and we are at no Loss to assign a Reason, why some
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"(comparatively speaking) illiterate Men, have been the sublimest Poets "of the Age they lived in. . . .
"It is not strange therefore, that those whom Nature has thus distin- "guished, should be looked on as a Kind of Prodigies in the World. For, "according to Horace, it is not a trifling Power they are endowed with. . . .. . meum qui Pectus inaniter angit,
"Irritat, mulcet, falsis Terroribus implet. "Ut magus. . . . Lib. 2. Epist. I.
"This is a pleasing Je no scay quoi in the Productions of poetic Genius, "which is easier felt than described. It is the Voice of Nature in the "POET operating like a Charm on the Soul of the Reader. It is the mar- "vellous Conception, the noble Wildness, the lofty Sentiment, the Fire and "Enthusiasm of Spirit, the living-Imagery, the exquisite Choice of Words, "the Variety, the Sweetness, the Majesty of Numbers, and the irresistable "Magic of Expression :*
"The Prose-writer may, indeed, warm his Reader with a serene and "steady Fire; lie may keep up his Attention with the energetic, the flow- "ing Period. But the POET's it is, to wrap him in a flame-to dissolve "him, as it were, in his own rapturous Blaze ! The POET'S it is, to hurry "him out of himself, with the same Velocity, as tho' he were really mount- "ed on a winged Pegasus-It is his, to lift him up to Heaven, or plunge him "into the Gloom of Tartarus -- It is his, to unveil to him the Secrets of the "Deep, or to exhibit to his Mind, all the Novelty of this varied World-To "carry him back into the Darkness of Antiquity, or waft him forwards into "the vast Sea of Futurity-and finally to inspire him with the Patriotic "Glow, or fire his Soul with the heavenly Ideas of MORAL BEAUTY, and "all the varied Passions of Love, Fear, Terror, Compassion, &c., &c.
"Such is the genuine Poet, when improved by the Precepts of Art ; "and the Works of such have been the continual Delight of Mankind, as "they afford the Sublimest intellectual Employment. With such, to tread "the flowery Fields of Imagination, and gather the rich Fruit of Knowl- "edge, is HAPPINESS indeed ! .
"But it is rare, that such natural Geniuses are seen to arrive at this "envied Height. Some black Obstacle still clogs their Wings, and retards "their Progress. . . Frequently those to whom Nature has been so boun - "tiful, have not Leisure to attend to the Cultivation of their Talents, - "frequently, like the Rose in the Wilderness, they just bloom, and wither "away in Obscurity; and sometimes, alas ! the Iron-Hand of DEATH cuts "them suddenly off, as their Beauties are just budding forth into Exis- "tence, and leaves but the FAIR PROMISES of FUTURE EXCELLENCIES." ...
Further his Pen went not .- What a dreadful Blank closes this Sentence, and how truly prophetic of his
*This Sentence, is truly rich and poetic in itself, is a fine Instance of the Author's just Conception and Feeling of true Poetic Genius and Enthusiasm.
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own Fate! He DIED in his TWENTY SIXTH Year. If I had not the Original, in his own Hand, to produce, I should be afraid to publish this Preface as his, lest it should be suspected to have been written after the event.
How far his Poems will answer the Idea he has formed of poetic Eminence, must be left to the World to judge. Many of them are Fragments, and unfinished ; but all are sufficiently characteristic of his own correct Turn and native Genius .- He was my PUPIL, and truly dear and affectionate to me in his whole Demeanor. The Task he has left me to per- form is a mournful one, but shall be executed with Fi- delity.
The Work will be published in a neat Octavo.
Price FIVE SHILLINGS bound ; one Half to be paid at Subscription. and the other on Delivery of the Book. The Subscribers Names to be prefixed.
WILLIAM SMITH,
N. B. Subscriptions to be taken in by all the ErIS- COPAL CLERGY in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New- York, and Maryland, and by the different Publishers of the News-Papers in the said Provinces ; also by Mr Wil- liam Lupton, Merchant, in New-York.
THE Vendue for the Sale of the Plantation of Col. Joseph Tuttle, that was advertised to be sold on the 13th Day of last February, is adjourned to the 27th Day of this Instant March, at 10 o'Clock, at which Time the said Farm will be exposed to Sale, at public Ven- due, and will be sold altogether, or in small Lots, as it best suits the Purchasers : It can be conveniently
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divided into small Farms. The Conditions to be made known on said Day.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustees of Queen's College, in New-Jersey, are desired to meet at Hackinsack, in the County of Bergen, on the first Tuesday in May next, who are desired to attend ; as it is appointed, that it then will be taken into Con- sideration where said COLLEGE shall be placed, with other important Affairs relating to said Institution.
DAVID MARINUS, Clerk.
TO BE SOLD,
The pleasant situated Place or Farm of William Burnet, lying and being in the township of Hanover, and County of Morris, near the Road that leads from Elizabeth- Town to Morris-Town, about five Miles from Morris-Town Court-House, and three Miles from Passaick Bridge ; containing one hundred and Seventy Acres, a large Quantity of which is very good Mowing Ground, whereon may be cut about forty Tons of Hay, a living Brook running through the whole Farm, that may be conveyed through all the different Fields, a proportionable Quantity of Plow-Land, and the Rest well Timber'd ; a good Dwelling-House and Barn, and an Orchard of about three hundred Apple-Trees, the most Part grafted with various Kinds of the best Sorts of Fruits ; likewise about twenty-seven Acres that are not joined to the Farm, and situate but a small Distance off, about ten Acres of which good Meadow Ground, the Rest Plow-Land and Wood-Land. Any Person inclining
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to Purchase, may apply to said William Burnet, liv- ing on the Premises, (any Time before the 15th Day of April 1771) by whom an indisputable Title shall be given, and all reasonable Time of Payment.
To be LET or SOLD, at Elizabeth-Town,
THE House and Lot near the Landing, belonging to the Estate of Joseph Woodruff, deceased. Also TO BE LET, the House and Lot late of the Widow Hunloke. Enquire of William P. Smith, or Elias Boudenot, Esqs. at Elizabeth-Town.
Pot-Ash KETTLES, | Of the best Construction, made at Newark Air Furnace; and IRON GRATES, suitable for them, To be SOLD, by Edward & William Laight. -The N. Y. Gazette ; and The Weekly Mercury, No. 1012, March 18, 1771.
To be sold, at Public Vendue, (if not sold before at private Sale) on Monday the third day of June next, at the house of ROBERT PRICE, Innholder on the premises :
ALL that valuable Tract of Land in the county of Sussex, in the eastern division of the province of New- Jersey, known by the name of PEPPER-COTTON TRACT, containing two thousand acres or thereabouts, pleas- antly situated in a thick settled healthy part of the country, about 8 miles from the Court-House, 12 from Andover Iron Works, 23 from the river Delaware, 6 from Sharp'sborough Iron Works, and within 4 miles of Joseph Warren's, who lives on the public road.
There are several improvements on this Tract of Land, the soil of which is as good as any in the prov-
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ince, one half of it being choice meadow land, and a great part of the remainder is well adapted for farm- ing in general, but particularly for raising wheat and other grain. It abounds in excellent timber, and has a beautiful stream of water running through the whole.
It will be set up for sale in lots of 2 or 300 acres each, if it shall appear to be most agreeable and ben- eficial to the purchasers, the conditions of which, with a view of the title, which is indisputable, will be made known, at the place of sale, by Joseph Sharp, who lives near Salem, or by Alexander Tod, of Philadel- phia, to whom any persons desirous of purchasing by private sale, may, in the mean time, apply for the nec- essary information. 1
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of Land, situate in Manning- ton, in the county of Salem, in West New-Jersey, on the King's road from Gloucester to Salem, lying about half a mile from a good landing, and about two miles from Salem town, containing near 200 acres of as good wheat land as are in said county, about sixty acres thereof cleared and in good fence, and the rest well timbered ; there are a good dwelling-house, kitchen, a well of good water, a new frame barn and stable thereon ; it is well situated for a tavern or shop keep- ing, the former it was for many years, and known by the sign of the plough. Likewise thirty acres of good banked in meadow, lying about half a mile from the aforesaid plantation ; it produces timothy and other
1 To the same advertisement in the same paper for April 15-22. 1771, there 1s added : "Sharpsborough Iron Works to be let, Inquire of said Joseph Sharp. "
In the issue for April 22-29, 1771, there is substituted : "Hibernia Iron Works to be let. Inquire of said Joseph Sharp, or of Alexander Tod. "
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good grass ; the bank that keeps out the Tide from said meadows is of no great cost to the owner, as it is but about a hundred rods long, and takes in about 500 acres of meadow ; the upland may be sold separ- ate, if it suits the purchaser. Good time will be given for the payment of the purchase-money. As to title and terms on which said premises are to be disposed of, apply to ELIZABETH SHARP, near the premises, or to ALEXANDER TOD, in Water street, Philadelphia.
-- The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 219, March 18 to March 25, 1771.
This is to give PUBLIC NOTICE, That there is to be exposed to sale, by way of PUBLIC VENDUE, on the sixteenth day of April next, A GRIST MILL, with two water-wheels, two pair of stones, and bolts by water ; it is situate on a very pleasant stream called Upper Barebrook, in the township of Windsor, and County of Middlesex, in New-Jersey ;- also a Tract of Land, nearly adjoining the same, containing 174 acres, with a dwelling-house, kitchen and barn, and a young orchard of near two hundred trees.
Likewise, will be sold, on the seventeenth of said month, A Tract of Land, lying in the township of Nottingham, county of Burlington, containing three hundred acres, about eleven acres swamp, which has been mowed some years, there is a house and orch- ard on the said premises, and lies handy to a grist- mill and saw-mill.
The Vendue to begin at TEN o'clock, each day, and the conditions will be made known, by
MAHLON WRIGHT.
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MADE his ESCAPE last october, a certain NEGRO MAN, committed to my custody, by the name of BRISTOL, a short thick fellow, about 5 feet 4 inches high, had a remarkable large nose, apt to smile when spoken to; had on, when he ran away, a light coloured cloth homespun jacket, a white hat, blue trowsers, white yarn stockings, and good new shoes. Whoever takes up and secures said negro, so that his master may have him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
Joseph Burroughs, Sheriff. Salem, New-Jersey, March 12, 1771.
Gloucester County, March 14, 1771. W HEREAS WILLIAM BURNETT of Great Egg-Harber Township in said County, agreeable to an act of assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, intitled an act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors ; assigned over all his rights and credits to me the subscriber, for the use of his Creditors. I do therefore give this PUBLIC NOTICE, to the Creditors of said Burnett that they meet at the House of WILLIAM HUGG Innkeeper, in Gloucester, on the Twentieth day of June next by 12 of the clock, to receive their respective shares or dividends by me received, & to consult in what man- ner to recover the Moneys which said Burnett says is due to him, in New-York and New-England gov- ernments, and all persons indebted to said BURNETT, are desired to make speedy payment to,
THOMAS DENNY, Assignee.
Baltimore-Town, February 20, 1771. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
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Irish servant man named WILLIAM M'CABE ; about twenty-one years of age, fair hair, a little sandy, and fresh complexioned : had on and took with him a good dark grey surtout coat, something too large, a little grey bearskin coat with yellow gilt buttons, one ditto with mohair buttons, and a bearskin double- breasted jacket, and a pair of old buckskin breeches. He went away in company with a certain GEORGE WILLIAMS, a Dutchman; a short-set fellow, who has lived some time in the Jerseys, to which place it is supposed they are gone: Williams probably may have a pass, as he is a freeman, and may have forged one for his companion, as they can both write. Who- ever secures said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have TEN DOLLARS reward, and TEN DOLLARS for apprehending the said Williams, so that he may be brought to justice, paid WILLIAM SMITH. by
- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1476, March 21, 1771.
JUST PUBLISHED, and to be SOLD by ISAAC COLLINS,
At his Printing-Office, in Burlington,
COMPENDIUM of SURVEYING; or the
A SURVEYOR'S POCKET COMPANION : Also to be sold by Thomas Moody, the Author, at Allentown.
To be sold, on reasonable Terms, at the aforesaid Printing Office,
The following PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
Godfrey's cordial, Say's balsam, Turlington's bal- sam, Bateman's pectoral drops, Daffy's elixir, British
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oil, Anderson's Scots pills, Hooper's female pills, Lockyer's pills, camphire, cream of tartar, lavender compound, sal volat, court plaister, flour of brimstone, quicksilver ointment, glauber salts, epsom salts, &c. &c. Also a variety of Books and Stationary, by wholesale and retail.
To be SOLD, at PUBLIC VENDUE, | on Thurs- day, the 4th of April, at the house of the Widow | Comron, about a mile from the PREMISES.
CERTAIN tract of LAND, now in the tenure of A Dr. Otto, situate on Salem road, and on Repau- pa-creek in Greenwich township, in the county of Glou- cester, West New-Jersey, about two miles below Man- tua-creek bridge, and fifteen miles from the city of Philadelphia, on which is erected a neat stone dwelling- house, two stories high, thirty-five feet front, and twen- ty feet deep, and a stone kitchen eighteen feet by thir- teen, with a chamber over the kitchen : a well of excel- lent water by the house, a good orchard, about twenty acres of meadow are made, or may be made on said tract, and several constant streams running through the land, containing in the whole 100 acres, about thirty acres of which are thriving young timber, the rest cleared, and soil at least equal to any in the neighbour- hood. It is an excellent situation for a store, being in a well settled part of the country, and but two miles from water carriage to the city of Philadelphia. The sale to begin at one o'clock. Terms will be made knowon at the time and place appointed, when attend- ance will be given by the subscriber,
WILLIAM SCULL.
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Wilmington, March 12, 1771.
WHEREAS a certain man, who called himself FELIX CUNNINGHAM, said he had taught school in East-Jersey, came to the house of the subscriber the beginning of April last, and left a bundle, con- sisting chiefly of wearing apparel, and his expences unpaid, said he was going toward Lancaster, and would return in a few Days, but hath not since been heard of; These are therefore to give notice, that if the said Felix Cunningham, or some other person, does not redeem the same within three weeks from this date, they will be sold to pay charges.
JOSHUA LITTLER.
TO be SOLD by way of public vendue, on Tues- day the 16th of April next, and an indisputable title given, a plantation, commanding a fine prospect, and pleasantly situated, containing 460 acres of land, be it more or less, lying in the township of Amwell, county of Hunderdon, and western division of New- Jersey ; 260 acres of which is woodland, and chiefly well timbered, the remainder excellent for all sorts of grain, agreeable to the climate, with a large com- plement of meadow, which produces yearly a com- petible part of good timothy and English grass. The whole well watered, and enclosed with good fence. The said tract may be conveniently divided into 2 separate lots, as may best suit the purchaser, or purchasers ; as the buildings thereon are commo- diously adapted to each, consisting of one stone dwelling-house 2 stories high, with a cellar under the whole, and a good log kitchen, also, a good stone
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barn, compleatly finished, viz. 30 by 48 feet ; the oth- er being a snug frame building, not quite half a mile from the aforesaid mansion house. As also, good orchards of excellent fruit, both for quantity and quality, at each of said buildings, too tedious to be enumerated here. The whole being contiguous to sundry places of worship, and excellent fisheries, the river Delaware being within a mile of the prem- ises. As also grist and merchants mills, and com- pleat stores, where the best price is given for coun- try produce; there runs adjoining a large run of fresh water where the curious or ingenious may im- prove thereon. The whole of the aforesaid will be warranted and defended by the Subscriber hereof. For further particulars, inquire of the subscriber, living on the premises, who will give proper attend- ance on the day of Sale, when the conditions will be made known. WILLIAM ALLEN.
N. B. The chief motive which induces the Sub- scriber to make sale of the aforesaid, is owing to a considerable purchase of lands that he made in Vir- ginia government, which requires his commanding eye towards the improvement of the same.
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Philadelphia, March 9, 1771.
THIS is to give notice to the public in general, and our friends in particular, that we intend to erect a stage from Bridge-Town, Cum- berland County, West New-Jersey, to Cooper's ferry, and, for the conveniency of Greenwich, intend to set off from Richard Cayford's, tavern keeper in said town, every Monday evening, to the Cross roads, where or-
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ders will be taken in by Ananias Sayre, Esq ; and then proceed to John Bently's opposite Daniel Stretch's, where suitable accommodations may be had, and will perform the Journey by 10 o'clock ; and where gen- tlemen and ladies may take there usual night's rest, and Daniel Stretch will set off Tuesday morning, exactly at sun-rise, and proceed to Cooper's Ferry ; and on every Fifth-day to leave said ferry, at sun- rise, and proceed to Bridge-Town, and will perform the journey on said day, accidents excepted. All gentlemen and ladies that please to favour them with their company, may depend on being treated with the greatest respect ; and those that give them their orders, may depend on being punctually served. As Mr. Shute declines the business, we intend to serve the country at his usual rates, and are their humble servants,
RICHARD CAYFORD, DANIEL STRETCH.
N. B. We intend to begin on Monday evening, the 18th instant. News Papers will be carried, and left for the owners, as usual.
- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2204, March 21, 1771.
TWENTY DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away about 18 months since, from Spring- field, near Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, a certain Negro Man, named Brit : He is about 30 Years old, near 6 Feet high, stout and well made: He was ta- ken by Execution at the Suit of Elias Desbrosses, Esq., of New-York, and sold at Vendue by the Sher- iff of Essex County, and purchased by Jecamiah
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Smith. The said Fellow is supposed to be harboured at Wyoming, by his former Master, Nathaniel Sal- mon. All persons therefore are forbid to harbour or entertain said Negro, and any Person that will take him up, and bring him to the Subscriber, shall have the above Reward, or ro Dollars if taken and sent to any Goal in the Province of Pennsylvania, New- Jersey or New-York, so that he may be had again. JECAMIAH SMITH. -The N. Y. Gazette ; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1013, March 25, 1771.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1. | On the 26th ultimo departed this Life, at his House in Burlington, in the 49th Year of his Age, the Honourable JOHN SMITH, one of his Majesty's Council for the Prov- ince of New-Jersey-A Gentleman who eminently possessed every Virtue that dignifies the Christian, and whose Conduct through Life received the united Approbation of all who knew him-His Door and his Heart were open to the Stranger aud the Indigent.
"For every Man's Wants he had a Shilling, for every Man's Griefs he had a Tear. "-As a Statesman his Loss will be severely felt by the whole Province of New-Jersey, but the little Band amidst whom he had retired, and to whom he stood as a common Father and Friend, will long, very long deplore their Misfor- tune, in the Death of this benevolent, this truly great and worthy Man ; in tracing whose amiable Character, 'tis not within the extensive Bounds of Panegyrick, to exceed the Truth .- On the 29th, attended by his in- consolable Children, and numerous Friends, his Re- 27
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