248 l T~e }!pif!!_e Vedicatory. . . --any fpirituall profit fhall reflec1: upon your Highnelfe, how happy am I! who {hall ever thinke, I have lived to purpofe, _ (ifby the befl: of my fl:udies) I fhaU have done any good -olftce to your foule. Further, (which thefe times account 'not the leail: praife)your Grace fhall herein perceive a new fafhion ofdifcourfe,byEpifl:les;new to our language, ufuall to others : and (as Novelty is never without plea ofnfe) more fi·ee_, more familiar. Thus, we doe but talke with our friends by our pen,and exprelfe our felvi:-s nowhit lelfe eafiIy; fomewhat more digefl:edly. . VVhatfoever it is,as it cannot he good enough to deferve that countenance; fo, the countenance offuch Patronage fhall make it worthy of refpeCI: from others. The God of Princes proteCt your perfon, perfeCt your graces, and give you as much favour in Heaven as you have honour on _earth. ., !Our (jraces ·'. humb/y-de'1.1otedfervant, ) )os: HALL• . ,)
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