A BTO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE, HENRT, PRINCE OF WALES, c HIS HIGHNESSES UNWORTHY SERVANT dedicates all his Labours , and wifhes D all Happineffe. Mofl Gracio11~ Prince: lfr'~""==\'11 His workeofmine, wh:ch (ifmyhopes and defires fail me not) time may hereafter make great, I havepreiumed both to dedicate in whole to your Highneffe,and to parcel] OL!t IDc~~-~ in feveralls unto fubordinate hands. 1 t is no marvell ifBookes have this freedome , when we our felves can and ought to beall yours, while we are our owne, and E others under you. I d,tre fay, thefe Meditations, how rude fo ew:r they may fall from my Pen , in regard of their fubjeCl: are fit for a Prince. Here your Highneffe lhall fee how the great patterne of Princes, the K r N G o HE A v E N , hlth ever ruled the World; how his 8ubfiitutes, earthly Kings, have ruled it under him, .and with wlut fucceffe ei ther of glory or ruin e. Both your Peace and .
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