TO THE RIGHT H ONOVRABLE Ji1N1BS LORD HAY, ALL GRACE AND H A P P I N E S S E. Right Honourable, L that I clln fo.y for my felfe, u ade/ire ofdoi11g ; which if it were M ferwnt in richer hcaw, the Church which now we fee comely, l'Pould then beglorioUJ : tbu honefl ambitio11 bath carriedmL I to nrglefl the feare of (eemingprodigaU of my lit~ tie; andl'!Jhile 1 fee others Talents rufting itl the earth, bath dral'!Jne me to trajfique l'Pith mine in publik!•. f hop-, no ad"rlen~ I ture that e"rler I made of tbu ~inde, fh;~/l bee equally gainefuU to thu my prefent labour, l'!Jherein 1 tt~ke gods oume Hiflory for theground,m1d ll>or~e upon it by l'!Jhat ~ editationJ my weak!- ne!Je can rJjford: rrhe di"rlinenejfe of tbufulj efl jha/1mak! mere then amendsfor themanifold defeElr ofmy difcourfe ; although alfotheblan1eof an imperfeflion u {o much the more, wbe11 zt lighteth upon fo high achoicLJ. rr hiJ part l'!Jhich f offer toyour Lordfhip,jhaU.fhew you Pharaoh impotently en"rlioUJ and crt1ell, the ljrae!itn offriendJ becomejla"rlet, ptmijhedonely for pr~l}e~ ring; Mofes in theWeeds, in the [curt,in ths 'De/art, in the Hill ofVtfons; a[ourtierin ./Egypt, aShcpheard in M idiau, 1111 eAmbajfodor from qod, aLeader o[Godrpeople: andD7hm I you
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