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DEDICATION
wherein I do deduce a comparison of six great Princes and Captains that be to-day abroad in this our Christendom, to wit: the King Henri III. your brother, Your Highness' self, the King of Navarre your brother-in-law, the Duc de Guise, the Duc de Maine, and the Prince of Parma, making record for each one of you of your noblest deeds of valour and high emprize, of your excellencies and exploits, the full tale and complement whereof I do resign to others better qualified than I to indite the same.
Meanwhile, My Lord, I do beseech God to bless you always more and more in your greatness, happiness and nobility.
And I am for all time
Your very humble and very obedient subject and very loving servant.
BOURDEILLE.1
[viii]
