This page needs to be proofread.
TO THE
RIGHT WORSHIPFULL
MASTER JOHN FITZ-JAMES, ESQUIRE,
ONE OF HIS MAIESTIES CHIEFE IUSTICES OF PEACE
WITHIN THE
COUNTIE OF DORSET.
Sir, amongst all the sinnes, that humane nature doth stand
possest with, ingratitude doth challenge a propertie in man,
although it bee a thing repugnant to reason, and disagreeing with
all mutuall societie. To free myself from this vitium naturæ, I
am bold in these fewe lines to dedicate my loue to you: for it
were too tedious to vse many wordes, where good wil is the bond
of loue. This smal gift I would intreate you to accept, if not for
the quantitie, yet for the qualitie. From London the thirteenth
of October, 1610.
Your Worships to command
Sil. Iourdan.
