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TO MY OLD FRIEND GEORGE METFORD PARSONS, FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS VICAR OF ST. CRANTOCK, THESE PAGES ARE (WITHOUT PERMISSION) CORDIALLY DEDICATED AS A TRIFLING TOKEN OF THE DEBT DUE TO HIM FROM ALL REVERENT CHURCHMEN FOR HAVING RESCUED THE ANCIENT HISTORICAL CHURCH OF ST. CRANTOCK FROM A STATE OF GRIEVOUS AND MELANCHOLY DECAY, MAKING IT ONCE MORE MEET FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE MOST HIGH
