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TO THE MOST NOBLE And INCOMPARABLE PAIRE OF BRETHREN.
William
Earle of Pembroke, &c. Lord Chamberlains to the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty.
AND Philip
Earleof Montgomery, &c. Gentleman of his Majeſties Bed-Chamber. Both Knights of the moſt Noble Order of the Garter, and our singular good
LORDS.
Right Honourable,
Whilſt we ſtudie to be thankful in our particular, for the many fauors we haue receiued from your L.L ne are falne, vpon the ill fortune, to mingle, two the moſt diuerſe things that can bee, feare, and raſhneſſe; raſhneſſe in the enterprise, and feare of the ſucceſſe. For, when we valew the places your H.H. ſuſtaine, we cannot but know their dignity greater,then to defend to the reading of theſe trifles and,while we name them trifles, we haue depriud our ſelues of the defence of our Dedication. But ſince your L.L. haue been pleas'd to thinke theſe trifles ſome-thing, heereto- fore; and haue proſetquted both them, and their Authour lining, with ſo much fauour: we hope, that (they out-liuing him,and he not hauing the fate, common with ſome, to be exequutor to his owne wri-
tings you will vſe the like indulgence toward them-,; you haue done
