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TO
THE RIGHT
HONOVRABLE
Edward LORD Herbert OF
Cherbury and Castle Island, and one
of his Majesties most Honorable
Counsell of War.
My Lord, ^^ l^^l . sm s</poem> T is not the far-fetckt pcdcgree of noble Ancce ftors, nor thofe Honours your Lordfhip dc- fcrvedly poffefleSj that make mec crave your Patronage to this my Labour j but it is that Hcroickmindj cnri<:hcd with the choice ch" dowments of Nature and Art, and that earneft afFcftion wherewith your Honour entertains all Sciences, Arts,and Artifts,with that exquifite ludgment which fees into the inner man, which embolden and incite me to fue for your Honors afliftancCjin procc£iing the fame of him,who by your many favours is made yours. I know the feeming and felf-pleafing Wifdomof our times, confifts much in cavilling and unjuftly carping at all things that fee light, and that there are many who carneftly hunt after the publike fame of Learning and Judgment, by this eafily trod, and defpicable path, which not with ftanding they tread with as much confidence as folly for that oft-times which they vainly and unjuftly brand with opprobrie, outlives their Fate, and floari(hes when it is forgot that ever any fuch as they had being* I know your Lordiliips difpoiition to be far diflenting from thcfe mcn,and that you rather endeavour to build up the fame of your Learning and Judgement uponaftrong laid foundation of your own,than Herojlratus like, by pulling down any howfoever fair built fabriek of another. I heartily wifh that your Honour A . couM
