Lod. Vives,
full wit, exceeding ſharpeneſſe, moſt neate learning, a cleare and poliſht ſtile, ſuch as became an author trauerſed and exerciſed in all kinde of learning and writings, and as beſeemed thoſe great and excellent matters, and fitted thoſe with whom hee diſputed. Him therefore ſhall you read moſt-famous and beſt minded King, at ſuch houres, as you with-draw from the mighty affaires and turmoiles of your kingdome to employ on learning and ornaments of the mind, and withall take a taſte of our Commentaries; whereof let mee ſay, as Ouid ſayd of his bookes de Faſtes, when he preſented them to Germanicvs Cæsar.
A learned Princes iudgementt undergoe.
As ſent to reade to Phæbus, our leaues goe.
Which if I ſhall finde they diſlike not you, I ſhall not feare the allowance of others, for who will be ſo impudent, as not to bee aſhamed to diſſent from ſo exact a iudgement? which if any dare doe, your euen ſilent authority, ſhall yet protect me. Farewell worthieſt King, and recon Vives moſt deuoted to yu, in any place, ſo he be reconed one of yours. From Louaine the ſeauenth of Iuly. M.D.X.X.I.I.
