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TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES,
WHOSE GENEROUS DISPOSITION TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,
. CIVES THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE HE WILL SOON BECOME THE GREAT PATRON OF USEFUL LEARNING,
THIS EDITION OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS O F
THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID,
BY HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
WITH A DUE SENSE OF SO GREAT AN HONOR,
IS MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED
BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS’S .
MOST OBEDIENT,
MOST DUTIFUL, AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT,
ROBERT SIMSON.
