in especial for ladyes & gentilwymen, dougters to lordes & gentilmen: for whiche book al the gentilwymen now lyuyng & herafter to come or shal be, arn bounde to gyue laude, praysyng, & thankynges to the auctor of this book, & also to the lady that caused me to traslate it, & to pray for her long lyf & welfare, &, when god wil calle her fro this transitory lyf, that she may regne in heuen sempiternally, where as is loye & blysse without ende. Thene, fo as moche as this book is necessary to euery gentilwoman, of what estate she be, i aduyse euery gentilman or woman, hauyng such children, desyryng them to be vertuously brougt forth, to gete & haue this book, to thende that they may lerne hou they ouzt to gouerne them vertuously in this present lyf, by whiche they may the better & hastlyer come to worship and good renommee. And I desyre all them that shall lerne or see ony thynge in this sayd book, by whiche they shal ben the wyser & better, that they gyue laude & thákyng to the sayd ladyes good grace, and also to praye for her; and where as ony defaulte shalle be founde in the reducynge and translatynge in to our Englysshe tongue, that it be arrettid to me, whíche am Ignoraunt and not expert in the werke, thout so be that I haue emprysed here to fore to smatre me in suche translacions, whiche I confesse and knowleche me ignoraunt and therin to be Imperfect. Wherfore I humbly requyre and byseche my sayd good lady to pardonne me of my symple and rude reducynge, and yf ony thynge be sayd or made vnto her playsyre, than I thynke my labour wel employed, whome i humbly byseche to receyue this lytel book in gree & thanke, & I shalle pray to almyghty god for her longe and good lyf, and to send to her after this shorte and transytory lyf euerlastyng lyf in heuen. Amen. And alle other that be vnderstandyng & fyndyng ony defaute, i requyre and pray them of theyre charyte to correcte and amende hit, and so doyng they shal deserve thanke and meryte of god, to whome I shalle pray for them.
