To the friendly Reader. 



the lep heholding to their firmuhus skill, 'Bftt the good and vert nous 



Thyftim, vehofe purpofi is rather the health of many^ than the wealth 



cfhimfelfetmllnot (I hope ) miflike this m^ enterprife^ which to this 



fttrpofe fpecially tendeth, that emn the meanefl of my Countriemen 



(vfihofe skill is mtfo profound that they can fetch this knowledge out of 



Jlrange toongs, nor their abilttiefo wealthier as to entertaine a learned 



Phyjition) may yet in time of their neceffitie haue fame helpes in thetr 



mme^GT their neighbors fields and gardens at home. If perchance ante 



li0 topicke a quarrell to my tranjlation^ as not being either proper or 



mtjHllJfl may obtaine ofhimyto beare with me till he htmfelfejball 



haue fet forth a better ^or til the next impreffion^^nd the mean 



while (confdering that it is eafer to reprehend a mans do^ 



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ngs than to amendit) vfe me as a whetHone tofi* 

 ther himfelfe J rvill not much Jhiue: for Ifeek^ 

 not (fter vdme glme^ but rather how to 



benefte and profit e my Cottn^ 



trie. Fare well, 



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