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cala, &c. my Lorde, the Doctor Monatdus 
Phiſition witheth health Ke. 
S Orafinuche as the metall called y- 
ron is of fo greate im nce 
= Vin the Worlde , and 10 neceſ- 
? J farye forthe ſeruice of manne, it 
</ mooued mee to make thys Dia- 
Sjogue , whiche dcoethtreate of 
“oy the greatencfle and maruellous 3 
Woo rkes thereof. Which if they be 5 
well conſidered. they will bring ad- 
miration vnto all that fhall reade them by reaſonit is ſo ne- 
ceſſarie for all ſtates, and manners of lyuing · It hath alſo 
greate and Medicimall Vertues, and like wiſe with worthi- 
nefle, and greatneſſe, it is an Iuſtrument and meane, 
whereby the moft Woorthie haue gotten great Titles aud 
tame: as wee ſee mani¢of thoſe hiche in times pail haue 
attayned vnto among whom the Predeceffours af your 
excellencie withtheir noble mindes, and ſtrong. armes, 
the Speare in the Fift, and the ſworde in the hande, by o- 
uercomming Battailes, by getting Townes and places, the 
name and fame ofthem haue beene immortall to this day. 
And for to augmentandincreafe thys the more , and to 
giuc to your excellencie, and to your Children and fucs 
ceffours , greater glorie youtooketo Wife the excel- 
lent Daches the Ladye Juana Curtes that at thys daye 
dooeth beautifie dene ee with, 55 eee. a 
neſſe, eftimation, quilitie, and greatneſle, Daus 8 
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