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were abfent) ended in love and peace, which Fan 

 (for he onely can doe it) continue in Arcadia^ and 

 reftore to the difturbed IJland of Britannia, and 

 grant that each honeft Shepheard may again Jit 

 under his own Vine and Fig-tree, and feed his own 

 flocky and with love enjoy the fruits of peace , and he 

 more thankfulL 



Reader, at this time and place, the Authour con- 

 tracted a friendfhip with certain fingle-hearted 

 Shepheards : with whom (as he return'd from his 

 River-recreations) he often refted himfelfe, and 

 whilefl: in the calm evening their flocks fed about 

 them, heard that difcourfe, which (with the Shep- 

 heards names) is prefented in thefe Eglogues. 



23 Novem. 1645. 



