WALrONIANA. 



to them, and the Inheritor of the memorable 

 Bo6ton Palace, the Place of his Birth, where fo 

 many of the Ancient, and Prudent, and Valiant 

 Family of the Wottons lie now Buried; whofe 

 remarkable Monuments You have lately Beautified, 

 and to them added fo many of fo great Worth, as 

 hath made it appear, that at the Ere(5ling and 

 Adorning them, You were above the thought of 

 Charge, that they might, if pofTible, (for 'twas no 

 eafie undertaking) hold fome proportion with the 

 Merits of Your Anceftors. 



My Lord, Thefe are a part of many more 

 Reafons that have incHn'd me to this Dedication ; 

 and thefe, with the Example of a Liberty that is 

 not given, but now too ufually taken by many 

 Scriblers, to make trifling Dedications, might 

 have begot a boldnefs in fome Men of as mean as 

 my mean Abilities to have undertaken this. But 

 indeed, my Lord, though I was ambitious enough 

 of undertaking it; yet, as Sir Henry Wotton hath 



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