' Thus have I ended my booke . . . and yf to some I 

 shall seeme not fullye to have satisfied their desyres herein 

 accordinge to their expectation or not so cunninglye have 

 handled the same as the matter itself offereth and is worthy 

 of, then I referre my selfe wholye to ye learned correction 

 of the wise, desyrynge theym frendelye to geeve knowledge 

 to the printer, or to me, and beinge detected of my fault, 

 wyll wyllyngelye correct and amend the same : for well I 

 wotte that no treatise can alwaies so workmanly be handeled 

 but that somewhat sometimes may fall out amisse contrary 

 both to the minde of the wryter and contrary to the expecta- 

 tion of the reader. Wherefore my petition to the gentle 

 reader is to accept these my trevails with that minde I do offer 

 them to thee and to take gentelye that I geeve gladly, in so 

 doinge I shal thinke my paynes well bestowed and shal be 

 encouraged hereafter to trust more, unto thy curtesye. 

 And therefore I era we at thy handes the thankefull accept- 

 ance of these rude labours of myne. The favour of God 

 bee with thee alwayes." Thomas Hill, The Proffitable Arte 

 of Gardeninge, 1568. 



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