TO THE HONOURABLE 



ADMIRAL AYLMER 



SIR, 



ACCEPT the Dedication of this Life of Bishop 

 Aylmer. For to what other name may it more 

 justly belong than yours? Not only in that you 

 both are sprung from the same ancient family, but 

 by reason of your high and deserved advancements: 

 he, by his Prince placed in one of the chiefest 

 trusts in the Church; you, by yours in as great 

 and honourable a charge in the Navy. In which 

 you have not only been successful, by bringing 

 home in safety the Turkey fleet in the midst of 

 war, and a sea full of enemies laying wait for you, 

 but since by cutting [or agreeing] for the redemp 

 tion of his Majesty s subjects, lying for many years 

 in a most miserable slavery under the Emperor of 

 Morocco ; and have gained other advantages, both 

 for the honour and trade of England; as may be 

 seen in the Articles confirmed by you with the 

 governments of Tunis and Tripoli. But you, Sir, 

 had rather do great services, than hear of them, and 

 receive the praises due for them. And therefore I 

 stop my pen from proceeding any farther in this 

 argument. 



Sir, that you may still live, and be the instrument 



