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have dyed a thousand deaths, then ever to have made 

 any one unto him. 



Yet whatever I was so happy as to obtain for any 

 deserving Person, my Pains, Breath and Interest im- 

 ployed therein satisfied me not, unless I likewise 

 satisfied the Fees ; but that was in my Golden Age. 



And even now, though my ability and means are 

 shortened, the world knows why my heart remains 

 still the same ; and be you pleased (my Lords and 

 Gentlemen) to rest most assured, that the very com 

 placency that I shall take in the executing your 

 Commands shall be unto me a sufficient and an 

 abundantly-satisfactory reward. 



Vouchsafe therefore to dispose freely of me, and 

 whatever lieth in my power to perform ; first, in order 

 to His Majesty s service ; secondly, for the good and 

 advantage of the Kingdom ; thirdly, to all your satis 

 factions, for particular profit and pleasure to your 

 individual selves, professing that in all and each of 

 the three respects I will ever demean my self as it best 

 becomes, 



My Lords and Gentlemen, 



Your most passionately-bent Fellow-Subject in 

 His Majesty s service, Compatriot for the 

 publick good and advantage, and a most 

 humble Servant to all and every of you, 



WOKCESTEE. 



