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ing to ask you the question in any point whereof I 

 shall stand in doubt: &quot;Nam ejns est explicare, cu- 

 jus est condere,&quot; as on the other part I will willingly 

 give a due commendation to such places as in my 

 opinion shall deserve it. In the mean time I can 

 with comfort assure you, that you could not have 

 made choice of a subject more befitting your place, 

 and your universal and methodical knowledge ; and 

 in the general, I have already observed, that you 

 jump with me, in keeping the mid-way between the 

 two extremes ; as also in some particulars, I have 

 found that you agree fully with my opinion. And 

 so praying God to give your work as good success 

 as your heart can wish, and your labours deserve, I 

 bid you heartily farewell. JAMES R. 



Octob. 16, 1620. 



To the King, thanking his Majesty for his gracious 



acceptance of his book. 

 May it please your Majesty, 

 I cannot express how much comfort I received by 

 your last letter of your own royal hand. I see your 

 majesty is a star, that hath benevolent aspect and 

 gracious influence upon all things, that tend to a 

 general good. 



&quot; Daphni, quid antiques signorum suspicis artus? 

 Ecce Dionaei processit Coesaris astrum ; 

 A strum, quo segetes gauderent frugibus, et quo 

 Duceret apricis in collibus uva colorem. (n) 



This work, which is for the bettering of men s 

 (n) Virgil, Eclog. IX. vers. 4650. 



