XXX11 PREFACE. 



&quot; he only began it ; for that which we have of it, was 

 &quot; (it seems) but one morning s work.&quot; 

 This tract is thus noticed in his letters. 



To the Marquis of Buckingham. 



&quot; Excellent Lord, 



&quot; Though your lordship s absence fall out in an 

 &quot; ill time for myself ; yet because I hope in God 

 &quot; this noble adventure will make your lordship a 

 &quot; rich return in honour, abroad and at home, and 

 &quot; chiefly in the inestimable treasure of the love and 

 &quot; trust of that thrice-excellent prince ; I confess 

 &quot; I am so glad of it, as I could not abstain from 

 &quot; your lordship s trouble in seeing it expressed by 

 &quot; these few and hasty lines. 



&quot; I beseech your lordship, of your nobleness 

 &quot; vouchsafe to present my most humble duty to his 

 ft highness, who, I hope, ere long will make me leave 

 te King Henry the Eighth, and set me on work in 

 &quot; relation of his highness s adventures. 



&quot; I very humbly kiss your lordship s hands, resting 

 &quot; ever 



&quot; Your lordship s most obliged friend and servant.&quot; 



&quot; February 21,1622.&quot; 



To the Prince. 



et It may please your excellent highness, 

 &quot; I send your highness, in all humbleness, my book 

 &quot; of Advancement of Learning, translated into Latin, 

 &quot; but soinlarged, as it may go for a new work. It isa 



