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PREFACE. 



&quot; Apelles himself. This work, in the Latin, his 

 &quot; lordship so much affected, that he had ordained, 

 &quot; by his last will and testament, to have had it pub- 

 &quot; lished many years since : but that singular person 

 &quot; entrusted therewith, soon after deceased. And 

 &quot; therefore it must now expect a time to come 

 &quot; forth amongst his lordship s other Latin works.&quot; 

 And Archbishop Tenison says, &quot; the third is, a memo- 

 &quot; rial, entitled The Felicities of Queen Elizabeth. 

 &quot; This was written by his lordship in Latin only. A 

 &quot; person, of more good will than ability, translated 

 &quot; it into English, and called it in the singular, Her 

 &quot; Felicity. But we have also a version, much more 

 &quot; accurate and judicious, performed by Doctor 

 &quot; Rawley, who was pleased to take that labour upon 

 &quot; him, because he understood the value his lordship 

 &quot; put upon this work ; for it was such, that I find 

 &quot; this charge given concerning it, in his last will 

 &quot; and testament. &quot; In particular, I wish the eulogy 

 &quot; which I writ, in Felicem Memoriam Elizabethan/ 

 &quot; may be published.&quot; 



LIVES OF THE CAESARS. 



Of these tracts Tenison says, &quot; the fifth is, 

 &quot; the Imago Civilis Julii Caesaris. The sixth, 

 &quot; Imago Civilis Augusti Cassaris. Both of them 

 &quot; short personal characters, and not histories of 

 &quot; their empire : and written by his lordship in that 

 &quot; tongue, which in their times was at its height, and 

 &quot; became the language of the world. A while since, 



