IV DEDICATION. 



comfort or recovery: and I most fervently 

 pray, that the GOD whose works 1 have en- 

 deavoured to display, in such a manner as may 

 excite the adoration of his rational creatures, 

 will vouchsafe to bless my anxious endeavours 

 with success, and restore you to a parent, who 

 loves you, for your amiable disposition and 

 your promising talents, far beyond the bounds 

 that mere natural affection would prescribe. 



This is the fifteenth anniversary of your 

 birth-day. * Oh, may the next find you in 

 the enjoyment of perfect health ! and every 

 future one arrive more propitious to the wishes 

 and the views of 



Your most affectionate father, 



WILLIAM MAYOR. 



September 15. 1799. 



* He departed this life on the 14th of November following ; but let 

 his memory live in this dedication, as it ever will in my heart. The 

 lapse of twenty years has not weakened the impression ; and in revising 

 and improving the present work, 1 feel that I have only been perform- 

 ing the melancholy duty> of repairing, strengthening, and perpetuating 

 a monument to a beloved son ! 



W. M. 



RECTORY, WOODSTOCK, 

 September 15. 1819. 



