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to the Reader 



Might well haue taken occafion 

 Cgentle Reader J to commend 

 vnto thee^ both mine own paines 

 in tranjlating and gathering this 

 worke^ the Printers charge and diligence in 

 procuring and publiping the fame^ and the 

 perfection of the thing it f el f according to the 

 fubieSi and theame wherevpon it treateth. 

 But as touching mine own trauaile^ I wil no- 

 thing fpeake : fithence I did vndertake the 

 fame at requejl of my friend ft he Printer J 

 who hath Jo throughly deferued my paynes^ 

 as IJiandfully contented: his diligence^ and 

 charge^ I thinke not meete to be ouerpaffed 

 withfilence: who to hps great cojis hath fought 

 out afmuche as is written and extant in any 

 language^ concerning the noble Artes of Fe- 

 nerie and Falconrie: and to gratifie the No- 

 bilitie and Gentlemen of this land ^ hath dif-^ 



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