TO 



MAUD MESSEL 



WITH LOVE FROM 

 E. S. R. 



"I wish unto you by dayly Prayer and fruition of 

 the Heavenly Paradise cravyng of the Omnipotent and 

 provident God, the guider of that gorgeous Garden that 

 hee would vouchsafe to graunte unto you the sweete 

 savour of his chiefe fragrante floures, that is his comfort 

 to cleave faste unto you, his mercy to keepe you and 

 his grace to guyde you nowe and evermore." 



(From the Epistle dedicatory addressed to William 

 Cecil, Lord Burghley; Lord High Treasurer 

 of England. 7 be Gardeners Labyrinth 1577.) 



