VI PREFACE. 



the translation : in one instance, he has suppressed a 

 small part of the original, and in others, taken some 

 liberties, in giving a liberal translation to suit the idi- 

 om of his language. It has been executed in haste, 

 and was intended for private and not for public use : 

 he has at the instance of his friends been induced to 

 permit its publication, trusting, that his motives in so 

 doing, will shield him from the censure of severe crit- 

 icism. 



THE TRANSLATOR. 



