5 THE TRANSLATOR 



to the Reader 



Might well haue taken occafion 

 Cgentle Reader J to commend 

 vnto thee^ both mine own paines 

 in tranflating and gathering this 

 worke-, the Printers charge and diligence in 

 procuring and publijhing the fame^ and the 

 perfection of the thing it f elf ^according to the 

 fubie£i and theaw^e wherevpon it treateth. 

 But 06 touching mine own trauaile^ I wil no- 

 thing fpeake : fit hence I did vndertake the 

 fame at requefi of my friend Cthe Printer J 

 who hath fo throughly deferued my paynes^ 

 as Iftandfully contented: his diligence^ and 

 charge^ I thinke not meete to be ouerpaffed 

 withfilence: who to his great cofts hath fought 

 out afmuche as is written and extant in any 

 language^ concerning the noble Artes of Ve- 

 nerie and Falconrie: and to gratifie the No- 

 bilitie and Gentlemen of this land^ hath dif- 



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