To the ^Header, 



^xtibi fa- them again •, and with it all the reft of their Purchafes^ 

 aorum Fxnas ^j^^^|j othcrwife they might fecurely have enjoy'd : But 

 w/jre tHo. jj^jg^^^^^^^^^^^ (^nly, and for caution to Fofierity ; whil« 

 Vatkinor:^- j jgavc the Guilty to their proper Scorpions^ and to their 

 ndtMet.u. Erifichthonian fatc^, or that of the inexorable Far^bim^ 



JpfVm. 1.2. 



rgonattt. frofiemit Qnercum funeftam quam fibi Nympha 

 fionorihUsque fufs fecit ~ 



the vengeance of the Dryads^ and to their tutelar better 



Genius^ if any yet remain, who love the folid Honour and 



Ornament of their Country. For what could I fay lefs, 



* At Wot- 'tm-^^j, and * Wood-born as I am, in behalf of thofe facred 



ton in Sur- Shades^ which both grace our Vvpellings^ and proteft oar 



"^' -Nation? 



But to turn this juft Indignation into frayers^SLndi addrcfs 



my fclf to our bctter-natur'd Country-men: May fuch Woods 



as do yet remain iimre be carefully Frefer'v'd^ and fuch as 



are deftroy'd, feduloufly Repair d. It is what every Pcrfon 



who is Owner of Land may contribute tcand with infinite 



delight, who arc touch'd with that laudable Ambition o( 



imitating their moil: illuftrious JncefiorSj whofe Names we 



find mingl'd amongft Kings and Philofophcrs^ Patriots and 



V'l.Vttranh.^ooA Commonwealths-Men: For fuch were of old Solo- 



de Kerned. ^^^^^ Cyrtfs^ and Nnwa i Licinim fir-named 5"/^/^, Cato^ and 



fnrturr^^ li.i. CtncinnatHS , the Pifoes^ Fabii^ Cicero^ Flinies^ and a thou- 



dia). 57. i^jj^^ more whom I could ennunierate, that difdain'd not 



to excrcife themfelves in thefe Rii/J/V/Viej*, as eftecming it 



the greateft acceilion of Honour to dignifie their lafting 



Names with fuch Rural marks as have confecrated their 



Memories^ and tranfmitted them to us through fo many 



Ages and Vici^tudes of the World. 



Let none thert fore repute this Indujiry beneath him,or 

 as the leaft indignity to the reft of his Qualities^ which Co 

 great Perfons have honour'd and cultivated with that af- 

 MhIu tmm fe^^ion and ingen uity . 



i^arHm Af. The famous Anjrver which Cyrm gave to Lyfander will 

 mTnu iZI f 'ft^cicntly jiiftifie that which I have faid, and what I far- 

 p/<f: Cyrus ther recommend to iuch Gentlemen asrefolve to be Flan- 

 Ocn^txke. '^''^' '^'^' ^^^^^ ^^^^y do not cafily commit themfelves to 



noph. the 



