TbeEpinieDedicatorie. 



feruice or deuotion to performc ? Therefore vnder hope of yoiir Honorable and accu- 

 ftomedfauourjIprefentthisHerballtoyourLordfliipsprotcLion; not as hu uiiiitc 

 worke(for I know my meanncfle)but as the greateft gift a nd t 



that my labour and feruicecanaffoord: whereof if there be no further fruit, vet this is 



of fome vfe,that I haue miniftred matter for riper wits,and men of deeper Judgement to 



polifh j and to adde to my large additions where any thing is defedtiue, that in time the 



worke may be perfect. Thus Ihumblytakemyleaue,befeechingGod to grant 



you yet manydaiesto liuetohis glorie, to the fupportofthisftatc 



vnder hir Maicftie our dread Soueraigne,and that with 



v . greatincreafeofhonorinthisworld,and 



all fulneffe of glorie in the 



Your Lordjhips moH humble 



and obedient Jeruant, 



