5*? TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE 



SIR. KO^ERT CECIL K^4rGHT, PRIISICiPALB 

 SECRETARIE TO THE OVEENS MAIESTIE, MA- 



STER OF THE COVKT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES, 

 Ciminccllor of die Vnivcrfitic of Cambridge, and one other 

 AlaUpjet mofl Honourable pri vie CouhtelU 



He friendly acceptance tvhich T. Lmusof Paditaharh 

 found in this Kealme, fince time he /hewed htmfelfe in 

 Enfhfh weed unto her f acred Majeflie, hath traimU 

 oyer unto him his neighbour Plinius Secundus from 

 Veronal Whome^bemg now arrated in the fame habit ^ 

 yetfe^rfuii to fet foot forward m forrein ground ^ -with- 

 out the countenance of fome worthie perfona^e^ wl ^ 

 might bothgiye him the hand at his firft enhance / r 

 token of welcome^andalfo grace him afterwards wit t 

 a fay our able regard to win acquaintance y I humbly 

 frefentuuto your Honour, V or confideringthequdme 

 of the mm^ a Thilofofher difcourfingfo deeply in all Learning, where rr/ay helooke for 

 better acceptance than of himywho is mofl iu(ily fiy led, Matron of Learning^ Which 

 ■dignitte conferred of late upon your H. by the general! fuffrages of a Noble Fmyerfitte 

 (and that for your pngular mfight in all literature ) as a complement to thofe high f la- 

 ces wher cunt o the far our of a moj} prudent and judicioi^sFrinceff hath adyaunced 

 you, and the fame corrcffondent to the rare wifdome, juUtce^nd eloquence, which con^ 

 curre in your ferfon,Likethe fexierall beauties of the Rubie^iAmethyfl^ andEmerand' 

 meetmgm one (aire Opal,giyeth a loyely lufreto your other tnles,no leffe^than if the \ 

 nine Mufes and h^oWo/eprefentednaturally in that rich ^gat of JC.Py rrhus^n^i^r^' 

 mfertedtherem. Nmij^aswee readof Akxdinderand'^ Dememus^ two mighpi * 

 monarchs, who amid their defeins of maki?j^ conquefis and beftegmg citties, behlld * 

 otherwhiles l^.pclits and?rotogenes how they handled their pencils; it maypleife 

 your Honour betweene the managing of State-affaires under her Majeflie, to jafi 

 your eie eftfoons upon ?link for your recreation^and fee how liyely he depemCle/h,not 

 Vcms Anzdyomtntydrawnehaply tothepatterne o/Campafpe acourti%an^nor^ 

 lalyfus With his dog^ m which pibiurCy fecit Fortuna naturam 3 but eyen fl iture her 

 felfe, the immedtat mother andnource of all things under the Almightie i I(fja, not mly 

 thinke him patronized thereby and fufficiently commended to the worU^hm dif 

 knowledge ?ny felfemuch deyoted untoyourU.andhound for eyertof-'i^ for 

 creafe thereof y with long life and true happine fie. 



Voiir rionouis iiioft rcgdic atcommai^f ' 



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