D E D I C AT I M 



What thofe happy and blefled 

 ciFeds are, few there are that can 

 defcribe (b well as Your Lordlhip^ 

 'tis this (My Lord) which makes 

 You happy in Your Self, happy 

 in Your Family^ and happy in Your 

 Friends. 



I know (My Lord) that it v/ould 

 be too painful for Your Lordfliip to 

 be entertained with a long enume- 

 ration of thofe perfections which 

 have given You fo great a ftiarc in the 

 efteem of mankind 5 nor will it be 

 expcded that a Gardiner Ihould en- 

 tertain You with any long difcourfe^ 

 except that of his art, and the feli- 

 cities that attend it i but pardon 

 me. My Lord, if the love and ho- 

 nour I have for Your Lordlhip 

 tranfports me a little into a ftiort fur- 

 vey of what all che world (that know 

 You) muft juftly allow. If 



