D E D I C A r L O N. 



Tunc ^ aws tut as mo'vere per aera 

 pefinasj 



Et lepus iynpa^idus mediis erra^vit in 



Nec fua creduUtas pifcem fufpenderat 

 hamo. Ovid Metam.XV. 



This, and much more, (My Lord) 

 might be produc'd in favour of my 

 prefent fubjeft^ and of the panegy- 

 rick I have or may advance in fa- 

 vour of the Glitory or Kitchen Gar- 

 den, but that I fear I lliall difbblige 

 the gentlemen of the field, and 

 lovers of good eating, (ince that 

 would be fetcing afide (if mode- 

 rately ufed) fome of the greateft 

 advantasies of life ; nor is what has 

 been thus related, on -any other ac- 

 count than to fliew the bleffed ef-^ 

 tefts of temperance, and with how 

 little nature and a civil appetite 

 may be contented. What 



