TO THE MOST HIGH 



AND MIGHTY PRINCE 



C HA R LE S , 



BY THE GRACE OF GOD, 

 King of (jreat Uritaine, France, and 

 Ireland^ Defender of the Faith, isrc 



May itpleafeyour Moft Excellent Ma]eUy 3 



J%.He whole Body of the 3S(aturall 

 Hi/lory, either defigned or writ- 

 ten, by the late Lord Vifcount 

 S.<tAihan> was dedicated to your 

 ^Majejly, in his Book T)e Ventis, 

 about four years paft, when your 

 zIMajefty was 'Prince : So as there needed 

 no new Dedication of this Worke , but on* 

 ly in all humblenefs, to let y our <^MajeJly know,it 

 is y our.% It is true • if that Lord had lived, your 

 MajeHy, erelong,had been invoked, to the Pro- 

 tection of another Hijlory, whereof, not Statures 

 Kingdom, as in this, but thefe of your Majefties $ 



A % ("during 



