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Aui> likewlfe becaufe herein afe con- 

 tained divers heads that have no direft rela- 

 tion to the practice recommended; I have 

 Ventured on a fuppofed propriety to divide 

 the whole into fhort chapters.™ 



Nor have I reafon to fuppofe other^ but 

 that the long reading of dry rules barren of" 

 all delightful entertainmentj and in a large 

 quantity at once^ would go down tlie fto- 

 mach of the moft ftudious devotee this 

 way, only as fhyfxit does for the bare bene- 

 fit— 



But more of this kind^ may draw upon 

 me the charge of an affediation of a for- 

 mal IntroduBion to, as in reality I have in^ 

 curred that of a prefumptuous Dedication of 

 the few following pagos™ 



As to other inaccuracies in my manner 

 of writing, I would not willingly have them 

 be placed to a flothful incurioufnefs in me— - 

 Or a difrefpedful negled of the humble de- 

 voir due from me to a candid reader's at- 

 tention — -But as I am in jufteft forms nor 

 Ikilled, nor ftudious: And purely as my 

 B a Country^ 



