The P RE.FACE.^ 
tnufte'en leave it to take its chance with the candid * 
and good-naturd Reader; whom he would never- 
theleÉ have acquainted^ that there were two or three 
words in the Original either not genuine French or 
Obfolete, which no Didionary Explained, nor any- 
body that he could meet with, underftood, and that 
thefe he hath made Englijh as near as he could to 
the finie of ' the Context; If the more Critical 
Reader will needs Cavil at the Purity of the Stile; 
befides that the Stile of the Original is Plain and 
Natural; the Tranflator has this to lay for him- 
felf, that he was fomewhat haftened and ftraitned 
in time, it being thought fit that this Book fliould 
overtake the Travels oiSix John Chardin^ of which 
the firft Part was lately Publifhed , that for its 
Reputation lake it might Travel over tht Englijh 
World in fo good Company, and give and receive 
thofe Mutual Affiftances, which Travellers are 
willing to impart to one another. The Reader 
then;, is not to exped that the Language fhould 
be fc) Accurate, nor the Style fo well turned, as if 
it had come abroad after many Reviews and Cor- 
redions: However the Tranflator dares venture 
to affirm for himfelf, that in the main he hath not 
Swerved from the Authors Meaning; and that 
if he has not magnified his Senfi, lb neither has 
he deprels'd it. 
It is hoped the Reader will be fitisfied, that 
the Tranflator had reafon to Englijh the following 
Letter, v/ritten upon occafion of Ibme words of 
Oriental Learning^thaz are varioufly Accepted, in the 
Book of the Coronation ofSolyman^ and in the Second 
jjjj. , Part 
