T O T H E 
ILLUSTRIOUS 
The LORD 
HENRY HO WA Pv D 
G F 
NORFOLK, &c. 
MY LORD, 
H^ve good ajjurance^ that I Jljallnot havineed to 
faymuehin JuJIificatmi of tk?s Adventure --^ or to - 
devife Bjajons^r^by I hold my fe If obliged to addref's ■ 
this VoXnmt to your Lordjhip. 1 may^ I thin k^^ , 
prefurne on the one hmd^ that notice will be foon 
taken.tbat me ham here ajjerted and vindicated our 
care for the Relufcitatioiti?/^ InftrufHve Antique 
ties 5 for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences 5 
for the diligent Perluftration of theQh'iQi pares of the World ; toge^ 
gether with fome not un- accurate J{e(earches for good Models of Arti- 
fLCQyond for many Excellencies of Nature ; will appear in Pre- 
face, and infeveralof HheTtdidit following thereupon^ ) And 
fare lam that on the other hand it will be cchfiderd, that Tour Lord-^ 
jhip as weS. iy j'OiJ^r Hereditary Claim^ as by your Perfonal Inclination 
and AddtBion is plea fed to he very affeUionatly concern d in 4^ thefe Re • 
fpe&s ^ that due Feneration may be given to the Anilent ahd Firjl J 
ventors'-i and thalMoAtxn Indujlry be not di four aged, bu\ that all ad- 
vantages be imported frem the remotefi Bijlances <?/"Timq and Place, 
for the benefit of our own Country y and for Voflerity, "Nbtv from thefe 
Conjiderations I thin\ 1 may have good hopes , that this 7v.y humhh 
oblation wMl not be accufed of any Incongruity^ though it be too mean to 
tejiifie the devotion J bear and owe to your Lordfhip» 
