To the Right Honourae'ls 
The Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND. 
My L O R D, 
IF I omit the other additions with which your name fhould 
ftand accompanied, 'tis becaufe 1 addrefs you under a 
greater; Patron of useful Knowledge : nor fliall I 
ftop there, fince I may add that higheft of all human titles. 
Father of the Distressed. To have raifed a little hofpi- 
tal to the full ufe and purpofe of the moft eftablifhed charities, 
is more than to have amafled the total ftores of knowledge ; or 
to have received all the diftin£tions in the power of Kings. 
To 
