The dedication. 
Defcription of that (once) obfcure, 
tho’ (now) glorious Place. So con- 
sidering how generous and candid 
a Man Thou art, I know thou wdf 
bear with my weak and imperfeft 
Performance, and accept of my good 
Meaning and kind Intention, which 
may encourage me, in time to come, 
to add fome more Memoirs to this 
rough Effay of mine. Being unwilling 
to tire Thee with any long or tedious 
Epiftie, I take my Leave of XW, 
(Mo ft Noble and Excellent 
Governor) and am 
Thy hearty Well-wifljer ; ever 
ready to ferye Thee on ail 
OccaJionSj ( m the' way of 
Truth,) 
Gabriel Thomas. 
THE 
